Tag: Research

Connecting Conversations: Starting a Literature Review for Your SoTL Research

Reading Time: 6 minutesPhoto by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Imagine sitting around a kitchen table with a group of friends, each sharing their experiences and insights on a topic you’re all passionate about. As you listen, you begin to notice patterns in their stories and perhaps wonder where their ideas came from. You might also consider how your own experiences fit into this...

Starting Small with SoTL

Reading Time: 4 minutesAttribution for photo by David Iskander on Unsplash Transform Your Classroom into a Learning Lab Opportunities for SoTL exist everywhere in the educational spaces in which we work. SoTL, you ask?  Previously, I introduced the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) as the systematic study of learning and teaching, aimed at improving student learning in classrooms across post secondary and...

Exploring SoTL: Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through Research

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post was authored by Dr. Launa Gauthier, Teaching and Learning’s new SoTL Consultant. Have you ever found yourself frustrated over classroom challenges, pondering student engagement, or questioning the effectiveness of your teaching methods? Perhaps you’ve even felt inspired to try something new but lacked clarity on whether it would have an impact on your students’ learning.  Many of us...