This guide was adapted with permission from a Dalhousie University Centre for Learning and Teaching site. It is a collection of resources related to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in general.
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher EducationThe purpose of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) to promote scholarship related to postsecondary education through publications and scholarly conferences.
The CSSHE is a registered charitable organization, funded through membership fees, subscriptions, donations and a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingThe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research centre committed to developing networks of ideas, individuals, and institutions to advance teaching and learning.
International Higher Education Teaching & Learning Association (HETL)an association of educators, by educators, for educators. We fulfill our vision of advancing the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning by focusing our mission on four core areas: 1) global networking and interdisciplinary collaboration, 2) research, innovation, and academic publishing, 3) higher education development and capacity building, and 4) human rights and social justice. We welcome you to explore our site and get involved in our activities.
International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSoTL)The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) serves faculty members, staff, and students who care about teaching and learning as serious intellectual work. The goal of the Society is to foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching.
Learning Specialists Association of CanadaThe principal purpose of the Learning Specialists Association of Canada is to:
Provide national and regional leadership on issues relevant to our members;Promote the professional status of our members; Develop, encourage, and support sound professional and ethical standards among our members; Facilitate the networking of our members to share information and hold conferences and other gatherings;
Support the professional development and practice of our members;
Present, publish, and disseminate research and discussion material appropriate to our members; and,
Serve as a link with other similar organizations internationally.
National Resource Center - First Year Experience and Students in TransitionThe National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition serves as the trusted expert, internationally recognized leader, and clearinghouse for scholarship, policy, and best practice for all postsecondary student transitions. The following statements of mission and core commitments provide a foundation for these activities and guide the Center's efforts.
Society for the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)STLHE strives to be the pre-eminent national voice, and a world leader, for enhancing teaching and learning in higher education. The Society supports research, its dissemination, increased awareness, and application of research through scholarly teaching and learning.
SoTL CanadaProvides a targeted opportunity for scholars to form a community to share findings and challenges, engage in opportunities for broader dissemination of SoTL work, and consider ways to catalyze initiatives at the institutional, regional, national, and international levels.
Series of conferences hosted throughout the year. Conference participants are made up of faculty and administrators at various stages in their academic careers that come from across the world representing nearly every discipline found in higher education.
The Critical Thinking CommunityThe Foundation is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote essential change in education and society through the cultivation of fairminded critical thinking--thinking which embodies intellectual empathy, intellectual humility, intellectual perseverance, intellectual integrity and intellectual responsibility
Dalhousie Centre for Learning & TeachingThe Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) works in partnership with academic units, faculty members, and graduate students to enhance the practice and scholarship of learning and teaching at Dalhousie University. CLT takes an evidence-based approach to advocating for effective learning and teaching practices, curriculum planning, services to support the use of technology in education, and institutional policies and infrastructure to enhance the Dalhousie learning environment.
Mount Royal Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching & LearningThe Mount Royal Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is a nexus for communication and collaboration, providing resources and coordinating initiatives locally, regionally, nationally; a community of scholars collaboratively advancing the existing body of knowledge about teaching and learning; a research centre facilitating and supporting investigation leading to deeper understanding of and sustained improvement in student learning.
Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning (Brown University)The Sheridan Center is a place where faculty, graduate students and postdocs come together from across the disciplines to inquire about, explore, and reflect upon teaching and learning as ongoing and collaborative processes. Our programs, services and resources are available to all members of the Brown community, including full-time and part-time faculty, postdoctoral fellows, teaching fellows, and teaching assistants.
Taylor Institute for Teaching & Learning (University of Calgary)The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning is dedicated to better understanding and improving student learning. It is both a building and a community that extends well beyond the building’s walls.
The Taylor Institute brings together teaching development, teaching and learning research, and undergraduate inquiry learning under one roof.
University of British Columbia Centre for Teaching, Learning, and TechnologyThe Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) focuses on professional development in teaching and learning, integration of technology into teaching and learning, development and delivery of distance education courses and programs and other technology-enhanced learning opportunities and, through the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL), scholarly approaches to curriculum and pedagogy.
University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching ExcellenceWaterloo is among the first universities in Canada to have instituted teaching development, inaugurating a centre in 1976. Reconfigured in 2007 to bring together support for classroom teaching, new technologies, and scholarly investigation, the CTE’s mission is to foster teaching and learning of the highest quality at Waterloo.
Western University Teaching Support CentreThe mission of the Teaching Support Centre is twofold. First, we foster and enhance best practices in teaching and learning at Western University, in partnership with Western Libraries, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and Information Technology Services. Second, we advocate for teaching excellence and scholarship at Western, nationally, and internationally. If you are involved in teaching at Western University, we look forward to working with you! Come see us in the Centre in The D.B. Weldon Library.
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