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| About the Author | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| What Is the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning? | |
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| A Bit of SoTL History | |
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| Example Definitions | |
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| Related Concepts | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Why Do SoTL? | |
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| Functions of SoTL | |
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| Value and Fit in the Reward Structure | |
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| Standards for SoTL Work | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| How Do I Get Started? | |
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| Challenges for First Timers (and Others) | |
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| What Is the "Problem"? | |
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| Example SoTL Research Problems and Questions | |
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| The Role of Theory and the Importance of Definitions | |
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| Refining Your Question(s) | |
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| Searching for Literature | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| How Can I Move My Project Forward? | |
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| The Importance of Collaboration | |
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| Collaborations With Colleagues | |
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| Involving Students as Coresearchers | |
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| Integrating SoTL Projects Into Your Existing Professional Life and Workload | |
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| Resources for SoTL Work | |
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| Think Outside the Box: Resources Broadly Defined | |
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| Tips for Grant Writing | |
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| SoTL Funding Opportunities | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| What Are the Practical and Ethical Issues I Must Consider? | |
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| Practical Issues | |
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| Ethical Issues-Overview | |
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| Institutional Review Boards | |
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| Three Ethical Criteria | |
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| Informed Consent | |
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| Right to Privacy | |
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| Protection From Harm | |
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| Starting to Put It All Together | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Mow Do I Design My SoTL Project? | |
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| Two General Issues | |
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| The Quantitative and/or Qualitative Choice | |
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| Time Frames for Your Study | |
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| Typologies or Categories of Methods | |
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| Specific Methodologies and Examples | |
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| Course Portfolios and Other Reflection and Analysis | |
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| Interviews and Focus Groups | |
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| Observational Research | |
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| Questionnaires | |
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| Content Analysis | |
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| Secondary Analysis | |
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| Experiments and Quasi-Experiments | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Multimethod Studies | |
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| Analysis and Interpretation | |
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| How Far Have We Come? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| How Do I Make My SoTL Public and Document My Work? | |
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| The Meanings of Making Public and Peer Review | |
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| How Common Is Making Public? | |
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| Tips and Outlets for Making Public | |
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| Publications | |
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| Presentations | |
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| Web Postings | |
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| Documenting SoTL Work for the Reward System | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| What Are the Disciplinary and Institutional Contexts of SoTL? | |
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| Disciplinary Context | |
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| Similarities and Differences in Views of SoTL | |
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| Status of SoTL in the Disciplines | |
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| Example SoTL Projects in the Disciplines | |
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| Meanings of Cross- and Interdisciplinary SoTL | |
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| Examples of Cross-Disciplinary SoTL | |
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| Institutional Context | |
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| Campus Support-Some Data | |
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| Campus Support-Possible Models | |
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| Strategies for Campus Support | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Where Do We Go From Here? | |
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| SoTL and Transforming Culture | |
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| Using SoTL | |
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| Levels and Forms of Application | |
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| Some Data on Application | |
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| Thinking About Use and Application | |
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| The Future of SoTL | |
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| Challenges and Opportunities in the Field of SoTL | |
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| Future Images | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Example Campus Survey on Status of SoTL | |
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| Additional Resources on SoTL-Web Sites, Articles, Chapters, and Books | |
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| List of SoTL Journals and Newsletters | |
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| Example Call for Proposals for Campus SoTL Small Grants | |
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| Possible Funding Sources for SoTL Work | |
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| Example IRB Form Questions and Responses for an Interview Study | |
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| Sample of Useful Books on Portfolios, Classroom Assessment/Research, and Methods | |
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| Example Tenure and Promotion Language re SoTL | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |