1. Introduction to SoTL Patrick Ashton Yvonne Zubovic September 23, 2005

2. The Continuum… ScholarlyScholarship Teachingof Teaching and Learning

3. Shulman (1998) “A scholarship of teaching will entail a public account of some or all of the full act of teaching – vision, design, enactment, outcomes, and analysis – in a manner susceptible to critical review by the teacher’s professional peers and amenable to productive employment in future work by members of the same community.”

4. Hutchings and Shulman (1999) In a scholarship of teaching “faculty frame and systematically investigate questions related to student learning – the conditions under which it occurs, what it looks like, how to deepen it, and so forth – and do so with an eye not only to improving their own classroom but to advancing practice beyond it.”

5. Characteristics of SoTL Public (“community property”) Open to Critical Peer Review and Evaluation Capable of being adapted and used by others Involves question-asking, inquiry, and investigation around student learning issues i.e., Public, Professional, Peer-reviewed

6. Standards for Assessing Scholarly Work Clear Goals Adequate Preparation (literature review) Appropriate Methods Significant Results Effective Presentation Reflective Critique

7. What is daunting about doing this work? Theory and literature MethodologyResources  Handout  Mack Center www.facet.iupui.edu/activities/MackCenter www.facet.iupui.edu/activities/MackCenter  clues, samples, resources, fellowships

8. Overview of Research Process Begin with a “problem” (Randy Bass) Review the Literature Formulate a research hypothesis Design a study to answer the question Collect evidence Analyze the data Draw conclusions about specific question Generalize results to other disciplines

9. Designing the Study Feasibility: rigor versus practicality? How long? Ethical constraints? IRB approval for use of human subjects? www.irb.purdue.edu/Costs?Resources?

10. Other Design Issues Random or other sampling technique? Experimental, quasi-experimental, observational? Treatments, interventions? Outcomes or measures? Groups of Subjects? Pre-testing versus post-testing?

11. Analysis Issues Qualitative versus quantitative research? Appropriate methods of analysis? Statistical versus practical significance?

12. Your SoTL Ideas?