1. Creating a SOTL Community on Campus Kaatje Kraft Mesa Community College Kaatje Kraft Mesa Community College

2. Scholarly Teaching vs. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning  Scholarly Teaching: Teaching based on evidence of successful practices for effective learning  SOTL: Scholarly teaching that is shared in some public forum (and analyzed in a systematic format)  Nice synopsis (K. McKinney at Illinois State University): http://www.sotl.ilstu.edu/downloads/pdf/define sotl.pdf http://www.sotl.ilstu.edu/downloads/pdf/define sotl.pdf  Scholarly Teaching: Teaching based on evidence of successful practices for effective learning  SOTL: Scholarly teaching that is shared in some public forum (and analyzed in a systematic format)  Nice synopsis (K. McKinney at Illinois State University): http://www.sotl.ilstu.edu/downloads/pdf/define sotl.pdf http://www.sotl.ilstu.edu/downloads/pdf/define sotl.pdf

3. Faculty and Professional Learning Community  Model from Milton Cox at Miami University in Ohio  http://www.units.muohio.edu/flc/ http://www.units.muohio.edu/flc/  Year 1: Nature of Science (NOS): 2004-05  Year 2: 6 different groups  NOS  Undergraduate Research  Humanities  Sustainability  Global Learning  Podcasting  Model from Milton Cox at Miami University in Ohio  http://www.units.muohio.edu/flc/ http://www.units.muohio.edu/flc/  Year 1: Nature of Science (NOS): 2004-05  Year 2: 6 different groups  NOS  Undergraduate Research  Humanities  Sustainability  Global Learning  Podcasting

4. Key Outcomes  Increased faculty collegiality/breakdown of silos  Increased student exposure to concepts  Innovative approaches to teaching concepts  Breaking down faculty/staff barriers  Public Forums:  Wiki report outs: http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/Category :FPLC http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/Category :FPLC  Teaching and Learning Conferences: http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/First_An nual_MCC_Conference_on_Teaching_and_Learning http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/First_An nual_MCC_Conference_on_Teaching_and_Learning  Increased faculty collegiality/breakdown of silos  Increased student exposure to concepts  Innovative approaches to teaching concepts  Breaking down faculty/staff barriers  Public Forums:  Wiki report outs: http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/Category :FPLC http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/Category :FPLC  Teaching and Learning Conferences: http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/First_An nual_MCC_Conference_on_Teaching_and_Learning http://ctl.mc.maricopa.edu/wiki/index.php/First_An nual_MCC_Conference_on_Teaching_and_Learning

5. Benefits & Challenges  Collegiality  Builds Leadership  Safe Space  Interdisciplinary learning  Collegiality  Builds Leadership  Safe Space  Interdisciplinary learning  Time  Financial and Administrative Support  Individual dedication  Newness fades