{"id":12185,"date":"2012-10-30t08:18:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-30t13:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2012-10-30t08:24:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30t13:24:14","slug":"reflections-on-last-weeks-issotl-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2012\/10\/reflections-on-last-weeks-issotl-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"reflections on last week’s issotl conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/em>by nancy chick<\/a>, cft assistant director<\/em><\/p>\n

i just returned from the ninth annual conference of the international society for the scholarship of teaching and learning (issotl<\/a>)\u2014this year in hamilton, ontario, canada.\u00a0 i\u2019ve attended every issotl conference, and this was among the best.\u00a0 but of this year’s plenaries, posters, and panels, another part of the conference stands out as i reflect on the week and return home to nashville.<\/p>\n

for three days before the conference, 70 faculty and teaching staff gathered in one large room to write.\u00a0 they were the members of issotl\u2019s international collaborative writing group<\/a>, a collection of scholars who\u2019d applied to join in groups of eight (or so) to research, discuss, and write articles on selected themes.\u00a0 participants were accepted in late february and grouped by selected topics.<\/p>\n

the resulting nine groups were populated by scholars from across the globe, including united states, canada, the united kingdom, france, germany, sweden, australia, and elsewhere. \u00a0most had never met.\u00a0 yet their work began in march, when they started using the internet and skype to brainstorm and research their topics.\u00a0 then, in three days of pre-conference intensity, they gathered face-to-face in hamilton to begin framing, outlining, and even writing their articles.<\/p>\n

i visited them on their final day of work to welcome them to issotl and to encourage them in their writing, since in january they will submit their finished articles to teaching and learning inquiry<\/a> <\/em>(tli<\/em>), the issotl journal, which i co-edit with my canadian colleague gary poole<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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i went straight from the airport to the large room of roundtables where they were working.\u00a0\u00a0 i was struck by the room\u2019s buzzing with energy, ideas, and excitement.\u00a0 half-empty coffee and tea cups were everywhere, as were biscuit crumbs and candy bar wrappers from the afternoon snack. \u00a0hands were gesturing, fingers were typing, laughter here, debate there, english spoken in various accents all around.\u00a0 large sheets of paper were hanging on the walls with post-it notes and scribbles on them.\u00a0 the groups were in the process of evaluating the experience by identifying what they\u2019d gained as professionals, as writers, as scholars, as teachers, and what they\u2019d recommend for the next iteration of the project.<\/p>\n

when i fielded questions about their submissions, one question was most interesting.\u00a0 they had been concerned about the apa documentation style\u2019s convention of truncating co-authorship after the sixth name with a simple \u201cet al.\u201d\u00a0 these writing groups of seven, eight, or nine authors were truly collaborative, everyone contributing research, ideas, and paragraphs to the final product.\u00a0 how would they decide who\u2019d disappear into \u201cet al\u201d?<\/p>\n

my tli<\/em> partner gary poole and i exchanged looks and immediately agreed that, while indiana university press (the journal\u2019s publisher) requires apa style, we\u2019d use all of our authority as editors to list all authors by name, despite the convention. issotl has embraced this model of authorship\u2014international, supported, collaborative\u2014because it reflects the values of the society.\u00a0 the good spirits in the room and the annotated sheets on the walls spoke to the strength of this model for those participating.\u00a0 not honoring each individual by \u201cet al-ing\u201d some contradicted the major goals for the project.<\/p>\n

their articles will start coming to our editorial office (in vanderbilt\u2019s 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分) on january 15.\u00a0 i look forward to reading their work\u2014and the long lists of authors.<\/p>\n

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