60-Second SoTL – Episode 84

What does it mean to approach teaching and learning research with a true SoTL mindset—one grounded not in certainty, but in curiosity and humility? This episode features an article on five moves for thinking, doing, and being in SoTL. The essay appears in the inaugural issue of SoTL Africa, an open-access journal.

Chick, Nancy L. 2026. “A SoTL Mindset: Paying Attention to What We Don’t (Yet) Know.” SoTL Africa 1 (1). https://journal.ashesi.edu.gh/index.php/SA/article/view/123

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Show Credits

This episode was hosted, edited, and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric.

60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

Music: “Cryptic” by AudioCoffee.

Image in episode art by vecstock on Magnific

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