SoTL: Benefits and Examples

Abstract

Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) can help you become more effective by focusing on assessment of your teaching practices. This session will highlight 3 examples of SoTL from a faculty learning community in different stages of development. First explore the design phase of a project and how to select assessments to measure changes in practice. Next, examine the means by which faculty can measure student achievement of learning objectives. And finally, hear about a multi-year project that used a scaffolding approach so students could gradually acquire a research design knowledge base and undergraduate research experiences. The project demonstrates how to create transformative effects on students.