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SoTL Institute
"I found this institute to be an invaluable experience at this point in my professional development. I walked away with a clear idea of where I needed to go next in my research." -2005-2006 Scholar
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Institute
The first event Biology Scholars are expected to attend is the SoTL Institute held in mid-July. This four-day intensive institute helps Scholars prepare for the year-long residency. Upon being accepted to the program in March, Scholars receive several pre-institute assignments providing background information in the field to help participants focus on the goals of the Institute and to learn more about one another.
THE SoTL INSTITUTE IS NOT...
A curriculum development workshop
A workshop to learn new pedagogy
THE SoTL INSTITUTE IS...
An intensive institute to learn how to conduct research in teaching and learning
WHAT IS “SoTL” AND IS THIS INSTITUTE FOR ME?
The Institute organizers have put together a short bibliography of articles about research and progress made in the field of scholarship and teaching. All potential candidates should review the documents before applying for the Research Residency.
SoTL Institute Goals
Upon completing the SoTL Institute, participants will:
•Develop a hypothesis to explore student learning in biology
•Design an experiment using their classes to test the hypothesis
•Identify existing resources regularly used to assess student learning
•Understand methods of collecting and interpreting data used to measure student learning
•Understand IRB requirements for conducting research on students
•Identify appropriate venues for publishing their research
2008-2009 Biology Scholars SoTL Institute
Biology Scholars selected for the 2008-2009 Research Residency must attend the:
2008 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Institute
July 16-19, 2008
ASM Headquarters, Washington, DC
Facilitators of the Institute have been recognized as Carnegie Scholars. They include:
Spencer Benson, University of Maryland College Park
Alix Darden, The Citadel
Heidi Elmendorf, Georgetown University
Kathy Takayama, Brown University
SoTL Institute Registration Fees
There is a $499.00 registration fee for members of affliated societies and $599.00 fee for non-members to attend the SoTL Institute. Affiliates include American Society for Microbiology, American Institute of Biological Sciences, American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Cell Biology, Ecological Society of America, and Genetics Society of America. The fee includes meals beginning with dinner July 16 and ending the morning of July 19. Attendees will be responsible for one dinner on their own during the meeting. Applicants must make their own transportation arrangements to Washington, DC. A block of rooms will be reserved for attendees for three nights at a hotel near the ASM Headquarters. Space is limited.
Please note: If you are applying for travel support from your institution, it is important to remember that the Biology Scholars Program is a year-long commitment and will require travel to the SoTL Institute in Washington, DC and the ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) in May 2009 in Philadelphia, PA. The ASMCUE discounted registration fee is approximately $550.00 - $650.00 and typically includes dormitory housing and meals.
When asked what were the most important aspects of the SoTL Institute, one Scholar reported, “(1) The ability to appropriately frame a question into something that I feel that I can do, (2) the formation of a community of peers that I know I can contact if I have questions or concerns, and (3) hearing from the facilitators and seeing actual examples of the questions that have been asked, data that have been collected, and treatment/analysis of the data collected.”
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