HomeBlogStudying EL Grand Challenges of SoTL in Africaby Jessie L. MooreApril 30, 2026 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement 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 appears in the inaugural issue of SoTL Africa, an open-access journal. Abrahamson, Earle. 2026. “Addressing the Grand Challenges: Pathways to Sustainable Educational Development in Africa through Culture, Community, and Co-Creation.” SoTL Africa 1 (1). https://journal.ashesi.edu.gh/index.php/SA/article/view/119 View a transcript of this episode. 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 pvproductions on Freepik Related Resources Asking Inquiry Questions Inquiry questions in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) often fall into one of the categories in Pat Hutchings’ (2000) Taxonomy of Questions, although the taxonomy is not exhaustive. Hutchings identifies four types of questions (pp. 4-5): In the following video,…
