Call For Proposals (CFP)

Call for Proposals is now closed.

The theme of this year’s Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is Connecting People, Practices, and Pedagogies.

• Participants at previous Symposia have told us how much they value the connections they make with people across roles, disciplines and institutions. We encourage presentations that demonstrate collaborations with students, with other instructors and among multiple departments and institutions.
• Practices in teaching and scholarship inform each other and evolve constantly. We encourage presentations that connect practice to theory, research to practice and practices in different domains.
• Pedagogies both formal and instinctive inform our conceptions of teaching, learning and scholarship;
  connecting disciplinary or signature pedagogies across disciplines may offer fresh insights and spark rich conversation. We encourage presentations that explore multiple pedagogies or dive deep into the impact our personal pedagogical approaches have on teaching and learning.

The Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is a practitioners’ conference dedicated to developing teaching and learning research, sharing initial findings, going public with results of completed projects, and building an extended scholarly community. This year’s conference opens with a reception and keynote presentation by Dr. Peter Felten, and will provide a wide variety of plenary and concurrent presentations, and a dedicated poster session. Attendees may also register for pre-conference workshops. In its 6th year, the conference draws together faculty, students, and administrators interested in the systematic inquiry of teaching and learning.

We invite proposals that match one of the conference tracks (see below) from individuals or teams of scholars for the following formats:

• Oral presentations (40 minutes including time for questions)
• Workshops (3-hour pre-conference workshops);
• Poster presentations

The conference tracks are:

• Research on teaching and learning – presentations on active or completed SoTL projects
• Involving undergraduate students in SoTL – presentations on best practices or example projects where undergraduate students are acting as co-researchers
• Teaching and learning with technology – presentations on the utility and impact of technology for teaching and learning
• Collaborating beyond the single classroom – presentations on multi-class, interdisciplinary, or cross-institutional projects
• Methodologies and innovative approaches to data gathering and analysis – presentations providing a ‘how to’ introduction to specific research methods and theoretical frameworks
• Calls for collaboration, triangulation, and development (poster session only) – poster presentations that share early-stage research questions with the objective of establishing connections with like-minded researchers

Proposals are encouraged from students, faculty, administrators, or community members committed to the systematic scholarly inquiry into aspects of teaching and learning in a higher education setting.

The submission form requires the following information:

• names, titles and affiliations of presenters
• a title,
• a 250-word abstract for the conference program
• a 750-word anonymized abstract for reviewers **note that neither presenter(s) nor institution(s) should be identifiable
• a select bibliography of literature supporting the work (up to 4 references)
• a brief bio (~150 words) and list of recent publications for each presenter **note that these are required for a conference funding application but will not be part of the review process; any reference style – APA, MLA, etc. is acceptable
• preferred presentation format and conference track

All proposals will be double-blind reviewed by at least two experienced SoTL practitioners for relevance, quality of scholarship, clarity of outcomes, and how the presentation will interest an interdisciplinary SoTL audience. Reviewers will only see the title, anonymized long abstract, bibliography and format/track choices.

Workshop proposals will only be considered if they include a plan for audience engagement / interactivity.

Posters must be no larger than 3’x4’ and will be displayed on portable easels during the conference. There will be a dedicated poster session on Friday afternoon, during which presenters can discuss their posters with participants.

Presenters must register for the conference and are responsible for their own conference fees, travel, and lodging.

Considerations for Review of Proposals

For additional information please contact the Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Mount Royal University: sotlinstitute@mtroyal.ca or 403.440.5503.