Welcome to Week 1 of ISSOTL Online 2013: Student Voices in SoTL

This week’s resources and discussions focus on:

• Establishing shared terms and concepts for talking about student voices projects,
• Exploring the benefits of integrating student voices in SoTL,
• Examining why faculty and students have gotten involved in student voices projects, and
• Brainstorming possible student-faculty partnerships.

We invite you to watch this week’s videos, explore the featured readings, participate in this week’s forum discussions, and join us for a live chat with Carmen Werder and Megan Otis on Monday, September 9, 2013, at 9:00 AM PDT/ 12:00 noon U.S. EDT / 16:00 UTC.

Week 1 Videos

Why Integrate Student Voices in SoTL: Randy Bass (Georgetown University); Sophia Abbot, Hayley Burke, Huipu Li, Roselyn Appenteng, Alicia Walker, and Alison Cook-Sather (all of Bryn Mawr College); Mick Healey (Higher Education Consultant and Researcher); and Carmen Werder and Kara Yanagida (Western Washington University) discuss the benefits of integrating student voices into scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects.

Student Voices Projects – Why Students Get Involved: Bryn Mawr College students Roselyn Appenteng, Sophia Abbot, Hayley Burke, and Huipu Li share why they became involved in student voices projects through the Teaching and Learning Initiative.

Student Voices Projects – Why Faculty Get Involved: David Ross (Associate Professor of Economics), Alicia Walker (Assistant Professor of History of Art), James Battat (Assistant Professor of Physics), and Alison Cook-Sather (Professor of Education, Coordinator of Teaching and Learning Initiative and the Andrew W. Mellon Teaching and Learning Institute) of Bryn Mawr College share why they became involved in Student Voices projects.

Featured Readings For Week 1

This week our featured readings introduce models of student voices projects and begin to articulate rationales for involving students in SoTL:

• Hutchings, P. (January 2005). Building pedagogical intelligence. Carnegie
  Perspectives. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
• Mihans, R., Long, D., & Felten, P. (2008). Power and expertise: Student-faculty collaboration in course design and the scholarship of teaching and learning. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(2).
• Partridge, L., & Sandover, S. (2010). Beyond ‘listening” to the student voice: The undergraduate researcher’s contribution to the enhancement of teaching and learning. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 7(2).
• Also recommended: Werder, C., & Otis, M.M. Eds. (2009). Engaging Student Voices in the Study of Teaching and Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
• Want to read more? Click here for additional recommended readings.

Week 1 Discussions

This week’s discussion topics focused on:

• Introductions and Participants’ Interest in the Student Voices in SoTL Strand
• Terms Used to Discuss Student Voices Work
• The Potential Significance of Student Voices Work to SoTL

Week 1 Live Chat

Thank you for joining us for this week’s live chat with Carmen Werder and Megan Otis on Monday, September 9, 2013, at 9:00 AM PDT/ 12:00 noon EDT / 16:00 UTC. Thanks to Carmen, Megan, and everyone who participated for a great conversation!

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