CELT and Health Sciences Collaborate on Faculty Learning Community to Develop Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Two professors in the College of Health Sciences are collaborating with the Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) to present the College’s first interprofessional Faculty Learning Community for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL FLC).
Since August, Janine L. Schmedding-Bartley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Leslie Woltenberg, PhD, MSEd, have been — with the help of Trey Conatser of CELT — presenting curriculum for the monthly meetings, which can focus on topics like “Research Design and Data Collection for SoTL” and “Software and Other Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis.”
“The goals are to help establish a core knowledge in SoTL and facilitate collaboration whereby SoTL research can be pursued within the College,” Woltenberg said. “And of course — all this, with the ultimate goal of continuous improvement of teaching and learning.”
The Faculty Learning Community will explore the possibilities and procedures of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, particularly for faculty participants who have been trained in and practice health sciences research methods. Envisioned as a two-part, two-year program, the FLC will meet once a month for 60-90 minutes. The first semester (Fall 2022) will focus on learning about SoTL from both interdisciplinary and health sciences perspectives (e.g., design considerations, methods, examples), after which participants may choose to continue for the remaining three semesters (Spring 2023 – Spring 2024) in designing, implementing, analyzing, and writing up a SoTL project either as individuals or in teams.