Theresa Southam, PhD
Department Head, Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC)
Selkirk College, West Kootenay & Boundary Region
t: 250-354-1088 or
1.866.301.6601; ext. 11384 | e: tsoutham@selkirk.ca or
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Together we build remarkable futures
Selkirk College acknowledges the traditional territories of the Sinixt (Lakes),
the Syilx (Okanagan), the Ktunaxa, and the Secwépemc (Shuswap) peoples.
Interested in doing some Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) research on a certain topic but not familiar with the existing literature?
Want to work collaboratively with others to learn more about a SoTL topic?
Want to make an important contribution to the literature?
Consider contributing to a collaborative literature review project!
This initiative is modeled after the Collaborative Writing Groups of ISSoTL and SoTL Canada, and is partially funded by a SoLE grant from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The goals are to contribute to teaching and learning literature, support SoTL practice, and build community and capacity. As Chick et al. (2019) wrote, “SoTL needs the meta-level attention of literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, research agendas, even historiography, to help us understand and navigate the field and advance the work itself” (p. 187). To this list, we add scoping reviews and realist syntheses.
Interested Participants:
Those interested in participating in a group should be able to attend the October 17-18 writing retreat, either in person or virtually (see more details below). Please email your expression of interest to jmilleryoung@ualberta.ca by August 15.
Please also share this call with your own networks if you think they would be interested!
Julie Mooney, SAIT, 3M National Teaching Fellow
Janice Miller-Young, University of Alberta
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Formation of Collaborative Review Groups |
Participants
July 15 2025 Call for chapter collaborative writers
Aug 15 2025 Applications for group members due
September 2025 Confirmation of collaborative writers and formation of groups
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Launch of Collaborative Review Groups work together |
October 17-18 2025 Retreat: Writing groups meet at SoTL Symposium in Banff (remote participation is also possible) to build relationships, start work, and develop plans for moving forward
December 2025 Group leaders check in with Editors
March 2026 Group leaders check in with Editors
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Dissemination |
June 2026 Groups encouraged to present work-in-progress at STLHE 2026 (location TBA, funding may be available depending on success of a SSHRC Connections grant application by Editors)
November 2026 Groups encouraged to present at ISSOTL 2026 (Saskatoon)
December 2026 Manuscripts are due to Editors for a special issue of a journal (TBA)
Choose your topics and/or facilitator which are listed here.
Please send your CV, with an email including a brief statement of interest and relevant experience (maximum 1 paragraph), to Janice Miller-Young, jmilleryoung@ualberta.ca by August 15, 2025.
Julie Mooney is an experienced educational developer, educator in postsecondary contexts, mentor, and scholar in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, with a specialization in Adult, Community, and Higher Education. A 3M National Teaching Fellow (College Sector Educator Award 2015), she is a lifetime and active member of the STLHE and is currently serving as the Vice Chair (Anglophone) on the Executive Board of SoTL Canada. She communicates fluently in English and French.
Janice Miller-Young is a Professor in Engineering at the University of Alberta and an experienced leader, mentor, writer and editor in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is also an active member of STLHE, having served multiple times on the Board, on conference committees, as an Associate Editor of CJSoTL, and more. She has served as a past Academic Director of an Institute for SoTL (Mount Royal University), of a Centre for Teaching and Learning (University of Alberta), and is currently the Academic Director of Experiential Learning in her Faculty of Engineering which includes mentoring colleagues interested in SoTL research.
Chick, N., Nowell, L., & Lenart, B. (2019). The scholarship of teaching and learning: A scoping review protocol. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 186-197. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.12