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Symposium: Scholarly Teaching & Learning in Post-Secondary Education

• About: In partnership with BCcampus, BCTLC helps organize this popular annual event that supports and celebrates scholarly teaching and SoTL work
• Website:   https://bccampus.ca/symposium/ 
• When: Fall (usually late October, early November)
• Format: Keynote Speaker(s), several concurrent 50-min sessions, Research Bites (3 min, 3 slides, lightening format)
• Symposium Archives
  • 2015 Symposium Keynotes: Eric Davis (archived video) and Teresa Dawson (archived video)
    • Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/61642799@N03/albums/72157661303122795 
    • Organizing Committee: Gary Hunt (TRU), Maureen Wideman (UFV), Grant Gregson (Emily Carr), Peter Arthur (UBCO) and Liesel Knaack (VIU)
  • 2014 Symposium Keynotes: Opening: Jane Slemon, Jennifer Walinga & Linda Pardy.  Closing: Gary Poole
    • Photos:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/61642799@N03/albums/72157648939104228

2015 Intensive: Scholarly Inquiry – Design your Research Project

• Website: https://proflearn.bccampus.ca/scholarly-inquiry-into-student-learning-designing-your-research-project/
• When: On May 21 and 22, 2015, 24 faculty and instructors from a number of institutions came together to engage in an intensive workshop on building a scholarly inquiry question related to student learning. The materials, links and documents shared with participants, along with additional items are listed on this page for anyone to access and use. All links to documents and websites open in a new window.

Workshop Handouts & Materials
(shared with permission)

• Workshop Agenda – PDF
• Dr. Richard Gale – Welcoming Plenary Session – PDF
• Reflection Tree (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Reflection Tree Instructions (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Reflection Tree Response Sheet (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Developing Significant Questions (Gary Hunt) – PDF
• Project Planning Worksheet (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Refining Your Question Worksheet (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• A Compendium of Data Sources for Use in SoTL (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Pathways for Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Getting Started with your Inquiry – Package (Doug Hamilton) – PDF
• Data Sources for Scholarly Inquiry Project (Group Brainstorm led by Peter Arthur) – PDF
• Ethical Requirements in Human Research (Gary Hunt) – PDF

Web Resources

• Researching Teaching and Student Outcomes in Post-Secondary Education: An Introduction (Susan Elgie/HEQCO) – PDF
• Mount Royal: Is it Quality Assurance or Research? – PDF
• Mount Royal: Ethical Considerations for Dual-Role Research: Conducting Research with Students in Your Own Classroom – PDF
• SOTL Canada: https://sotlcanada.wordpress.com/
• The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: http://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca/
• Teaching and Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/teachlearninqu/about.html
• International Journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/