The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Faculty Learning Community is a yearlong collaborative program of learning and reflection to help faculty develop knowledge and skills for SoTL research. A key component of this model is community building to create a supportive network of fellow researchers from across the university. In addition to participating in seminars and activities designed to build knowledge and research skills, faculty members create an individual or collaborative SoTL project over the course of the year, culminating in a high-quality final product. Examples of products include a SoTL-related literature review, grant proposal, study design, study with results, conference presentation, or draft manuscript.

The goals of the SoTL-FLC include:

  • Building and sustaining a network of UC faculty members at all career stages and across all academic disciplines and fields who will be leaders in conducting research to improve student learning;
  • Making more visible the excellent SoTL work already produced by faculty in a wide array of academic disciplines across UC;
  • Strengthening new SoTL research by facilitating peer review throughout the research process and providing new opportunities for faculty to collaborate in the production of SoTL research; and
  • Contributing to knowledge about teaching and learning through peer reviewed journal publications and professional presentations.

Members have significant voice in further shaping the program based on their own needs, skills, and goals.
 
Meeting Schedule (2017-2018)

The SoTL-FLC will meet once a month on Thursdays from 12:30pm-2:30pm on the following dates: 10/5/17, 11/2/17, 11/30/17, 1/11/18, 2/8/28, 3/8/18, and 4/5/18. All meetings will be held in CET&L, Langsam Library, Room 480C. Community members are expected to attend all meetings.


Applications will close on September 20, 2017 with formal notifications on or before September 27, 2017. The application should take roughly 10-15 minutes to complete. If you have any questions, feel free to contact CET&L: cetl@uc.edu.

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