NC Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Network

Making the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Visible... and Valued

The NC SoTL Network focuses on sharing SoTL work and building a SoTL community across NC universities, colleges, and community colleges.

CASTL Institutional Leadership Program - System-Wide SoTL

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

The CASTL Institutional Leadership Program builds on the influential work undertaken by colleges and universities, campus centers and educational organizations, scholarly and professional societies, and CASTL Campus Program Leadership Clusters, to facilitate collaboration among institutions with demonstrated commitment to and capacity for action, inquiry and innovation in the scholarship of teaching and learning. more...

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Using Social Networks to Build and Sustain SoTL Collaboration 1 Reply

Ray Purdom and I will be leading a presentation on this topic at the annual International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference on Sat., Oct. 24. In particular, we…Continue

Tags: SoTL, collaboration, networks, social

Started by Scott Simkins. Last reply by Kate Brinko Oct 26, 2009.

Scholarship of Engagement - Resources? Experience?

A key emphasis in the UNC Tomorrow initiative [see http://www.northcarolina.edu/nctomorrow/index.htm] is "engagement" of faculty…Continue

Tags: UNC Tomorrow, outreach, scholarship of engagement

Started by Scott Simkins Jun 19, 2009.

Classroom Inquiry: K-12 and college/university partnerships

Melissa Marty added a blog post (June 12) about the development of a new group - the Triad Teacher Researchers - that is interested in supporting classroom inquiry - teacher research - among K-12…Continue

Tags: classroom inquiry, teacher researcher

Started by Scott Simkins Jun 12, 2009.

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Triad Teacher Researchers Annual Conference

The first Triad Teacher Researcher Conference will be held on May 5, 2010 at UNCG. Educators from Guilford, Forsyth, and Alamance counties as well as undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students from local colleges and universities are invited to share their research with each other in the format of poster sessions, round table discussions, or workshops.

Proposals will be accepted in January for those wishing to present their research at the conference. Registration will take place… Continue

Posted by Melissa Marty on December 14, 2009 at 7:22pm — 3 Comments

Lilly Preconference Workshop on Getting Started with a SoTL Project

Getting Started with a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Project

Karen Hornsby and Scott Simkins, NC A&T State University

February 4, 2010 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm at the Koury Conventions Center

Formally introduced by Ernest Boyer in 1990, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) has taken on growing importance during the last 5-10 years as a valued type of academic scholarship and as a means of developing a "teaching commons" (Huber & Hutchings,… Continue

Posted by Ray Purdom on December 8, 2009 at 1:29pm

Proposals for the 6th annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching at Greensboro are now being accepted. Last year, 400 individuals attended the conference representing 70 different…

Proposals for the 6th annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching at Greensboro are now being accepted. Last year, 400 individuals attended the conference representing 70 different institutions.

Lilly Conferences are retreats that combine workshops, discussion sessions, and major addresses, with opportunities for informal discussion about excellence in college and university teaching and learning. Internationally-known scholars join new and experienced faculty members,… Continue

Posted by Scott Simkins on October 24, 2009 at 2:00am

New Internet TV show on Innovations in Education

Teaching, Learning + Technology (TLT) at Stony Brook University has launched a new Internet TV show called "Innovations in Education". It features Stony Brook faculty and staff using innovative approaches and best practices in teaching, and applications of educational technology that have had a positive effect on student learning. Interviews are 15-30 minutes long and focus primarily on faculty members. Video and pictures of the application of the innovation or best practice are included in… Continue

Posted by Ray Purdom on August 24, 2009 at 8:50am

Triad Teacher Researchers Informational Meeting Thurs. August 20th

Triad Teacher Researchers (TTR) will have a second interest meeting August 20th at 4:30 at Our Lady of Grace. Please join us if you are interested or let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Is there something about your classroom that you want to improve?

Is there an area of your teaching that needs more attention?

Do you wonder about how to reach the needs of your students more effectively?

We invite you to join a network of… Continue

Posted by Melissa Marty on August 9, 2009 at 8:10pm — 2 Comments