holiday reading: some examples of Patti Clayton’s work in SoTL-CSL
The DEAL Model for Critical Reflection and Assessment that she co-developed through a long-term SoTL project has formed the basis for several projects/articles:
The first research-grounded one was:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0011.204/1/–integrating-reflection-and-assessment-to-capture-and-improve?view=image
The following piece is the product of a long-term project grounded in DEAL. This is a primary go-to piece on critical reflection and assessment in experiential learning (which this journal calls “applied learning”):
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/appliedlearning/journalvol1/Ash%20&%20Clayton,%20Generating,%20Deepening,%20and%20Documenting%20Learning.pdf
Also:
An article on a less social-sciency example of a SoTL project can be found at:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0011.106/–shifts-in-perspective-capitalizing-on-the-counter-normative?view=image&seq=1&size=100
Announcing the 2014 Nexen Scholars and their Projects
Reflexivity in the Field: Becoming Critical Social Work Practitioners, Brent Oliver, Social Work and Disability Studies (in collaboration with colleagues at York University and University of Regina)
Impact of the Flipped Classroom in a Research for Health and Community Study course, Tammy Sherrow, School of Nursing and Midwifery
Social work students’ and faculty’s experiences of an innovative model designed to help students link theory to practice, Carolyn Anderson and Meaghen Johnston, Social Work and Disability Studies (a collaborative project in first and second year practicum courses)
To what extent do students identify with the concept of global citizenship, Priscilla Wamucii, General Education
What Happens for Students when they use a Pedagogical Analogical Model (an Idea Model) While Learning to Come up with Ideas?, Alex Bruton, Entrepreneurship
Engaging with Patti Clayton – CSL research workshop January 30
As part of Patti Clayton’s 2-day visit to MRU, she will be giving a full-day research development workshop on January 30. This is intended for anyone interested in doing SoTL research in a CSL course, on student learning outcomes such as cognitive development, academic learning, civic engagement, and intercultural competence.
Registration: Workshop #94
Register online: http://notesweb.mtroyal.ca/ADC/ADCWorkshops.nsf?open&login or contact the ADC at: nfunke@mtroyal.ca, 403-440-6042
** Faculty from our neighbouring institutions are also welcome to attend. Please email the institute (see bottom of poster, above) for more information.
Engaging with Patti Clayton – keynote January 29
The Institute is happy to announce this keynote talk, as part of Patti Clayton’s 2-day visit to MRU. An expert on Community Service Learning, Patti served as lead editor for and contributing author to the 2-volume set Research on Service-Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment. Patti will talk about models of service-learning as democratic engagement, drawing on her own experience as well as MRU examples. This is sure to be an engaging presentation!
InSight: Call for Papers
InSight, A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, has recently put out a call for papers for Volume 9: Scholarly Teaching and Learning.
“Faculty are encouraged to submit original manuscripts that showcase scholarly teaching processes or critically discuss the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) as a scholarship paradigm.”
Deadline: March 1, 2014
Healthy, Resilient Communities: Call for Papers
http://communityservicelearning.ca/healthy-resilient-communities-call-for-papers/
2014 Community Service Learning and Community Engagement Conference
The conference theme will be to explore the contributions of community campus partnerships in supporting the development and maintenance of healthy resilient communities.
Ottawa, May 28 to 30 2014
Deadline for submission of proposals: February 28, 2014
announcing the 2014 TransCanada Collaborative SoTL Inquiry Grants
TransCanada Pipelines Limited has invested $925,000 over a five year period, part of which will support a Research Program for Learning Innovation and Collaborative Inquiry.
As part of this program, the Institute for SoTL at MRU is please to announce the Collaborative SoTL Inquiry Grants. These grants are designated for collaborative teaching and learning inquiry projects which go beyond an inquiry about teaching and learning in a single class. Note that while the Nexen Scholars Program is designed to support scholars in developing a project, the TransCanada grants require a complete research proposal including literature review, research question, methodology and dissemination plans.
Some examples of collaborative inquiries include, but are not limited to, inquiries about teaching and learning that:
- will be investigated in multiple courses and/or sections in a department or program (for example, studying student learning over a series of courses)
- will be investigated in courses from different programs and faculties (for example, studying students’ writing skills development in courses from a variety of disciplines)
- will be investigated in courses from multiple contexts (for example, studying the effect of a certain pedagogy at institutions with varying class sizes)
- have a student as a co-investigator (a senior student collaborating to design/conduct a study in a lower-level class)
- require the expertise of a variety of co-investigators due to the size and scope of the project (for example, a technical writing expert collaborating to study student report writing skills in a science lab)
Collaborative SoTL projects may apply for funding of up to $10,000 per year. The budget for these grants is $30,000 per year so one or two grants will be awarded per funding cycle. For multi-institutional projects, a MRU faculty member must be the principal investigator on the project. See the guidelines document, below, for more information. If you are uncertain whether or not your proposed project meets the criteria, please contact the Director to explore possibilities.
APPLICATION DEADLINES Mar 31 and Oct 31 each year