Teaching Commons - Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is a growing discipline dedicated to taking teaching and learning as serious intellectual work. A key organization is the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. A good introduction to SoTL can be found in “The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem?” by Randy Bass of Georgetown.

Conferences. Upcoming conferences on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning sponsored by a variety of institutions.
Research on Learning. Highlighted current research and trends from scholarly journals.
Teaching for Learning Videos. A special series to the Teaching Commons that highlights faculty involved in innovative, resourceful, or creative teaching.
- Teaching for Learning Archives
Discuss & Exchange. Tips, best practices, and innovations from DePaul faculty.
- Discuss & Exchange Archives

Academic Journals

Blogs

The Chronicle of Higher Education Blogs. Multiple blogs from the Chronicle of Higher Education including current News Blog, The Wired Campus, and Brainstorm.
Open Educational Resources Blogs. Aggregator of blogs discussing open educational resources (OER) which are teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others.
University Diaries. Margaret Soltan, an English professor at George Washington University, writes about her university experience.
Thinking about College Teaching. Based on his 35 years of teaching in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tom Bowers writes his thoughts and experiences on various aspects of teaching.

Books

Bibliography of SoTL books, grouped by topic. These books are available at the DePaul Office for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.
Recommended SoTL books ranging from introductions to the field to practical handbooks. From Indiana University.

Grants

IDEA Papers

IDEA papers provide useful ideas related to teaching and faculty evaluation. From the IDEA Center of Kansas State which serves colleges and universities committed to improving learning, teaching, and leadership performance.

Organizations and Projects

CDM Educational Research Group
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Founded in 2004 by a committee of 67 scholars from several countries, now meets yearly to discuss teaching and learning as serious intellectual work.
Knowledge Media Lab part of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Knowledge Media Laboratory works to create a future in which communities of teachers, faculty, programs, and institutions collectively advance teaching and learning by exchanging their educational knowledge, experiences, ideas, and reflections by taking advantage of various technologies and resources.
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group. Provides online chats twice a month on various teaching topics. Discussions are free but require registration. A large catalogue of their past presentations can be streamed online.

Podcasts

Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching on iTunes from Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning. Exemplary teachers, including Eric Mazur, on improving teaching.
Chronicle of Higher Education. Weekly interviews with prominent researchers, college leaders, and Chronicle reporters about big ideas in higher education.
Inside HigherEd. News and interviews for students, professors and others interested in the state of higher education.
Digital Campus. Digital Campus is a biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums.

Teaching & Learning Websites

Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning. George Washington's teaching and learning center, including links to many other Centers for Teaching and Learning.
CMU Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence. Includes a large set of common teaching problems and solutions by the Carnegie Mellon Center for Teaching Excellence.
Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Includes information on course planning, grading, and assessment.
MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory. Teaching materials and definitions including resources on learning objectives, course evaluations, and grading rubrics.
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Penn State's teaching and learning center including many tools for teaching and learning.
Speaking of Teaching. Stanford University's Newsletter on Teaching including articles on team teaching, cooperative learning, teaching with case studies, and more.
Teaching Tips (University of Hawaii). A large repository of teaching tools, advice, and techniques organized by teaching issues.
Vanderbilt Center for Teaching - SoTL. An overview of SoTL, a guide on how SoTL is done, and how to go public with your SoTL research.

Got a question?