The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is an evidence-based exploration of teaching and learning process. The goal of SoTL is to improve teaching and learning, and can include using evidence-based strategies, scholarly teaching, and adding to the evidence of scholarship of teaching and learning. In STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields DBER (discipline-based education research) includes developing generalizable theories and models.
The Drake Institute strives to support the use of evidence-based teaching practices and adding to the evidence by introducing educators to SoTL/DBER practices, supporting the development and completion of projects, and elevating the dissemination of SoTL/DBER projects and educational innovations developed at Ohio State.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Participants will be able to describe critical components of a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) project.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate integration of one or more critical elements of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) into a project or study.