Anyone who has been a participant in a course delivered online through some type of digitally mediated platform (e.g., Zoom or Microsoft Teams), whether as the instructor or as a student, has likely made the observation that something feels different. Yes, online…

Limed: Teaching with a Twist Season 4, Episode 8 What makes mentoring relationships truly effective…and for whom?  In this episode, Karina Hamamouche (Butler University), Hannah Bellwoar (Juniata College), Yujie Huang (Old Dominion University), and Nira Rahman (University of Melbourne), members of a multi-institutional research group…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 85 What happens when teaching-focused faculty experience SoTL as a collaborative scholarly community rather than isolated work? This episode showcases an article exploring how cohorted educational development can strengthen SoTL ecosystems. The authors reflect on how…

My first career after college was as the Data Manager for a nonprofit in Kentucky that provided services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. As an overly ambitious 23-year-old, I was the inaugural holder of that title and…

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,…

In earlier posts, we considered cognitive load and the non-linear ways readers engage with text. Readers rarely move line by line; they scan for relevance and rely on cues to decide where to focus. In this post, we turn to visuals in scholarship, which carry intellectual weight in…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 83 What does it take to foster sustainable and contextually meaningful Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially in regions facing systemic challenges? This episode features an essay about supporting SoTL in African higher education. The essay…

Though the use of data for analysis is often framed as a way of answering questions about the world, it also helps us come up with new questions, questions more aligned to the mysteries that drive us to ask questions in the first place. We (Amanda and Cora)…

60-Second SoTL – Episode 82 What helps students feel like they truly belong in professional learning environments? This episode showcases an open-access article about the BeWIL study, a survey of healthcare students engaged in work-integrated learing (WIL) in the United…

Recently, I downloaded Grammarly’s 2025–26 AI Trends Report. It had an interesting statement in its introduction: “Higher education is no longer at the beginning of its AI journey, but clarity of direction is still emerging” (2). Given other things I…