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Upcoming Opportunities



Innovations in Teaching & Learning Session

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 @ 11AM-12PM

Come hear about a variety of classroom-based inquiry projects at Mason, and learn about publication opportunities for your project at our session: Unveiling Pedagogical Insights Through SoTL: Conducting Classroom-Based Research Projects at Mason

Teaching Insight Week: Exploring Classroom Inquiry

SEPT. 23-27

Interested in exploring your teaching and impacts on student learning? Classroom-based inquiry invites you to examine your teaching practices systematically and share your findings with others. Teaching Insight Week (Sept 23-27) will provide group and one-on-one opportunities to learn about classroom-based inquiry and how you can plan and carry out research on teaching and learning. Fill out this interest form to get more information about Teaching Insight Week! 

SoTL Chat!

Schedule a meeting to discuss your SoTL ideas, offer support and feedback, and answer your lingering SoTL questions: Email Here

Past Event Resources & Recordings

Jan. 18th, 2023, 12 PM

Introduction to SoTL


Mar. 21st, 2023 11:30 AM

SoTL Reading Group

View the slides from our meeting here.

Topic: Investigating student collaboration in an introductory STEM class through a mixed method study (article here)


Apr. 12, 2023, 12 PM

SoTL and the IRB

View the recording of our IRB content here.

Q&A session with a representative from Mason’s IRB to help you think about proposing human subjects research

Learn about SoTL and share your work!

Attend or present at GMU’s annual Innovations in https://stearnscenter.gmu.edu/programs/annual-conference-itl/Teaching and Learning (ITL) conference (held the last week in September). The conference is when the Mason community, and others from the DMV area, come together to exchange teaching and learning ideas, practices, and SoTL work. There are opportunities for you to learn about getting started in SoTL, as well as a variety of ways to share your SoTL work (whether it is an idea in your head or full project results to present). Be sure to attend the SoTL Lightning Talk Showcase Session at ITL—consistently the most popular session after the keynote speaker address!

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