HomeBlogStudying EL Navigating SoTL Alongside Discipline-Based Researchby Jessie L. MooreJanuary 8, 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 68 How do academics decide whether—and how—to engage in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially when time is limited and institutional reward structures still privilege disciplinary research? This episode highlights an open-access article that explores this question in the Global South—with implications for SoTL scholars around the world: Bisschoff, Christo, Dane Coetzee, Jacobus Johannes Oosthuizen, Cornelia Schreck, Alretha Du Plessis, and Samantha Kahts-Kramer. 2025. “Navigating SoTL: Identity, Time, and Transformation in Academic Decision-Making.” Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South 9 (2): 126-45. https://doi.org/10.36615/h86dgy43. 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 is by Freepik. Explore Related Resources The SoTL Guide Becoming a SoTL Scholar Strengthening SoTL Ecosystems 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… A SoTL Mindset 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,… Grand Challenges of SoTL in Africa 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… Exploring GenAI’s Potential as a SoTL Partner 60-Second SoTL – Episode 76 What might it look like to treat generative AI as a partner in scholarship of teaching and learning? This episode features an open-access article that examines how SoTL scholars can integrate large language models—tools like ChatGPT, Claude,… Generative AI and the Future of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 60-Second SoTL – Episode 66 How might generative AI reshape course design, faculty development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning? This episode highlights an open-access article that poses three questions about advocating for human-centered teaching and learning in an AI-enhanced future…. 1 2 … 28 29 >
