I just finished the Institute’s annual report (MRU ISTL ANNUAL 2015-for web) and am feeling fortunate to know and work with so many colleagues doing excellent work related to understanding and improving teaching and learning at Mount Royal and beyond! I think that Mount Royal has built a strong community and quite a bit of momentum for SoTL work and I’m looking forward to what the future will bring. The full report is attached, and here are some highlights:

• 5th annual Symposium on SoTL included over 50 presentations and 115 participants from across North America
• 10 students hired as research assistants for Nexen and TransCanada-sponsored SoTL projects
• 4 MRU students presented with MRU faculty at the 2014 Symposium on SoTL
• 6 workshops and methodology-related presentations at 2014 Symposium on SoTL
• 5 scholars completed the 2014 Nexen Scholars Program and are in the dissemination phase of their research
• 5 scholars accepted into the 2015 Nexen Scholars program and will conduct their research in 2015-16
• 4 new TransCanada Collaborative SoTL projects funded
• 48 scholarly presentations at conferences, postsecondary institutions, and disciplinary organizations supported
• 7 papers published from Nexen and TransCanada-sponsored projects
• 2 individual papers and 3 collaborative papers in press
• 1 Nexen Scholar’s article featured in the December 2014 issue of the National Teaching and Learning Forum (MacMillan, 2014)

Looking ahead:

2015 Symposium registration is open and program will be posted soon!!

Lots of interesting sessions plus 2 keynotes and 4 pre-conference workshops.

Nov 12-14, 2015 in Banff

isotlsymposium.mtroyal.ca

 

Upcoming deadlines for different sources of SoTL research support:

Internal Research grants:    September 25

TransCanada Collaborative SoTL grants: October 31

Nexen Scholars program: December 1

 

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