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This course, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM, provides a toolkit for conducting Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
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SoTL involves educators using their disciplinary knowledge to investigate a question about learning and teaching, gather evidence in a systematic way, submit their findings for peer review and make the findings public for others to build upon. The course will help you plan, conduct, and evaluate a SoTL inquiry.
In this video, Diane Butler, Associate Dean (Academic Excellence), Faculty of STEM, The Open University, UK, welcomes you to the course.
Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development.
Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge.
The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey . Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our end-of-course survey . Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others.
Earn this free Open University digital badge if you complete this course! The badge can be displayed, shared and downloaded as a marker of your achievement. The badge is awarded for completing the course and passing the quizzes.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Conceptualise and design an ethically reasoned SoTL inquiry
- Conduct a SoTL inquiry
- Reflect on and critically evaluate a SoTL inquiry for its impact
- Disseminate the aims, processes and outcomes of the inquiry.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction and guidance 00:30:00
- What is a badged course? 00:15:00
- How to get a badge 00:15:00
- Thinking about notetaking 00:10:00
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- Introduction 00:15:00
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- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 00:40:00
- Distinguishing SoTL from scholarly teaching 00:40:00
- Distinguishing SoTL from discipline-based education research 00:30:00
- Principles of SoTL 00:30:00
- Reflection, critical reflection and reflexivity 00:03:00
- Reflection in SoTL 00:35:00
- Critical reflection in SoTL 00:20:00
- Reflexivity in SoTL 00:20:00
- Stages of a SoTL inquiry 00:40:00
- This session’s quiz 00:05:00
- Summary of Session 1 00:15:00
- Mentoring in SoTL 00:10:00
- Supporting SoTL networking 00:10:00
- Mentor–mentee relationship 00:15:00
- Learning analytics 00:25:00
- Learning analytics and SoTL 00:25:00
- Use of learning analytics in SoTL 00:10:00
- Ethics of using learning analytics in SoTL 00:20:00
- Influence of learning analytics on SoTL practice 00:10:00
- This session’s quiz 00:07:00
- Summary of Session 2 00:10:00
- Formulating aim and research questions for a SoTL inquiry 00:05:00
- Aim of the inquiry 00:10:00
- Research questions for a SoTL inquiry 00:10:00
- Areas of investigation in SoTL 00:30:00
- Literature review for a SoTL inquiry 00:20:00
- Conducting a literature review 00:10:00
- Searching for literature 00:05:00
- Planning your search 00:10:00
- Where to search: databases and Google Scholar 00:30:00
- Evaluating information and making notes 00:15:00
- Organising information in a reference management tool 00:20:00
- Writing a literature review 00:25:00
- This session’s quiz 00:10:00
- Summary of Session 3 00:10:00
- Students as partners in SoTL 00:20:00
- Involving students as partners in SoTL 00:25:00
- Advantages of educator-student partnerships 00:40:00
- Challenges of involving students as partners 00:03:00
- Engaging a full range of student voices 00:20:00
- Establishing the partnership 00:15:00
- Maintaining and sustaining the partnership 00:20:00
- Ethical considerations in a SoTL inquiry 00:05:00
- Involvement of students 00:25:00
- Dual role as educator and researcher 00:15:00
- Making SoTL results public 00:15:00
- Introduction 00:10:00
- Research design 00:10:00
- Refining the aim and research questions of the SoTL inquiry 00:05:00
- Using disciplinary knowledge to narrow a research question 00:25:00
- Significance of the aim and research questions 00:15:00
- Research methods for SoTL 00:10:00
- Quantitative and qualitative data 00:15:00
- Mixed methods research approach 00:20:00
- Triangulation 00:20:00
- Mixed methods research design 00:15:00
- Choosing your data collection research methods 00:20:00
- Research data management 00:15:00
- Seeking ethical approvals 00:10:00
- Data collection, preparation, analysis and interpretation 00:25:00
- Presenting your findings 00:30:00
- This session’s quiz 00:05:00
- Summary of Session 5 00:10:00
- Making SoTL public 00:25:00
- Strategies for confronting the challenges to making SoTL public 00:20:00
- Considerations when making SoTL public 00:25:00