Welcome to Week 3 of ISSOTL Online 2013: Student Voices in SoTL

This week’s resources and discussions focus on:

• Challenges to anticipate when integrating student voices in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and
• Tips and best practices for student-faculty partnerships.

We invite you to watch this week’s videos, explore the featured readings, and join us for a live chat with Catherine Bovill and Peter Felten on Monday, September 23, 2013, at 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time/ 12:00 UTC/ 1:00 PM British Summer Time.

Week 3 Videos

Challenges to Anticipate when Integrating Student Voices: Sophia Abbot, Roselyn Appenteng, Hayley Burke, Alison Cook-Sather, Huipu Li, David Ross, and Alicia Walker (all of Bryn Mawr College), and Carmen Werder and Kara Yanagida (both of Western Washington University) describe challenges to anticipate when integrating student voices in scholarship of teaching and learning projects.

Best Practices for Integrating Student Voices in SoTL: Sophia Abbot, Roselyn Appenteng, Hayley Burke, Alison Cook-Sather, Mick Healey, Huipu Li, Alicia Walker, Carmen Werder, and Kara Yanagida share tips and best practices for student-faculty partnerships in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Featured Readings For Week 3

This week our featured readings examine faculty and student experiences with student voices projects and share best practices:

• Campbell, F. (2007). Hearing the student voice: Enhancing academic professional development through the involvement of students. Educational Developments, 8(1), 4-8.
• Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P. and Bovill, C. (2010) Changing participants in pedagogical planning: students as co-creators of teaching approaches, course design and curricula. Symposium. International Consortium of Educational Development (ICED), University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 June. ICED PowerPoint slides‎
• Conner, J. (Spring 2012). Steps in walking the talk: How working with a student consultant helped me integrate student voice more fully into my pedagogical planning and practice. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 6.
• Powers, M. A. (Fall 2012). Reflections on seven core principles of facilitating faculty-student partnerships within an educational initiative. Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education, 7.
• Want to read more? Click here for additional recommended readings.

Week 3 Discussions

This week’s discussion topics focused on:

• Additional Experiences and Best Practices
• Lingering Questions

Week 3 Live Chat

Thank you for joining us for this week’s live chat with Catherine Bovill and Peter Felten on Monday, September 23, 2013, at 8:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time/ 12:00 UTC/ 1:00 PM British Summer Time. Thanks, Cathy and Peter, for participating!

Thanks for participating!

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