Inquiry and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning
Engage in interdisciplinary conversations about learning-centred inquiry and scholarship in teaching and learning. You will consider your teaching and learning context and critically explore general and discipline-specific teaching and learning scholarship.
Course description
In this course we will engage in interdisciplinary conversations about learning-centered inquiry and scholarship in teaching and learning. Participants will be invited to consider their teaching and learning context and to critically explore social responsibilities in SOTL, teacher/student identities as well as general and discipline-specific teaching and learning scholarship. Using the University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Grants framework and criteria, participants will develop a scholarly inquiry project proposal based on a question meaningful to both their own and/or broader societal context. In addition, rigorous scholarly inquiry will be supported as participants give and receive structured feedback on each other’s proposals. This course will incorporate Zoom sessions as well as asynchronous online components and both individual and collaborative activities to support flexible, authentic learning opportunities.
Course dates and times
This course will be offered once per academic year.
Next offering: May 5 to June 13, 2025
Deadline to register: Monday, April 28 2025
Please ensure your availability before registering for this course.
You will learn to
- Critically examine current scholarship in teaching and learning
- Engage in conversations about teaching and learning with colleagues from a range of disciplinary backgrounds
- Identify key teaching and learning issues/questions in their own context
- Develop a scholarly inquiry project proposal based on one of their identified questions
- Provide structured feedback on others’ inquiry proposals
Week 1 | May 5-11, 2025: Introduction and Guiding Principles of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Zoom Session: Thursday, May 8 (10 – 11:30 a.m.)
Online Activity: Reflective Discussion Post: Introduction and goals (Complete by May 12)
Week 2 | May 12-18, 2025: Research Questions and Methods in SoTL
Zoom Session: Thursday, May 15 (10 – 11:30 a.m.)
Online Activity: Reflective Discussion Post (or Interactive Reading Activity): Developing a SoTL Study Design and Research Question (Complete by May 19)
Week 3 | May 19-25, 2025: Ethics in Inquiry and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning
Zoom Session: Thursday, May 22 (10 – 11:30 a.m.)
Online Activity: Reflective Discussion Post (or Interactive Reading Activity): Ethical considerations in SoTL (Complete by May 26)
Week 4 | May 26-June 1, 2025: Draft SoTL Proposals
Zoom Session: : Thursday, May 29 (10 – 11:30 a.m.)
Online Activity: Work on and share draft SoTL research proposal in D2L (Complete by June 1)
Week 5 | June 2-8, 2025: Peer Feedback on Draft SoTL Proposals
Zoom session: No Zoom this week
Online activity: Peer Feedback on SoTL research proposals in D2L (Due June 8)
Week 6 | June 8–12, 2025: Closing Dialogue
Zoom session: Thursday, June 12 (10 – 11:30 a.m.)
Online activity: Revised research proposals in D2L (Due: June 13)
End of course
Our approach
This course aims to build a critical, scholarly, and collaborative learning environment among its participants by using a dialogical learning format and creating space for peer engagement and review. During the course, participants will engage in group discussions, have time to reflect and write, engage in active individual and collective learning opportunities, and provide one another with informal and structured feedback. Online learning opportunities might include activities such as reviewing various media (e.g., video or audio material), participating on discussion boards, engaging in critical dialogue and sharing and reviewing work.