SoTL Journey

Georgia Southern outlines four-stages of growth and development for faculty who desire to become SoTL Scholars.

Georgia Southern SoTL Faculty Learning Community

The SoTL Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is intended for instructors new to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Using the book Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Bishop-Clark and Dietz-Uhler, 2012) as a basis for discussion guidance through the steps of developing a SoTL project, the goal of the FLC is to provide faculty with approaches to and theories of SoTL in order develop the skills to further engage in SoTL.

Overview

The SoTL Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is intended for instructors new to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We will use the book Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Bishop-Clark and Dietz-Uhler, 2012) as a basis for discussion and to guide us through the steps of developing a SoTL project.
The goal of the FLC is for you to familiarize yourself with approaches to and theories of SoTL and to develop the skills that will allow you to continue your engagement in SoTL.

Expectations

Participants are expected to attend all meetings of the learning community and contribute actively to their collaborative research project. Participants will have opportunities to share their research findings in presentations on campus, at the annual SoTL Commons Conference, and/or the USG Teaching and Learning Conference.

Schedule

Contact facultycenter@georgiasouthern.edu with any questions you may have.

Georgia Southern SoTL Mentorship Program

Georgia Southern SoTL Mentorship Program

The competitive Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Mentorship Program is designed to foster faculty engagement and leadership in SoTL at Georgia Southern University. The mentorship supports quality, innovative SoTL research projects that aim to improve the understanding of teaching and learning. Learn more about SoTL Mentorship Program.

Georgia Southern Emerging SoTL Scholar Designation

The Georgia Southern University Emerging SoTL Scholar designation recognizes Georgia Southern faculty members for a body of work of outstanding contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Each year, a competitive selection process determines one awardee. Learn more about Emerging SoTL Scholar Designation.

Georgia Southern Nominee for the USG Regents’ SoTL Award

Faculty with a significant body of SoTL work are encouraged to apply to be the Georgia Southern Nominee for the USG Regents’ SoTL Award. The award is intended to encourage and support the work of faculty members whose scholarship focuses on the instructional mission of the institution. Learn more about Nominee for the USG Regents’ SoTL Award

Getting Started

How Do I Start a SoTL Research Project?

The following Hopscotch model presents a SoTL Research project in the following nine steps:

1. Who I am as Faculty SoTL-Researcher?
2. What is the problem/need I want to study in my classroom?
3. Evidence supporting the problem/need I want to study in my classroom. 
4. How I will study the problem/need?
5. What questions will be driving the study of the problem/need?
6. What data I will collect?
7. How will I analyze the collected data?
8. How I will  ensure the trustworthiness of the process?
9. What ethical principles will be guiding my study?

Much has been written about starting a SoTL research project. We recommend faculty who are new to SoTL Research first start with the Hopscotch 4 SoTL model.

SoTL Learning Community

Overview

The SoTL Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is intended for instructors new to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We will use the book Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Bishop-Clark and Dietz-Uhler, 2012) as a basis for discussion and to guide us through the steps of developing a SoTL project.

The goal of the FLC is for you to familiarize yourself with approaches to and theories of SoTL and to develop the skills that will allow you to continue your engagement in SoTL.

Expectations

Participants are expected to attend all meetings of the learning community and contribute actively to their collaborative research project. Participants will have opportunities to share their research findings in presentations on campus, at the annual SoTL Commons Conference, and/or the USG Teaching and Learning Conference.

Schedule

Contact facultycenter@georgiasouthern.edu with any questions you may have.