A visiting scholar of teaching and learning, Professor E. F. Redish, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, remarked that he had not previously experienced such a multidisciplinary community of scholars investigating issues of teaching and learning.

After meeting members of this community, Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, echoed similar sentiments ... that this SOTL community has a truly extraordinary robustness and interdisciplinary character.

Support for SOTL by research establishment provided on same basis as research in the disciplines (matching funds, summer fellowships, etc.)

Campus colleagues with specialized expertise voluntarily contribute time and effort to consult with scholars of teaching.

Growing constellation of linked efforts affording opportunities and support (course portfolios, PFF, etc.)

Large informal “SOTL community” on campus

Samuel Thompson: Why multi-disciplinary community is important to SOTL

Scholarship given birth under SOTL initiative begins to gain recognition (and invitations) beyond campus