SoTL Commons Conference
Conference dates: January 24-25, 2019
on the historic Savannah riverfront at the Hyatt Regency, Savannah.
Hosted by the Georgia Southern University Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), the SoTL Commons is an international conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with an intimate feel - listen to high quality presentations from nationally and internationally recognized speakers and join in conversations with a community of scholars from around the world.
Dr. Jennifer Friberg, Cross Endowed Chair in SoTL and Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Illinois State University
Dr. Jeffrey Karpicke, James V. Bradley Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Purdue University
For the most updated conference information and to register for the conference, please visit the SoTL Commons website. Georgia Southern faculty may register at the reduced rate of $150.
CTE Event Calendar & Registration
Join us for a fantastic new year of teaching excellence!
The CTE's event calendar for Spring 2019 is online with over 100 workshops for training and development.
To register:
- Go to GoSignMeUp at training.georgiasouthern.edu or follow any registration links we provide.
- Sign in as a student using your Georgia Southern credentials.
- Find workshops or events you'd like to attend.
- Once you have selected your course(s), click the "Add to Cart" button. There is no fee attached to these workshops.
- To complete registration, click on the "Checkout" button.
To find events easier: Once logged into the portal, use the search function (underneath the header image) to find and register for events.
If you have any problems registering, please contact us at (912) 478-0049 or email: phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu.
2019 SoTL Award and Fellowship - Applications Now Open
The Georgia Southern University SoTL Award recognizes Georgia Southern faculty members for their outstanding contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Each year a competitive selection process determines one awardee. The recipient receives $2,000 from the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Application deadline is 5 PM, ET, January 22, 2019.
Visit our website for more information and to submit your application.
The competitive Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellowship Program is designed to foster faculty engagement and leadership in SoTL at Georgia Southern University. The fellowship supports up to two (2) faculty each year in their advancement and completion of quality, innovative SoTL research projects that aim to improve the understanding of teaching and learning. The fellows receive $1,000 of faculty development funding through the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Application deadline is 5 PM, ET, January 22, 2019.
Visit our website for more information and to submit your application.
Teaching & Reaching i-Gen Discussion Group
Register by January 28 to participate in this session.
Do you often begin your sentences with, “My students should have already learned…”? If so, this discussion group is for you.
This group will review literature about teaching students who belong to "iGen" or "Generation Z." These sessions will examine their strengths and challenges as learners and will explore pedagogical strategies to support their learning.
This will be a 4-part series on the Armstrong Campus:
February 4 & 18, March 4 & 25 (Mondays)
12:30-2:00 PM
Solms 207 (Armstrong)
2019 Faculty Awards Deadlines
This award allows faculty members to upgrade skills in the discipline, to develop innovative teaching strategies, to devise new courses/significantly revise existing ones, to plan significant curriculum changes, or to pursue other creative projects that affect the instructional process.
For guidelines and documents to submit, see our Faculty Awards page.
Application deadline is 5 PM, ET, February 4, 2019.
Submit applications online to the CTE via email to cte@georgiasouthern.edu.
If you do not receive a confirmation receipt for your submissions within 48 hours, please inquire to Patricia Hendrix at phendrix@georgiasouthern.edu/
Visit our website for more information and to submit your application.
Armstrong Faculty Development Awards
The CTE is currently accepting nominations for the following 2019 Armstrong Campus Faculty Awards. An Armstrong faculty member is one who teaches 75% of his/her course load on the Armstrong/Liberty campuses.All awards listed below are due by 5 PM on March 25, 2019.
- Kristina Brockmeier Award
- Judge Ron Ginsberg Faculty Excellence Award
- Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Community
- Alumni Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the Academic Discipline
- Award for Distinguished Faculty Service to the University
- Award for Distinguished Faculty Service by a Part-Time Faculty Member
For guidelines and documents to submit, see our Faculty Awards page.
Submit applications online to the CTE via email to cte@georgiasouthern.edu.
If you do not receive a confirmation receipt for your submissions within 48 hours, please inquire to Teresa Durham at tdurham@georgiasouthern.edu.
Spring 2019 Teaching Online Certificate (TOC) Program: Enrollment at Capacity
Thanks to growing interest in our Teaching Online Certificate (TOC) program, our spring sections have filled. We will offer summer sessions and will open registration in April.
