As a college English teacher with over twenty years of experience, John Warner is often asked why recent graduates can’t write. Warner typically responds, “They’re doing exactly what we’ve trained them to do; that’s the problem” (2018, p. 2). As the subtitle to Warner’s Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities… Read more »
The SoTL program has been administering its grant program in current form since the 2011-2012 academic year. In this format, SoTL grants are awarded during a fall and spring funding cycle at three levels or phases. Each phase is progressive, increasing in amount of collaboration and output expected during the funding cycle. In the last… Read more »
Whether you’re familiar with the CITL’s Graduate Student Learning Communities (GSLCs) or not, we’ve got all the information to get you quickly up to date! What? GSLCS are cohorts of graduate students who meet regularly to discuss a specific teaching and learning topic, while creating an inclusive community. For the fall 2019 semester, we have… Read more »
In our most recent SoTL faculty spotlight, David Pace (Emeritus Professor, Department of History) shares his path to becoming a SoTL scholar. David, a founding member of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL), was recently named as one of the inaugural ISSOTL fellows for his commitment to and leadership in… Read more »
Have you heard about Indiana University’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Program? The SoTL program is an area of focus within the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL); it acknowledges that teaching is a scholarly activity and is thus worth researching. SoTL follows the same steps as many other forms of research: creating… Read more »
Teaching and learning may be an uncomfortable process, especially for graduate students who are relatively new instructors. I found myself questioning my own teaching practices as a graduate student with only a handful of years as the instructor of record. I’ve taught composition and sociology courses in the public university and community college settings with… Read more »