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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Workshops

This interactive series of workshops will take participants through the systematic steps of designing a SoTL research project. When this series is complete, participants will have the information needed to write a proposal for funding and/or ethics review purposes.

These workshops are for Pre-and Tenured Faculty Members, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Librarians, and Post-Doctoral Fellows.

Please note: All Centre online workshops are delivered through UM Learn using Cisco Webex. You will be enrolled into the UM Learn course one day prior to the workshop. If you are accessing the workshop from a mobile device, such as a tablet or phone, some of the Cisco Webex tools used in the session may not be available to you.

These workshops are NOT eligible for credit in the GTP and TLC programs.

Registration is limited to 30 participants and will be processed in the order of registration.

To withdraw, please email Mike Feng at least 24 hours prior to the workshop.

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Workshop 1: Introduction to SoTL

In this workshop, we will discuss the differences and similarities between scholarly teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). We will also review the steps involved in the SoTL research process, with examples to help you envision ways to apply SoTL to your own teaching.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Describe and define SoTL.
• Identify how they could apply SoTL to their own teaching and discipline.
• Distinguish between SoTL and scholarly teaching.
• Compare and contrast SoTL to their discipline-specific research.
• Begin the process of creating their SoTL research plan.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Tuesday, February 16, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (Available:14)

Workshop 2: Generating the Research Idea

Your own experience, interests, and constraints will help determine your research question, and your research question will determine your literature review, research design, data collection, and analysis. We will start with a description of some of the broad categories of SoTL research questions (Hutchings, 2000; Nelson, 2003). Examples of research questions generated from various diverse disciplines will be provided, and this will be followed by a discussion among attendees about their disciplines and teaching, and the research questions that might arise from these. We will also start the process of looking at possible journals and conferences, both SoTL and discipline-specific, for disseminating your findings.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Formulate a research question that is relevant to SoTL.
• Identify key words to guide their discipline-specific and SoTL literature reviews.
• Execute a literature review related to their research question.
• Identify potential discipline-specific and SoTL conferences and journals for publication.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Wednesday, February 17, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (Available:13)

Workshop 3: Designing the Study: Quantitative

SoTL research is conducted from diverse fields of study within Natural Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, and Humanities. In this workshop, we will discuss how to decide whether your research requires a quantitative research design (in whole or in part) and some different designs commonly used in SoTL research. This workshop, combined with Workshop 4, is intended to encourage participants to think about new research designs while simultaneously considering the conventions of research within their discipline.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Identify quantitative methods that fit with their research question.
• Contrast and compare these methods with their discipline-specific methods.
• Select designs that will (and will not) work with their research question.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Thursday, February 18, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Available:20)

Workshop 4: Designing the Study: Qualitative

In this workshop, we will discuss how to decide whether your research requires a qualitative research design (in whole or in part) and some different designs commonly used in SoTL research. Examples of qualitative research designs used in SoTL research will be presented, followed by a discussion among attendees about which methods (from Workshop 3 and Workshop 4) would be most appropriate for their research question. This workshop, combined with Workshop 3, is intended to encourage participants to think about new research designs while simultaneously considering the conventions of research within their discipline.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Identify qualitative methods that fit with their research question.
• Contrast and compare these methods with their discipline-specific methods.
• Select designs that will (and will not) work with their research question.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Thursday, February 18, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (Available:18)

Workshop 5: Collecting the Data

In this workshop, we will design a data collection plan based on your study design from the previous workshops. We will define and operationalize each variable, state the design, and identify the type of data (e.g., questionnaire, test scores, a combination of interview questions and final grades, etc.). We will look at options for using existing measures for data collection versus creating your own measures, and discuss what each one of these requires from the researcher.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Identify and operationalize their study variables.
• Choose or create a measure (or measures) for collecting their data.
• Write a proposal for funding or REB review.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Friday, February 19, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Available:22)

Workshop 6: Analyzing the Data

In this workshop, we will consider the steps required to complete your data analysis. We will not be analyzing your data and, therefore, you do not have to have all your data collected to attend this workshop. We will discuss basic data analysis concepts and why it is important to know them (even if they are concepts you have not used or considered in past research). We will examine the appropriate data analysis options for each data type and participants will create a data analysis plan. Involving students in our research is an important part of SoTL, so we will also discuss how we can include students in the data analysis process.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Identify the best options for analyzing their data.
• Create a detailed data analysis plan.
• Determine who will be responsible for various data analysis steps and tasks.
• Confirm software and technical requirements for data analysis.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Thursday, March 18, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (Available:12)

Workshop 7: Writing and Disseminating Your Results

An important component of SoTL is disseminating your results. In this workshop, we will identify institutional, national, and international outlets for presenting your results. Participants will identify SoTL and discipline-specific conferences and peer-reviewed journals for their work, as well as other means for disseminating results (e.g., book chapters, briefs, interviews, etc.). We will also discuss how to involve students in the dissemination process and how to overcome challenges in the writing process.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Generate a schedule for writing a manuscript and/or preparing a poster.
• Choose SoTL and discipline-specific conferences and journals to submit their work.
• Identify potential sources of support for the writing and dissemination process.
• Outline areas for student involvement in the writing and dissemination process.

Facilitator: Dr. Lori Doan (SoTL Developer), The Centre

Thursday, April 1, 1:00 - 3:00 PM (Available:10)

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