Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Forum 2018-19 Resources

2019 saw the launch of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Forum. Below are recordings from a selection of the Forum sessions (log in with your University username if prompted), plus further resources for engaging in SOTL.

Keep an eye out in Dialogue for announcements of the 2019-20 Forum sessions. You can book via the Training Course Booking System.

14 March 2019: SOTL Forum launch

‘What is the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL)?’ by Prof Nicola Whitton

Encore recording: SOTL Forum launch 14 March 2019

23 May 2019: Writing and publishing

‘Writing and publishing a study and employability skills book for students’ by Laura Dorian and Dr Eleanor Loughlin

Encore recording: SOTL Forum 23 May 2019

5 June 2019: Guest presentations

‘Integrating research into undergraduate instruction at scale’ by Prof Alex Brewis (Slade), Arizona State University

‘Playfulness in curriculum design and delivery’ by Dr Alex Moseley, University of Leicester

Encore recording: SOTL Forum 5 June 2019

13 June 2019: Surveys (part 1)

‘How to design and deploy surveys’ by Lucy Davies and Prof Doug Newton

Encore recording: SOTL Forum 13 June 2019

20 June 2019: Surveys (part 2)

‘How to analyse surveys’ by Lucy Davies and Prof Doug Newton

Encore recording: SOTL Forum 20 June 2019

Further reading

Is SOTL effective? 

Brew, A. & Ginns, P. (2008) ‘The relationship between engagement in the scholarship of teaching and learning and students’ course experiences’, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(5), 535-545. 

Dewar, J.M. (2008) ‘An Apology for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning’, InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 3(1), 17-22. 

Kreber, C. (2013) Authenticity in and through teaching in higher education: the transformative potential of the scholarship of teaching. New York: Routledge. 

Mårtensson, K., Roxå, T. and Olsson, T. (2011) ‘Developing a quality culture through the scholarship of teaching and learning’, Higher Education Research & Development, 30 (1), 51-63. 

Perry, R. and Smart, J.C. (Eds.) (2007) The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An Evidence-Based Perspective. Springer Netherlands. 

Trigwell, K. (2013) ‘Evidence of the Impact of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Purposes’, Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 1(1), 95-105. 

Theory 

Blair, E. (2013). The Challenge of Contextualising the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 1(1), 127-129. 

Brew, Angela, & Ginns, Paul. (2008). The Relationship between Engagement in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Students’ Course Experiences. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(5), 535-545. 

Cranton, Patricia. (2011). A Transformative Perspective on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Higher Education Research and Development, 30(1), 75-86. 

Gurung, R. (2014). Getting Foxy: Invoking Different Magesteria in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 2(2), 109-114. 

Ethics 

Does pedagogic research require ethical review? (Advance HE) 

Healey, R., Bass, T., Caulfield, J., Hoffman, A., Mcginn, M., Miller-Young, J., & Haigh, M. (2013). Being Ethically Minded: Practising the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in an Ethical Manner. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 1(2), 23-32. 

Practical guidance 

Action Research: Practice Guide (Advance HE) 

Higher Education Teachers as Pedagogic Researchers (Advance HE) 

Felten, P. (2013). Principles of Good Practice in SoTL. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 1(1), 121-125. 

Healey, M., Matthews, K.E., & Cook-Sather, a. (2019) ‘Writing scholarship of teaching and learning articles for peer-reviewed journals’, Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2). 

Murray, R. & Society for Research into Higher Education. (2008). The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education (Helping students to learn series). Maidenhead ; New York, NY : [London]: Open University Press ; Society for Research into Higher Education.

SOTL Journals 

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 

Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education