Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Welcome to Indiana University’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Program (one of several areas of focus within the broader CITL).  The mission of the SoTL program is to create scholarly teachers.

Teaching should be viewed as a scholarly activity to be valued as community property.  As such, faculty are encouraged to systematically analyze evidence of student learning, situate their work within existing literature, collaborate with other faculty both within or across disciplines, and contribute to the body of knowledge about teaching and learning by dissemination of their research findings through appropriate, and often times innovative means. 

In an effort to support our mission, the SoTL program strives to:

  • Raise awareness of SoTL as a scholarly activity;
  • Bring visibility to SoTL scholars at IUB;
  • Provide professional development opportunities for faculty interested in growing their SoTL skills; 
  • Provide professional development opportunities for faculty to engage in conversations around SoTL;
  • Foster connections between faculty interested in SoTL at IUB; and
  • Connect faculty to resources to engage in their own SoTL work.

Would you like to get more involved in SoTL?

Any IUB faculty member or graduate student, regardless of rank or appointment, is welcomed to join Indiana University’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning community.  Visit our Finding SoTL page to learn ways to engage or contact Shannon Sipes to set up a consultation.