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January 2020, The Center for Teaching Excellence
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SoTL Commons Conference
SoTL Commons Conference is February 19-21, 2020 at the Savannah Riverfront Hyatt.
The SoTL Commons is an international conference with an intimate feel – listen to high quality presentations from nationally and internationally recognized speakers and join in conversations on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with a community of scholars from around the world.
Applications are Open for the SoTL Award & SoTL Fellowship
SoTL Award
The Georgia Southern University SoTL Award recognizes faculty for their outstanding contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). All full-time faculty members who have held a teaching position at Georgia Southern University for a minimum of two years may apply for the award. Previous award recipients are not eligible to apply for four years after receiving the award.
The awardee will be asked to submit a presentation proposal to the SoTL Commons Conference. Registration is free for the awardee.
The application deadline for the SoTL Award is February 28, 2020.
SoTL Fellowship
The fellowship supports up to two faculty each year in their advancement and completion of quality, innovative SoTL research projects that improve the understanding of teaching and learning. Full-time faculty members may apply for the fellowship. For collaborative SoTL projects, only one application may be submitted (usually for the primary investigator of a project). Previous fellowship recipients are not eligible to apply for four years after receiving the award.
The application deadline for the SoTL Fellowship is February 28, 2020.
ijSoTL Journal Published by the CTE
The International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is an open access, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal published twice a year by the Center for Teaching Excellence at Georgia Southern University. The journal is an international forum for research and information about the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and its applications in higher/tertiary education.
All submissions undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Read the latest issue of ijSoTL!
Interested in serving on the Review Board? Complete the form here.
Registration Open: Improving Your Online Course
Experienced online instructors are invited to register for the Quality Matters® (QM) online workshop "Improving Your Online Course" (IYOC).
Benefits for completing IYOC include:
Determine how well your online course meets Quality Matters standards.
Exchange ideas and opinions about the design of quality online courses with Georgia Southern colleagues.
Use the QM Rubric to identify and prioritize course design strategies to improve learner preparation and support, alignment, engagement, web accessibility, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in your online course.
Prerequisites: be certified to teach online at Georgia Southern, have taught online at Georgia Southern for two semesters, and have a fully developed online course to improve.
Spring IYOC Dates: Tuesday, January 28 - Monday, February 10 (3 weeks)
Our best estimate is to expect up to 10 hours per week to complete the workshop.
If you have any questions, please contact Instructional Designer Stephen Hufsmith at shufsmith@georgiasouthern.edu.
Register for Spring by January 20 with this IYOC Application Form*
Evidence-Based Teaching Badge
- Difficult Dialogues | Monday, February 3 | 11am-12pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Academic Assessment Support for Next Steps | Monday, February 3 | 3-4:30pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
Teaching with Technology Badge
- Web Accessibility | Tuesday, January 21 | 10-11am | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Web Accessibility | Wednesday, January 22 | 10-11am | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Creating Videos in Folio Courses | Friday, January 24 | 12:30-1:30pm | Cone 2027 (S)
- Folio: Gradebook | Friday, January 24 | 2-3pm | Cone 2027 (S)
- Creating Videos in Folio Courses | Friday, January 31 | 12:30-1:30pm | Solms 207 (A)
- Folio: Gradebook | Friday, January 31 | 2-3pm | Solms 207 (A)
Professional Planning & Growth Badge
- Documenting Effective Teaching Behaviors | Wednesday, January 15 | 11am-12pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Documenting Effective Teaching Behaviors | Thursday, January 16 | 2-3pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Creating a Teaching Portfolio | Wednesday, January 22 | 2-3pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Creating a Teaching Portfolio | Thursday, January 23 | 11am-12pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Trends in College Student Mental Health | Thursday, January 30 | 1-2pm | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
- Navigating the IRB Process | Wednesday, February 5 | 10-11:30am | Cone 2029 (S)/Solms 207 (A)
Contact Us
Website
academics.georgiasouthern.edu/cte
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(912) 478-0049
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(912) 344-3607