The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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ISSOTL Affiliates and Interest Groups
A Tutorial
on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Supported by the Campus Program of the Carnegie Academy for the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,
this
tutorial was developed by Indiana
University Bloomington and Samuel Thompson. (For most
effective viewing, use the latest [free] version of
Quicktime.)
Translating "the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning" for an International Society
ISSOTL members can assist in this need to understand
the language used in various world regions by developing the
Wikipedia entry on the "scholarship of teaching and learning."
The ISSOTL Board considered developing a wiki for the Society,
but the philosophy and popularity of Wikipedia may help us reach
wider audiences. We envision subheadings for each region
or country with the terms, definitions, and concepts essential
to this work, as well as connections to those used in other
regions.
Western Kentucky University's Faculty Center
for Excellence in Teaching offers a chart of "English
Variations in Education Terms"--specifically terms for
persons in education, organized groups, learning, measurement,
and recognition of learning in Australia, Canada, India,
Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
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Paulette Dilworth of
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Regional SOTL Links
Australasian
Countries |
Canada |
European Countries |
USA
Send links (ideally with brief annotations) to
Nancy.Chick@uwc.edu.
Links from Australasia Countries
Links from Canada
Links from European Countries
Links from the United States
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching:
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and
chartered in 1906 by an act of Congress, The Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and
research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all
things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the
profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education."
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The Carnegie
Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
Higher Education Program: CASTL
represents a major initiative of The Carnegie Foundation.
Launched in 1998, the program builds on a conception of teaching
as scholarly work proposed in the 1990 report Scholarship
Reconsidered and on the 1997 follow-up publication
Scholarship Assessed. CASTL seeks to support the
development of a scholarship of teaching and learning that: 1)
fosters significant, long-lasting learning for all students; 2)
enhances the practice and profession of teaching; 3) brings to
faculty members' work as teachers the recognition and reward
afforded to other forms of scholarly work.
- University
of Wisconsin System Leadership Site for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning: This online resource center provides
answers to some frequently asked questions, information on how
to conduct SOTL research, and links to other resources for
undertaking a SOTL project.
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Vanderbilt Center for Teaching's SOTL page: A good resource
for those interested in SOTL,
includes a brief essay titled "What Is SOTL?", links to examples
of SOTL projects, resources on conducting and going public with
SOTL work, an annotated list of national and campus SOTL
initiatives, and an annotated bibliography.
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Clark Atlanta University's Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning's SOTL Resource Packet: This packet offers a useful
bibliography and some worksheets to help guide introductory SOTL
projects.
SOTL
Publications
Journals |
Online Tools & Outlets |
Lists of SOTL Publications |
Resources about SOTL Publishing
Journals
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International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning:
An international, peer-reviewed, open access eJournal that is
published by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia
Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia, USA). The Editorial
Review Board is very international and issues contain research
articles, essays, personal reflections, as well as invited
essays on SOTL. IJ-SOTL has the vision of being a
dynamic international SOTL journal by being an advocate, agent
and crucible for international conversations, contacts and work
on SOTL. There is an IJ-SOTL listserv for discussion of any and
all things connected with SOTL.
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MountainRise:
An open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal
published twice a year by the Coulter Faculty Center for
Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Western Carolina University
(USA) for the purpose of being an international vehicle for
SOTL.
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The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:
Designed to encourage all instructors to engage in the
discussion of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and to
become involved in the sharing of knowledge and learning about
the teaching-learning process. Any report about an investigation
into what works (or doesn't work) for a particular
teaching-learning context will be considered for publication.
Those submissions that include reflective commentary about the
result of the investigation will be considered of greater value
to our readership and more appealing for publication. The
journal shall also consider submissions that offer opinion,
thoughtful reflection, commentary, or theoretical ideas related
to SOTL.
