Fall 2024 Faculty Reading Group to discuss Becoming a SoTL Scholar

The Teaching Academy and the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invite faculty to join Purdue’s faculty teaching and learning reading groups this semester. These reading groups bring together faculty from Indianapolis and West Lafayette in small groups to discuss how recent books about the classroom and teaching and learning may inform what they do.

For the fall semester, participants will read Becoming a SoTL Scholar, edited by Janice Miller-Young and Nancy Chick. This book explores the many ways to incorporate the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning into your teaching and research, making SoTL a core part of your academic identity and journey. The book is designed to be engaging for those just starting to think about Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through to those who have been engaged for decades and are interested in expanding their networks and skills. The book is available as an open access pdf through Elon University Press and physical copies will be available for those who prefer.

Participants will read the book over three meetings throughout the semester to discuss the ideas, theories, and application for this semester and in the future. Meetings will be virtual, bringing together participants based in both Indianapolis and West Lafayette, with two options:

• Thursdays, 10-11:30 a.m. ET: Sept. 26, Oct.24, and Nov. 21
• Fridays, noon-1:30 p.m. ET: Sept. 27, Oct. 25, and Nov. 22

Faculty who would like to participate during fall 2024 should fill out an online questionnaire by Friday, Aug. 30, providing information about themselves and their availability.

Those who cannot make it this semester but are interested in faculty reading and learning communities, or who have suggestions for future books/topics, should contact Dan Guberman at dguberma@purdue.edu.

CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, Purdue West Lafayette’s hub approach to connect PWL instructors, including Purdue in Indianapolis, to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Members include the Center for Instructional Excellence, Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.