upcoming external award deadlines
Desire2Learn Innovation in Teaching and Learning
The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Desire2Learn are pleased to invite submissions for the 2015 Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. This Award celebrates and recognizes innovative approaches that promote learning in new ways at post-secondary institutions. Awards are open to all instructors currently teaching at a post-secondary institution, regardless of discipline, level, or term of appointment. Applications in French or English are welcomed. Candidates do not need to be members of STLHE to apply.
Submission Deadline March 1, 2015.
Further details and award criteria:
www.stlhe.ca/awards/desire2learn-innovation-award/
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SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants
This competition will be launched in support of the objectives of the Imagining Canada’s Future initiative, with a focus on one of the six future challenge areas. The knowledge synthesis will address the challenge area of: What new ways of learning, particularly in higher education, will Canadians need to thrive in an evolving society and labour market?
These grants are not intended to support original research, rather they are intended to support the synthesis of existing research knowledge on the topic and the identification of knowledge gaps. The call for proposals is scheduled to be released on SSHRC’s website in early January 2015, with an application deadline in late February 2015. Results will be announced in March 2015.
Up to 15 awards valued at up to $25,000 each will be awarded. The synthesis reports will be due no later than end September 2015 and award holders will be requested to participate in two workshop meetings in Ottawa. These will be scheduled in early Spring and late Fall.
Kudos to Karen Manarin and the Critical Reading team!
highlights from the 2014 Banff Symposium on SoTL
We had a fantastic conference in Banff last week and many collaborative conversations about the value of interdisciplinary, the imperative of changing our teaching to address the big problems of today’s world, and the importance of collaborating with students.
Please see Margy’s “storify” from the twitter feed of our Symposium in Banff last week for twitter highlights:
https://storify.com/margymaclibrary/ssotl-2014-symposium-on-scholarship-of-teaching-an
and a few photos from the twitter feed below:
New resources on “Communicating SoTL”
Thank you to Margy MacMillan, librarian extraordinaire, for curating many resources on writing/publishing/communicating research and putting them on our new page, Communicating SoTL. Let us know if you find them useful!
The latest issue of CJSoTL is out, Vol 5(1)
Kudos to a few Mount Royal folk published in the latest issue:
Qualitative Insights from a Canadian Multi-institutional Research Study: In Search of Meaningful E-learning
Lorraine M. Carter, Vince Salyers, Sue Myers, Carol Hipfner, Caroline Hoffart, Christa MacLean, Kathy White, Theresa Matus, Vivian Forssman, and Penelope Barrett
Countdown to Banff (3 days!) Some final details below:
We have over 100 scholars registered for the 5th annual Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Banff on November 6-8! The Symposium includes 3 pre-conference workshops plus keynotes from international, regional and local scholars and students, not to mention energizing examples of SoTL research, deep dives into methodology, and refreshing perspectives on teaching and learning.
Our program is posted at
www.isotlsymposium.mtroyal.ca
Notes for presenters
If you are presenting in a concurrent session:
- There are no moderators for these sessions so please introduce yourself. The last person presenting in a session may act as the timekeeper.
- We will have attendance sheets at the front of each room. We hope you will assist by filling them out. We intend to use the information for planning purposes (for example, we are interested in which types of sessions attract higher attendance to facilitate future scheduling).
If you are presenting a poster:
- Tripods, boards, and velcro stickies will be available Castle/Assiniboine rooms. We ask you to set your posters up before the opening reception so that they may be viewed throughout the Symposium.
- Poster session will begin Friday at 2:30 pm.
One project the Institute is supporting this year is to develop and collect resources for scholars. To contribute, please check your emails for an invitation to participate in a very brief survey on Key Figures in SoTL.
If you are not from the area, please note that forecasts for Friday through Saturday are for highs of about 5 degrees (Celcius) and lows below freezing. Gloves and warm shoes and jackets are recommended.
And finally, for the technophiles among us, we have started a twitter hashtag at #ssotl14.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Symposium Organizing Committee
Janice Miller-Young, Brett McCollum, Margy MacMillan, Heather Nelson
Mount Royal University