What is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and Why Should I Care?
What is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and Why Should I Care?
Learning Enhancement & Academic Development Service
Date: Monday 07 October 2019
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Venue: Teaching Room, Southpark House
Category: Academic events
Speaker: Prof Moira Fischbacher-Smith, Dr Michael McEwan
Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/leads/events
Expertise and excellence in teaching and in SoTL are core to the notion of the LTS track, and can be a vehicle for developing leadership, esteem, and evidence for academic promotion. This session focuses on developing an understanding of SoTL, introduces the four scholarships of Boyer's 'scholarship reconsidered', and finishes with a framework for SoTL project design. During the session, we'll present examples of SoTL to give a feel for what constitutes SoTL in Higher Education.
NB: We ask that you watch Prof. Fischbacher-Smith’s short presentation on academic promotion for context before attending (3 videos, ~25 minutes):
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/all/pay/promotion/acpromotion/promotionsresources/#/learningteaching&scholarshipguidance
This session is open to staff of the University of Glasgow. Graduate Teaching Assistants are welcome to register for the purpose of developing their own teaching practice, but please note that these sessions are not suitable for any students seeking training for their own PhD research projects. Contact your School for information on the research methods training available to you as a student. For the avoidance of doubt as to eligibility, it would be helpful if you could please register using your staff email address.
Tea and coffee will be available.