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WELCOME TO UVA CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE'S SoTL NEWSLETTER!
EXPLORE CTE OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES, AND UPCOMING CONFERENCES.
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Congratulations!
The CTE is excited to announce our inaugural SoTL Grant recipients! The grants program is designed to support evidence-based research that contributes new knowledge related to teaching and learning at UVA. In total, $17,200 in funding was awarded to grantees to advance their SoTL collaboration, dissemination, or research project.
Thank you to all our applicants and proposal reviewers!
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DIANE HOFFMAN
Leadership, Foundations and Policy
Project Title: Interactional Contexts and Equitable Learning Outcomes: A Comparison of Student Learning in Online vs. Face-to-Face Anthropology of Education Courses
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GARY KOENIG
Chemical Engineering
Project Title: Impact of Credit/No Credit Option on Student Learning Outcomes in a Statistics Course
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HAERIN BELLER
Urology
Project Title: Does Goal-oriented Structured Mentorship in Urologic Surgery Training Improve Trainee Wellness?
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DIANA FRANCO DURAN
Engineering Systems and Environment
Project 1 Title: Using the Case Study Method as a Tool to Improve Students' Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) Skills
Project 2 Title: The Case Study Method as a Tool to Gain Practical Experience and Learn Specific Skills in Construction
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Our SoTL Scholar Spotlight series features faculty members who participated in our SoTL Scholars program. By highlighting their contributions to the SoTL community, we hope to make their work more visible and connect instructors across the University who may be interested in collaborations. Read our latest Spotlights below.
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Have news to share related to your SoTL work, such as a presentation or publication? Fill out this form and let us know!
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Want to be featured in our SoTL Scholar Spotlight series? Email Kristin Sloane at ks8yx@virginia.edu.
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SoTL Scholars
We are accepting applications for our next SoTL Scholars cohort! For 2022-23, the program will consist of two sub-cohorts, depending on whether you conduct your project in the fall or spring semester. The program kicks off with the SoTL Institute in May, introducing you to the foundational principles of SoTL research. Then you will participate in three workshops and a writing retreat to help you make progress toward presentation and/or publication of your work.
All full-time faculty and graduate students are eligible to participate. SoTL Scholar alumni are welcome to apply, but preference will be given to new participants. Prior completion of our Course Design Institute or c3Design is required. Limited professional development funding is available.
Applications are due Monday, April 11. Email cte-sotl@virginia.edu with questions.
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SoTL Coffee and Connection
Tuesday, April 19 | 2 to 4 PM
CTE Library - Hotel D
Come to the CTE to enjoy some conversation and light snacks with your colleagues. Stop by for a few minutes or as long as you'd like. No registration required. We hope to see you there!
Email Lindsay Wheeler at lsb4u@virginia.edu with questions.
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Join us Wednesday, May 4 for our 9th Annual Innovations in Pedagogy Summit as we explore the theme Innovation for Education. The Summit will kick off with our keynote presentation, The Innovation is Coming from Inside the House, by Kevin Gannon. Then throughout the day, there will be sessions offered by our UVA colleagues, including some of our SoTL Scholars presenting their research.
This event is free and open to all. Email cte-summit@virginia.edu with questions.
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Check out these recent articles in the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Teaching and Learning Inquiry that may be of interest.
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Looking for opportunities to present your SoTL research or connect with other scholars across the country? Consider participating in one of these upcoming conferences. Remember, all UVA faculty can apply to the Education Benefits program to cover conference registration costs.
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ITLC Lilly Online Conference
Synchronous sessions: April 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2022; virtual
Asynchronous sessions: April 6-June 30, 2022; virtual
Registration is $375
Join an online community of faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers representing nearly every discipline found in higher education. Discover four full days of conference programming, scheduled across four Wednesdays to reduce disruption to your teaching schedule. Enjoy a variety of 20-minute and 40-minute asynchronous sessions, traditional plenary addresses, synchronous facilitated discussions, and poster presentations.
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Pedagogicon - Relationship-Rich Education in Teaching & Learning
May 19-20, 2022; virtual
Registration price varies, depending on status
The conference theme encourages attendees to examine and promote strategies for teaching and learning that allow for "educationally purposeful relationships" (Felten & Lambert, 2021, p. 16) among and across students, faculty, staff, and student leaders. Approaches might consider ways we can design welcoming atmospheres on our campuses, in classrooms, in teaching and learning centers, and in academic support programs across campus.
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Summit
October 6-7, 2022; virtual
Registration is $50
The SoTL Summit offers a space to share results from SoTL projects and discuss innovative teaching techniques. The conference maintains a developmental focus to help participants at all levels of SoTL experience grow as teacher-scholars, offering how-to interactive workshops as well as sessions on individual and collaborative SoTL projects and cutting-edge topics in pedagogy and student learning.
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ISSOTL - At the Intersections of SoTL: Transfer and Transformation, Diversity and Inclusivity
November 2-5, 2022; Syilx Okanagan Nation, Kelowna, British Columbia
This conference will explore the intersections of SoTL in higher education that represent our diverse and inclusive cultures, perspectives, knowledges, disciplines, methodologies, partners, and levels of focus. We will also explore the impact of our scholarship on advancing change across different teaching and learning contexts and communities.
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