SoTL

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SoTL Community College Faculty Ruby
Evans Educational Research, Technology,
Leadership
Teaching Learning
Rationale
Overall Goals of Seminar
Project Description

• Community College Faculty SoTL Seminar
• is designed to acquaint participants with
• Disciplined and informed inquiry
• Research methodology
• Technologically enhanced learning
• Practicing SoTL.

SoTL

• Seminar for community college practitioners
  designed to support the University of Central
  Florida mission statement by offering graduate
  students
• High-quality education
• Opportunities to explore and foster student
  development
• Research experiences and creative activities
• Self-reflection activities that enhance student
  self-concept and understanding of others in an
  increasingly diverse and changing learning
  environment.

INFORMATION FLUENCY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Methods
Specific Objectives

• In this seminar, graduate learners will be
  expected to generate the following product
  deliverables
• Critiques, debates, and discussion of published
  research.
• Electronic portfolios (WebCT).
• Formal evaluation of scholarly articles and
  empirical studies.
• Formal SoTL research projects.
• Online searches and data retrieval.
• Online student written newsletters.
• Oral multimedia presentations.
• Reflective journal of personal development.
• Scholarly manuscripts for refereed publication.

Seminar Focus

• Information fluency (merger of critical thinking
  skills, technical competence, and information
  literacy)
• Acquisition of key research skills, e.g., library
  skills, proposal writing, data analysis,
  technology integration, writing for publication,
  speaking, and presentation skills
• Student Engagement
  Active learning cooperative and
  collaborative learning strategies for successful
  interactions with others from diverse backgrounds
  and perspectives diversity and inclusiveness.

• Upon completion of the SoTL Community College
  Faculty Seminar,
• the participant will be expected to
• Locate, retrieve, review and evaluate published
  educational research.
• Develop an original SoTL research proposal.
• Implement the research study.
• Use existing educational research in a
  meaningful way.
• Disseminate research and findings through a
  peer-reviewed journal.