Collaboration Resources for
College and University Teachers

SoTL
Annotated Bibliography

Introduction to SoTL, Expanding Definitions of Scholarship, Making Teaching Public, Campus-Wide Focus on Teaching and Learning, Engaging in Pedagogical Research, SoTL in Various Disciplines, SoTL as A Career Priority, Selected SoTL Journals

Selected SoTL Journals

http://www.heldref.org/ct.php

This is the home of College Teaching, subscriptions to which are available in print or online. A refereed cross-disciplinary journal, it focuses on how teachers can improve student learning. Each issue includes practical ideas and new strategies, articles on classroom research, student assessment, diversity, student-centered instruction, and accountability. 

http://www.exchange.ac.uk/default.asp

Exchange Magazine “exists to stimulate the sharing of ideas, practices, and news about learning and teaching in higher education.” Issue 3 (December 2002) focuses on linking research and teaching.

http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/

The International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is an “open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal” produced twice annually by Georgia Southern University. It publishes research articles, essays, and personal reflections on teaching and learning.

http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/

The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, a peer-reviewed on-line journal published three times annually, “provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise.” In particular, it seeks submissions that “encourage study, development, application, and evaluation of higher education pedagogy.” 

http://www.uncwil.edu/cte/et/

The Journal of Effective Teaching, a peer-reviewed on-line journal published twice annually by University of North Carolina Wilmington, seeks articles on effective teaching and SoTL as well as reviews of books on teaching excellence.

http://www.iupui.edu/~josotl

Indiana University produces The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, a “forum for the dissemination of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in higher education for the community of teacher-scholars.” The journal’s home page includes links to several excellent SoTL resources.

http://jutlp.uow.edu.au

The Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP), a peer-reviewed on-line journal published twice annually by the University of Wollongong (Australia), aims to “provide a forum for educational practitioners in a wide range of disciplines to communicate their teaching and learning outcomes in a scholarly way."

http://www.glos.ac.uk/adu/clt/lathe/index.cfm

Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE), published electronically, is “an interdisciplinary refereed journal providing an accessible international forum for scholarly debate related to learning, teaching, and assessment in higher education.” The journal publishes scholarly articles, book reviews, and case studies of effective practice. Topics have included Scholarship of Assessment, Scholarship of e-Learning, and Scholarship of Inclusive Curricula.

http://mountainrise.wcu.edu/

MountainRise, a peer-reviewed on-line journal published twice annually by Western Carolina University, publishes work that applies scholarly methodologies to teaching and learning, “making that reflection and research public and open to critique, and thereby enabling a body of knowledge to develop, be reviewed and revised.” The site includes an archive of past issues and links to additional SoTL resources.

http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/faq/faq.htm

This site includes helpful materials on numerous topics related to college and university teaching and learning. Maintained by the National Teaching and Learning Forum (NTLF), it is a useful resource for those wanting to participate in and benefit from a “sustained and sustaining conversation about teaching.” (Full access to NTLF available by subscription only.)