Educational Leadership
A focus on research on scholarly teaching
Our Mandate:
- Support educational practitioners as they identify possible research questions, design systematic studies of teaching and/or learning, and disseminate their research to the educational community.
- Provide resources for researchers as they design projects through workshops and retreats
- Build communities of practice and connect researchers as they explore interconnected themes and research questions
- Promote perceptions of SoTL as a valuable research endeavour
- Encourage SoTL research through various vehicles/opportunities of dissemination
- Engage in research around teaching and learning as members of the TLCI
- Draw attention to opportunities for internal and external funding
Activities:
- SoTL Retreat
- SoTL Flash talks during Research Week
- SoTL Community of Practice
- SoTL brown bags
- Create and maintain an inventory of SoTL activity across the university and chart its growth/evolution
- Design and disseminate newsletter
- Organize colloquia at national and international conferences
- Act as a liaison with the Research Office to support development of grant applications related to the field of teaching and learning