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- SoTL 101: Introduction to SoTL and Teaching + Learning Inquiry
- SoTL 102: Formulating an Inquiry Project
- SoTL Thoughts
- Coffee + Conversation
- Tools for Inquiry: Conducting Inquiry Using CES
- Amundsen Fellowship Program
- Decolonial Teaching + Learning Seminar Series
- Decolonizing and Indigenizing Curricula
- Disrupting Colonialism through Teaching Program
- Exploring Well-being in Learning Environments: An Integrated Seminar Series + Grants Program
- Inquiring into Your Multilingual Classroom: An Integrated Seminar Series + Grants Program
- New Ways of Teaching, New Ways of Learning: Supporting Learning in Online Environments
- Open Education Grant Pilot Program
- Teaching and Learning Development Grant Program
- Project Archive
- Amundsen Fellowship Program
- Disrupting Colonialism through Teaching Program
- Exploring Well-being in Learning Environments Program
- Inquiring into Your Multilingual Classroom Projects
- New Ways of Teaching, New Ways of Learning
- Teaching and Learning Development Grant Program
- Scholarship of Teaching + Learning Projects
- Conferences & Calls for Proposals
- Teaching with AI: April 20, 2026 [April 20-29, 2026]
- FLO MicroCourse: AI-Resilient Assessment Design Sprint [April 27 - May 1, 2026]
- Faculty Experiences with Open Pedagogy and Social Justice [April 30, 2026]
- 2026 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning [Deadline: May 01, 2026]
- Cfp: 2026 SoTL Symposium [Deadline: May 04, 2026]
- 2026 Graduate Students in Teaching Conference [May 05-06, 2026]
- Teaching with AI: May 5, 2026 [May 05-14, 2026]
- Brave Conversations: Revisiting and Rethinking "Risk" in SoTL [May 07, 2026]
- 2026 Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference [Deadline: May 08, 2026]
- 3rd Annual Thompson-Okanagan Teaching and Learning Conference [May 13-14, 2026]
- SoTL Canada Journal Club: Developing a SoTL Identity [May 19, 2026]
- Teaching with AI: May 19, 2026 [May 19-28, 2026]
- 2026 Annual STLHE/SAPES Conference [Deadline: May 25, 2026]
- ETUG Spring 2026 Workshop: Collaboration, Co-creation, and Creativity in EdTech [May 28-29, 2026]
- Teaching with AI: June 1, 2026 [June 01-10, 2026]
- 2026 DPI Conference [August 18-20, 2026]
- 2026 SoTL Symposium Conference [October 22-24, 2026]
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SoTL 102: Formulating an Inquiry Project
After participating in SoTL 101, it’s time to put your own project together. The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) uses systematic and deliberate inquiry into teaching and learning practices. As a field, we strive to engage in a range of methodologies, disciplinary perspectives, and epistemologies to inform our scholarly activity using Felten’s (2013) principles of SoTL:
- Inquire about student learning;
- Ground teaching and learning in context;
- Use methodologically sound approaches;
- Treat students as partners in their learning; and
- Share our findings
To do this, we support instructors to:
- Ask meaningful questions about your teaching practice(s): What is working well? Perhaps you want to better understand student behaviour? Explore new technologies? What can you learn from working with other instructors?
- Conceptualize your approach to understand these practices and their impact: We understand that learning is an evolving process, and support projects through various levels of development. From brainstorming to formal presentation to educational leadership and everything in between.
- Develop methods and processes for reflection and action: Sound approaches are central to the scholarship of teaching and learning.
- Share and connect with peers: It’s important to share lessons learned – both positive and negative – with fellow practitioners.
Come ready to explore our research-based approach and discuss with our team and research peers new or established ideas about conducting inquiry-research.
In this 2-hour workshop you will be guided through crafting an inquiry question and take a deeper dive into considerations when planning your inquiry, either for existing courses or as part of planning for a future, SoTL research project.
You will:
- Identify your inquiry topic and formulate a research question
- Receive guidance on how to select the best methods to answer your research question
- Support peers in their inquiry research
- Discuss tips to plan for future, larger SoTL research projects
Who should attend SoTL 102?
- You have already taken SoTL 101
- Instructors ready to start doing inquiry-research into learning and teaching at SFU
- Instructors who are planning for a larger, SoTL research project
- Instructors or staff keen to support colleagues in developing their research ideas
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