Teaching in Higher Education: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

taking a scholarly approach to teaching and learning and making those ideas and that practice available to public scrutiny. It is making transparent how learning is being made possible. It is:

• A way to raise the status of teaching
• A means through which teachers may come to teach more knowledgeably
• A means through which the quality of teaching may be assessed
• A way to enhance students’ experience of learning

(Keith Trigwell, ch.15, Scholarship of teaching and learning, in University Teaching in Focus : A Learning-Centred Approach)

• get started by speaking to your College Dean or Head of School, and find out who else is already engaged in SOTL
• speak to your Education and Training Developers to see how they can help 
• establish or join a network of university teachers and join a professional organisation like HERDSA or ISSoTL
• become familiar with learning theories and teaching ideas and frameworks
• attend relevant research conferences
• list the questions related to your teaching and your students' learning that you would like to investigate
• consider how you will make your investigation public (scholarship) - read the Research LibGuides, particularly the Publishing guide