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 »
As a white, female, first generation scholar, disciplinarily trained in experimental psychology as well as curriculum and instruction, currently working in faculty development, I am a pragmatist. Rather than holding firmly to a particular theoretical paradigm or research design, I choose the best theory and approach for the question of interest. Currently, this has me… Read more »
As we enter a new year, many of us will reflect on 2018 and resolve to do some things differently in 2019; continuing the 4,000 year old tradition of new year’s resolutions. These tend to be personal resolutions such as eating better, exercising more, and saving more money. While almost half of Americans will make… Read more »
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is often referred to as a community. SoTL scholars engage in some of my favorite activities in academia. We talk about teaching and learning in fun and creative ways, we ask questions and inquire into why something worked (or not), and we find camaraderie across disciplines, types of… Read more »
From the moment students apply to college, until years after they graduate, they leave behind a trail of data. Usually stored in Student Information System (SIS) warehouses, this data captures a student’s behavior and performance as well as the choices they make on the path taken toward graduation. In the past few years, more robust… Read more »
In June we introduced you to IU School of Medicine Anatomy Professor, Valerie O’Loughlin, who encouraged you to approach your teaching the way you approach your science. This can be done from a scholarly teaching approach where you utilize evidence-based teaching practices in your own classroom or from a SoTL approach where you conduct the… Read more »