Overcoming Challenges to Impactful SoTL

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Author(s): Sherry Fukuzawa (University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada), Dianne Ashbourne (University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada)and Fiona Rawle (University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 22
Source title: Evidence-Based Faculty Development Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rachel C. Plews (Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud, Switzerland)and Michelle L. Amos (University of Central Missouri, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2212-7.ch019

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Educational Administration and Leadership / Professional Development

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In order for teaching and learning to improve throughout an institution, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) must be valued within institutional culture and contribute to the scholarly identity of researchers. This chapter emphasizes some of the challenges for SoTL researchers, whether educational developers or faculty members, to consider as they begin their foray into educational research. SoTL challenges are divided into four inter-related themes: (1) scholarly identity, (2) institutional challenges, (3) accessing and searching the SoTL literature, and (4) conducting SoTL research (SoTL research design, methodology, funding and time commitments, and ethical considerations). The chapter includes a series of opportunities and resources to help SoTL researchers reframe these challenges into opportunities for their institutions.

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