{"id":4887,"date":"2011-01-25t15:40:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-25t21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2011-01-25t15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25t21:40:31","slug":"call-for-proposals-international-institute-for-sotl-scholars-and-mentors-due-february-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/01\/call-for-proposals-international-institute-for-sotl-scholars-and-mentors-due-february-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"call for proposals – international institute for sotl scholars and mentors – due february 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>from the international institute for scholarship of teaching and learning (sotl) scholars and mentors<\/a>, a call for proposals for their june 1-4, 2011, conference in omaha, nebraska:<\/p>\n you are invited to join our engaging and reflective conversations on \u201ctransformational learning<\/strong>\u201d as part of the larger 2011 international institute for sotl scholars and mentors (formerly the castl summer institute) by submitting your best \u201cwork-in-progress.\u201d<\/p>\n the heart of the institute is a process of mentoring work-in-progress, modeled by the carnegie foundation. no more than 28 proposals will be accepted for mentoring\/presentation, but all forms of sotl research and disciplinary foci are welcome. scholars\u2019 proposals need not address the institute theme; rather, they must answer five questions regarding their sotl project.<\/p>\n fostering transformational learning is about teaching for change, and sotl serves as a useful lens by which to examine our taken for granted assumptions and aptly frames an exploration of educational practices capable of transforming our traditional, returning, and non-traditional students\u2019 learning experiences, both inside and outside the traditional classrooms and laboratories. the institute and this year\u2019s theme invite a variety of disciplinary and methodological studies. consider sharing your work as a scholar!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n proposals are due february 3, 2011. application details are available online<\/a>. for more information, contact cft assistant director derek bruff<\/a>, who participated in a previous iteration of this conference.<\/p>\n