Fall 2024
Assessing the Impact of VR Simulations: Case Studies from Nursing and Social Work (video)
Standardized patient simulations (SPS) prepare students to communicate and perform routine procedures with real patients. Virtual reality standardized patients (VRSP) allow students to practice in ways many traditional methods cannot, namely, independently, immersively, with just-in-time standardized feedback, and with unlimited practice opportunities. In this SoTL TeachTalk, we will share two VRSP projects conducted by faculty at the Silver School of Social Work and Meyers College of Nursing. They will discuss their approaches to research design and development, as well as the research outcomes for both projects.
Studying New Approaches to Teaching Undergraduate Writing (video)
In this TeachTalk, learn how faculty and educational technologists from Arts & Science have partnered on projects to better support and assess undergraduate students in writing courses. Presenters will share their research processes and preliminary findings from two ongoing SoTL projects: one exploring the effects of contract grading for student writers, and the other the impact of animated tutorials on international students in writing classes.
Fall 2023
Crossing the SoTL Finish Line: Iteration, Implementation, and Teamwork (video)
SoTL work requires the rigor, intentionality, and collaboration of any serious research endeavor. Experiments in teaching and learning involve extended timelines, iteration in design, budgetary planning, and adapting to the unexpected. They also afford rich opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation, publication, and addressing student needs. In this session, SoTL researchers in the fields of nursing and social work share stories of their work—which includes global curriculum design and virtual reality simulations for education—while highlighting practical tips for embarking on SoTL, whatever your discipline.
An Epic Engagement: The Evolution of a SoTL Partnership (video)
For over 10 years, Dr. Levine and Dr. McAlpin have designed and tested methods and tools to improve student learning, producing multiple publications and winning grants and awards for their work. In this session, they will describe their long SoTL journey, from interventions in classroom teaching practices to, most recently, innovations in virtual simulations. They will demonstrate how they got started, how their collaboration evolved, and where they are now. Join us for the first SOTL TeachTalk of the semester—It will be epic!
Publishing Pedagogy: From Reflective Teaching to SoTL (video)
Properly documenting teaching turns practice into evidence, evidence that can enable instructors to reflect on and better understand the successes and challenges they may encounter in the classroom, and to share their evidence-based teaching insights with the academic community. There are many ways to publish about pedagogy, from individual reflective writing to studies spanning multiple institutions. This session surveys steps for collecting data for SoTL projects, as well as the varied paths for entering the scholarly conversation on teaching, from blog posts and conference presentations to peer-reviewed pedagogy journals.