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Active Learning in Higher Education: an
international, refereed publication for all those
who teach and support learning in Higher Education
and those who undertake or use research into
effective learning, teaching and assessment in
universities and colleges. The journal has an
objective of improving the status of teaching and
learning support as professional activity and
embraces academic practice across all curriculum
areas in higher education.
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College Teaching: an interdisciplinary forum on issues
related to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
This journal is interested in articles that explore: (1) aims
and outcomes of teaching philosophy and practices that have
significance beyond a specific discipline, including teaching of
techniques, new classroom procedures, evaluations of innovative
programs, and examination of contemporary developments; (2)
teachers' roles, education, professional development,
preparation to teach, and evaluation; and (3) incentives that
encourage good teaching and ways good teaching is evaluated and
rewarded.
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Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: Publishes articles,
reviews and scholarly comment relating to the arts and
humanities in higher education serving the community of arts and
humanities educators internationally. Expertly edited,
rigorously peer-reviewed and with a truly international outlook
and application, the journal publishes significant opinion and
research into contemporary issues of teaching and learning
critical to all educators and researchers in this far-ranging
area.
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Teaching in Higher Education: an international,
interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that addresses the
roles of teaching, learning and the curriculum in higher
education in order to explore and clarify the intellectual
challenges which they present. The journal aims to open up
discussion across subject areas by involving all those who share
an enthusiasm for learning and teaching.
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Academic Exchange Quarterly:
an independent,
double-blind-peer reviewed journal that publishes research,
commentary, and other manuscripts that contribute to effective
instruction and learning
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inventio:
From George Mason University (Virginia, USA), the journal began
as part of the Carnegie Foundation's Teaching
Academy program and invited contributors to address definitions
of the scholarship of teaching and looked at ways that campus
practices, policies, and conditions work for or against a
scholarship of teaching. Regular issues feature
peer-reviewed articles on instructional research, instructional
philosophy, pedagogy, learning theory, and other significant
issues related to excellence in learning and teaching. In
addition to these feature articles, inventio also
includes shorter articles on classroom practice and response and
dialog sections about issues raised in the feature articles.
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Journal on Excellence in College Teaching: a peer-reviewed
journal published at Miami University by and for faculty at
universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase student
learning through effective teaching, interest in and enthusiasm
for the profession of teaching, and communication among faculty
about their classroom experiences. t answers Ernest Boyer's
(1990) call for a forum to present the scholarship of teaching
and learning. The Journal provides a scholarly,
written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas
affecting teaching and learning, and gives faculty the
opportunity to share proven, innovative pedagogies and
thoughtful, inspirational insights about teaching.
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Journal of Cognitive Affective Learning:
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to the
dissemination of high quality research, theories, and best
educational practices that advance our understanding of the
connection between the cognitive and affective in teaching and
learning.
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The National Teaching and Learning Forum: published six
times per year, NTLF essays range from research-based
pieces on learning to summaries of on-going problems
- Check your disciplinary societies for pedagogical journals.
- See the more comprehensive Lists of SOTL
Publications collected below.
Online Tools & Outlets
- KEEP Toolkit: the
Knowledge Media Lab's set of web-based tools that help
teachers, students, and institutions quickly create compact and
engaging knowledge representations on the Web, in partnership
with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Learning
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Peer Review of Teaching Project:
an
international repository for course portfolios written
by faculty who teach at postsecondary institutions. Housed
by University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Archive a course portfolio on
this site so it can be shared, used, and reviewed by other
faculty. You're also encouraged to write a review for any of the
course portfolios in the repository.
- Visible
Knowledge Project's Poster Tool: VKP collects,
designs, and publishes in new media environments a variety of
resources to further the scholarship of teaching and learning
among Project participants and the interested public.
Lists of SOTL Publications
Resources about SOTL Publishing
ISSOTL Affiliates and Interest Groups
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History SoTL: ISSOTL's first external affiliate group
formed through converging interests of historians in
Britain, Australia, Sweden, and the United States at ISSOTL 2006
in Washington, D.C.
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