In this chapter, the authors describe the theory of change behind a regional cross-institutional community of practice (CoP) for educational developers seeking to strengthen their institution's SoTL culture and increase faculty SoTL production by providing institution-level support initiatives and programming.

This article explores the evolutionary nature of higher education and how it continues to stress the need for the professoriate to be active within scholarly teaching. This qualitative study examines how each author navigates SoTL research and analyzes the authors' reflective journaling for themes and sub-themes for alignment with Scholarship…

This chapter presents team-based learning (TBL) as a teaching strategy to support self-regulated learning in a community of inquiry. It argues for the inclusion of self-regulated learning as an essential component of Garrison's community of inquiry model, and illustrates how TBL supports and improves the delivery of this online model.

Building on classical and recent studies of the learning paradigm of higher education, the author distinguishes between receiving ideas and using them and how universities might educate students to be more open to the world, open to discovery and creativity. [This is a reprint of an article originally published in "New Directions for Teaching…

This chapter describes a program where graduate students serve as instructional technology consultants on educational projects that enhance the student-learning experience. In the process, they develop skills to prepare them for a variety of academic and professional settings.

This chapter describes a faculty learning community formed at our university, in partnership with local Indigenous communities, as part of our response to Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. We interviewed participants about their experiences in this group, including their challenges and transformations.

This article views student engagement through the lens of a university wide blended learning initiative. Using the Community of Inquiry framework, student voices help us understand how professors and the institution can increase active learning. Attention is also given to the development of higher order thinking skills as a means of increasing…

This chapter describes how faculty at the University of Vermont are trained to teach their university-wide sustainability general education requirement and how they execute teaching in the classroom.

This chapter considers the role an academic residential learning community can play in helping new undergraduates examine their motives for attending college.

This chapter reviews research linking the importance of community in increasing engagement in online courses from an interdisciplinary perspective. Additionally, we identify applicable teaching strategies that focus on the important elements of community building, namely teaching, social, and cognitive presence.

This final chapter synthesizes the findings and implications derived from applying the Decoding the Disciplines model across disciplines and within communities of practice. We make practical suggestions for teachers and researchers who wish to apply and extend this work.

An annual Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Forum supports peer-led conversations among faculty about their own evidence-based assessment initiatives and promotes dialogue about the value of assessment for improving learning and teaching.

This chapter describes four new leadership areas in the development of faculty learning community programs and provides perspectives and resources that these leaders can use to engage their work.

The Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment facilitates an annual peer review of assessment to nurture a culture of assessment and develop faculty skill with assessment. Faculty representatives meet annually for a campus-wide discussion of assessment and student learning. Faculty engage in peer instruction on effective assessment…

This chapter provides the structure of a Community of Learners using a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning framework.