{"id":20367,"date":"2014-11-10t08:28:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-10t13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=20367"},"modified":"2014-11-06t15:36:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06t20:36:43","slug":"sotl-scholars-program-is-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2014\/11\/sotl-scholars-program-is-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"sotl scholars program is accepting applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/a>the sotl scholars program introduces participants to the principles and practices of the scholarship of teaching and learning<\/strong>, an international, multidisciplinary field of disciplinary specialists studying student learning. sotl is a synthesis of teaching, learning, and research in higher education that aims to bring a scholarly lens\u2014the curiosity, the inquiry, the rigor, the disciplinary variety\u2014to what happens in the classroom.<\/strong> sotl asks expert disciplinary researchers to apply and extend those skills into the classroom. for more explanation of sotl, see the cft\u2019s sotl guide<\/a>, which serves as the e-textbook for the program. the program has two sequential parts, each of which is highly collaborative:<\/p>\n participants may sign up for the seminar only, but only those who compete the seminar and practicum will receive a certificate in the scholarship of teaching and learning.<\/strong> participants who complete the certificate will have the first eight-pages of a publishable sotl article, a twenty-minute sotl conference presentation, or a sotl conference poster.<\/p>\n the sotl scholars program is co-directed by nancy chick (cft assistant director, who brings years of sotl experience and expertise, including founding and editing a major sotl journal) and vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow who has completed the program.<\/p>\n\n