Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) - Introduction
| A very warm welcome to BeSoTLed, an on-line resource to support the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), hosted by the University of Glasgow (GU). In brief, the aim of BeSoTLed is to: promote the development of teaching and enhancement of the learning environment by providing practical, collegial, academic and pastoral support for staff to engage with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Please complete the following short questionnaire. How will this SoTL resource help?BeSoTLed is made up of two parts: this public-facing website and a Virtual Learning Environment (at present only accessible by University of Glasgow staff. To receive the enrolment key you need to contact Jane MacKenzie). The resource has been designed to encourage interested staff to engage in SoTL by providing: |
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- Practical resources for helping staff in their SoTL activity (e.g. links to and information about useful papers, relevant journals, and funding opportunities);
- Explorations of different conceptions of SoTL and different examples of engagement with SoTL;
- Opportunities for discussion of issues related to SoTL and to obtain advice from peers regarding our own SoTL projects either in online forums and online workshops (on Moodle), or face-to-face by encouraging the organisation of meetings and social events with others engaged in SoTL;
- Opportunities for finding collaborators to work with on specific SoTL projects.
If you would like to take part in any of the SoTL activities on our Moodle site (Virtual Learning Environment) and are a member of University of Glasgow staff then contact Jane MacKenzie for an enrolment key. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer access to Moodle to non-University of Glasgow colleagues at this time, however, we welcome contributions of case studies and requests for collaborations for inclusion in the site - if you would like to submit such a contribution or wish to be kept informed about future developments, please contact us here.
Who is this resource for?The BeSoTLed website aims to provide support for staff at HE institutions who are involved in teaching and the support of student learning, to help improve their teaching, enhance the learning environment, and encourage and develop their pursuit of SoTL.
How to use this resource?
The intention is that ALL staff engaged in, or wishing to become in engaged in, SoTL should find this resource helpful to some degree. For example, those who are entirely new to teaching may find it helpful to consider what SoTL actually is (What is SoTL), and the information on the 5 stages of SoTL pages (5 stages of SoTL) about how to plan, implement, and evaluate teaching while being ‘scholarly’ in the process. Others who have been involved in SoTL for a long time may prefer to use the site to find out what other scholars are doing (see case studies), and discuss collaborations on projects of mutual interest (community page).All users of this website are encouraged not just to use the site as a list of resources, but to contribute to it, for example by contacting us to suggest and contribute additional resources and case studies. We'd also encourage GU staff to sign up for the Moodle part of BeSoTLed and enter into discussions and participate in the online workshops you'll find there.