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Kickstart Your Writing Agenda with SoTL

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, or SoTL (pronounced “sō-tul”), is an area of research dedicated to documenting, exploring, and sharing what's effective in our classrooms. And by effective, I mean the work we do to improve our teaching and to improve student learning. Let's say, for example, you went to a conference during spring … Continue reading Kickstart Your Writing Agenda with SoTL

Getting the Most from Your Learning Evaluation Survey Data

As the semester closes out and we move into summer, I like to set aside some time to wade into the student learning evaluations for my classes. Despite the efforts to make student learning meaningful and enduring each semester, I still find myself filled with a certain familiar sense of angst as I click the … Continue reading Getting the Most from Your Learning Evaluation Survey Data