What
Read: Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning by Cathy Bishop-Clark and Beth Dietz-Uhler.
Explore the process of developing a SoTL project and learn about the resources available at URI to support a project’s success. You do not need to have a project in mind already. The goal is to explore.
This group is for you if you have ever thought: is this assignment helping my students? Or, would tweaking this class help students learn? Or, was it worth the effort to revise my syllabus? Participants will become familiar with the process to conduct a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project. Over the course of four sessions we will cover: how to identify a question; how to find evidence; and how to analyze your findings. Along the way, we will meet people at URI who are here to help you engage in classroom-based scholarship. This program is for those who have been wondering if their teaching is working and want to explore a process of finding out for sure.
Meeting Information
| Date | Time | Location | Topic |
| 2/8 | 12:00-12:50pm | Zoom | Overview of the process: In the first session, we will triangulate where SoTL fits along a continuum ranging from scholarly teaching to discipline-based education research. We will also discuss the ins and outs of the ethics behind SoTL and the Institutional Review Board (IRB). |
| 2/15 | 12:00-12:50pm | Zoom | Identifying a question: In the second session, we will discuss the process for identifying a researchable question. |
| 2/22 | 12:00-12:50pm | Zoom | A method to the madness: In the third session, we will explore various methods for conducting classroom-based research. |
| 2/29 | 12:00-12:50pm | Zoom | The road ahead: In the final session, we will hear from others at URI who have done SoTL research and make a plan for continuing with the process that fits into your own plan to become a more effective teacher. |
Outcomes
- Know the essential steps for investigating student learning achievement
- Know where to find resources to support scholarship projects
- Understand how to/identify opportunities to investigate student learning in the classroom/program/department
- Be part of a community of practitioners interested in investigating their impact in student learning
To Register…
Registration for the SoTL Book Club is now closed.
Questions or comments? Contact Dr. Todd Dresser, Associate Director, Faculty Development, at todd_dresser@uri.edu