Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is the term applied to the overlap of day-to-day teaching practice, empirical research in the field of education and discipline-specific teaching practices.
SoTL journals are excellent, peer-reviewed platforms for faculty members to write about assignments, learning resources, and class practices that they have developed to teach their discipline more effectively.
SoTL Journals
Active Learning in Higher Education An international refereed publication for all those who teach and support learning in higher education (HE) and those who undertake or use research into effective learning, teaching and assessment in universities and colleges.
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education An international peer reviewed journal. It publishes articles, reviews and scholarly comment relating to the arts and humanities in higher education.
Assessment and evaluation in higher education An established international peer-reviewed journal which publishes papers and reports on all aspects of assessment and evaluation within higher education.
Assessment Update Covering the latest developments in the rapidly evolving area of higher education assessment
Canadian journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning Publishes high quality scholarship that addresses the teaching and learning interests of universities and colleges across Canada
College Teaching Provides an interdisciplinary academic forum on issues in teaching and learning at the undergraduate or graduate level.
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL) An international, peer-reviewed, open access eJournal that is published by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia, USA).
Journal of effective teaching in higher education An open access electronic peer-reviewed journal that advances the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) focused on institutions of higher education.
Journal of Faculty Development Reporting the latest in professional development activities at the 2-year college, 4-year college, and university levels
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) Open Access. A forum for the dissemination of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in higher education for the community of teacher-scholars
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (JECT) A peer-reviewed journal published at Miami University by and for faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase student learning through effective teaching, interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of teaching, and communication among faculty about their classroom experiences
National Teaching and Learning Forum Each issue is part of an ongoing discourse in the academic field and provides faculty with a place to learn and discuss relevant topics and the latest developments in teaching and learning with their peers.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Innovative Pedagogy An Interdisciplinary Journal of Discovery, Reflection, and Evidence-Based Higher Education Teaching/Learning Methods and Research, Focusing on Innovative Pedagogy. [Open Access]
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology Features teacher-ready reviews of current research and contemporary theories as well as empirical research designed to foster systematic intentional changes to improve teaching and learning outcomes.
Teaching & Learning Inquiry The journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL). [Open Access]
Teaching in Higher Education Publishing scholarly work that critically examines and interrogates the values and presuppositions underpinning teaching, introduces theoretical perspectives and insights drawn from different disciplinary and methodological frameworks, and considers how teaching and research can be brought into a closer relationship.
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning A refereed, open access e-journal that disseminates original research, theory, and best practice in open and distributed learning worldwide. [Open Access]
Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal Promotes the principle that strategies, techniques and methods of teaching and learning transcend the boundaries of specific subject fields.[Open Access]
SoTL and OER
The following bibliography provides a selection of scholarly articles on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with a focus on OER. It aims to advance our understanding of effective teaching, learning strategies, and the value of OER. Additional citations will be added that encompass a wide spectrum of SoTL topics, research methodologies, and theoretical perspectives.
Baas, M., Admiraal, W., & van den Berg, E. (2019). Teachers’ Adoption of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2019(1), 9.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.510
Belikov, O. M., & Bodily, R. (2016). Incentives and barriers to OER adoption: A qualitative analysis of faculty perceptions. Open Praxis, 8(3), 235-246.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.8.3.308
Clinton, V. (2019). Cost, Outcomes, Use, and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in Psychology: A Narrative Review of the Literature. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 18(1), 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718799511
da Silva, S., & White, K. (2021). Development and Use of Open Educational Resources in Research Methods for Psychology. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2021.150209
Grant, P., & Pope, E. (2022). Student Preferences in Using Affordable Learning Materials to Teach Research Methods Online. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2022.160305
Schuwer, R., & Janssen, B. (2018). Adoption of Sharing and Reuse of Open Resources by Educators in Higher Education Institutions in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Research of Practices, Motives, and Conditions. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v19i3.3390
Wiley, D., & Iii, J. L. H. (2018). Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(4). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v19i4.3601
SoTL @ CUNY
This site offers a starting point for faculty and staff launching their own SoTL projects and brings together publications by CUNY authors in the areas of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Discipline-Based Educational Research (DBER).
