Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

A European collaboration/ website on SOTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) which includes some resources, a blog and also some activities (looking to 2027) -  https://euroqsotl.org/

Recent articles: Collaborating on teaching IL for marketing; IL in journalism; Citizen diplomats

- McGowan, B.S. (2025). Cultivating citizen diplomats: information diplomacy as pedagogy in contested information environments. Information and Learning Sciences [early online publication]. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-01-2025-0001 (open access)

- Bates, M., & Whitver, S. M. (2025). Negotiating discomfort: Learning from teaching library instruction in unfamiliar contexts. The Reference Librarian, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2025.2583122 (priced) 

- Mross, E.L., & Bartholomew, d. (2025). A Joint Effort: Librarians and Faculty Teaching Undergraduate Students Marketing Research Skills Using an Information Literacy Instruction Approach. Pennyslvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 13(2), https://doi.org/10.5195/palrap.2025.316 (open access) "This case study details a semester-long research project using an embedded information literacy instruction (ILI) approach using a two-part library instruction series. This program helped students learn how to conduct marketing research using licensed and free business intelligence resources in an introduction to marketing course to complete a semester-long, two-part marketing plan. ... The embedded librarian approach contributed to grade increases between parts one and two of the assignment."
Photo by Sheila Webber: lost cap, November 2025: part of the lost item series

New articles: #Infolit for first years; teacher librarians' experience of teaching; Librarians involved in systematic review; Librarians and #SoTL

The latest issue of open access journal College and Research Libraries (Vol 86 Issue 1 2025) includes:
- Sarah LeMire, Zhihong Xu, and Doug Hahn. First-Year and First-Gen: Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of First-Year, First-Generation College Students.
- Matthew Weirick Johnson. Job Control, Library Instruction, and Burnout: A Quantitative Analysis of Academic Instruction Librarians’ Experiences of Job Control While Teaching.
- Catherine Boden, Susan Bolton, and Angie Gerrard. Health Sciences and Beyond: An Investigation into Canadian Librarian Participation in Systematic Reviews Across Disciplines.
- Anne Grant, Kyle Feenstra, and Mills Kelly. Why Does SoTL [Scholarship of Teaching & Learning] Happen in a Librarian-Free Zone?
Go to https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/issue/view/1670/showTocPhoto by Sheila Webber: snow in November 2024. The snow is still on the ground now, but less picturesque

Five Ps of Learning Development; Literature search and literature review

Firstly, an article which outlines a framework which I think could also be used to identify information literacy needs. It "proposes a practical model, the Five Ps of Learning Development [LD], which integrates multiple perspectives with longitudinal, cross-sectional and socio-cultural factors into a holistic shared understanding of the Learning Development need." The 5 Ps are: Presenting problem; Pertinent factors; perception of task; Process; Product
Webster, H. (2023). The five Ps of LD: Using formulation in Learning Development work for a student- centred approach to ‘study skills’. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.53761/1.20.4.07 

Secondly a focus on carrying out literature searches and doing literature reviews on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) (thanks to Nicky Williams who posted about these articles). This is interesting reading more generally as an example of scholars developing a framework for literature search/review in their field and critically engaging with the process
Healey, M. & Healey, R. L. (2023) Searching the Literature on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): An Academic Literacies Perspective Part 1 . Teaching & Learning Inquiry 11. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/75079
Healey, M. & Healey, R. L.(2023) Reviewing the Literature on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): An Academic Literacies Perspective Part 2 . Teaching & Learning Inquiry 11. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/75823/ 
There is a blog post about the articles at https://issotl.com/2023/01/27/searching-and-reviewing-the-literature-on-scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning-sotl-an-academic-literacies-perspective-parts-1-2/

Photo by Sheila Webber: trees in the Botanics, May 2023

Impact of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning #SoTL

A useful open access publication for those involved in teaching and learning, from The Open University:
Minocha, Shailey & Collins, Trevor (2023). Impact of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A guide for educators. The Open University. https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.000155c1
"The initiative has involved applying an Impact Evaluation Framework (IEF) to assess impact of 16 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects. The ‘guide’ details the analyses of the impact of the case studies, and provides a toolkit for planning, evaluating, and communicating impact of SoTL. Along with the guide, there are two ‘workbooks’ as supplementary resources ... The ‘Planning for SoTL impact workbook’ has been designed around the ‘Theory of Change’ to guide the educator to systematically plan a SoTL project for possible impact. The ‘SoTL impact evaluation workbook’ is designed around the IEF to conduct impact evaluation of SoTL projects." 
You can also download An Executive Summary’ and A compendium of case studies
Photo by Sheila Webber: apple blossom, May 2023

New articles: SoTL; Communication skills; Learning outcome engagement; Reading; Health equity

The latest issue of Reference Services Review (priced journal) vol. 51 issue 1, 2023, includes
- “We turn the lens … on ourselves:” assessing digital primary source library instruction through the lens of scholarship of teaching and learning by Peggy Keeran
- Teaching undergraduates to develop concise and compelling scholarly communication through storytelling by Tiffanie Ford–Baxter, Kendall Faulkner - Tracking student learning outcome engagement at the reference desk to facilitate assessment by Michael D. Current
- The reader's way: student process guiding library practice by Annie R. Armstrong, Glenda M. Insua, Catherine Lantz
- Libraries advancing health equity:a literature review by Amanda J. Wilson, Catherine Staley, Brittney Davis, Blair Anton (this article is open access)
Go to: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0090-7324/vol/51/iss/1Photo by Sheila Webber: dusk, February 2023

New Journal: Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning #SoTL

A new journal is Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. "While there is no disciplinary focus of the journal, we work with section editors who are teaching in all areas of higher education, and discipline-specific or themed special editions are welcome. oSoTL submissions could include ... Reflective practice; Course evaluation; Learning, teaching or assessment case study of practice; Debates around SoTL" It has open peer review. Volume 1 issue 1 includes an interesting mix of articles:
- Simone Eringfeld - Data music album Please Hold: A sonic account of studying and teaching at the university during Covid-19 - the Youtube channel with her music tracks presenting her research findings is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3L807dCTy9jlbOqlS1Tamg
- Phil McAleer, Helena M. Paterson - Improving pedagogy through Registered Reports
- Chrissi Nerantzi - Gems, buds and slippers or what a series of visualisation tells us about the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education tweetchat (#LTHEchat) - see here for more about #LTHE
- Dawne Irving-Bell - Dangerous Ideas: Dare to Share
- Nathalie Tasler  - Living by the proverb: Developing as a creative teacher in higher education
- Mireilla Bikanga Ada  - Master's students' perceptions of final year project supervision : On-campus vs online
- Paula S. Karlsson - Essay about finding scholarship
- Alice S. N. Kim - Teaching and Learning Research (TLR) In Action - the TLR website is here

For the contents page, go to https://osotl.org/?journal=osotl&page=issue&op=view&path%5B%5D=1

Photo by Sheila Webber: ho ho ho, December 2021

Recent articles: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning #SoTL - Librarians; Writing; Scoping; Transformative spaces

The latest issue (Vol 7 No 2, 2019) of Teaching & Learning Inquiry, the open access journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), has a number of interesting articles, including

- McClurg, C., MacMillan, M., & Chick, N. (2019). Visions of the Possible: Engaging with Librarians in SoTL. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.1 This proposes different ways in which librarians might be engaged with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and is particularly relevant to this blog.

- Healey, M., Matthews, K. E., & Cook-Sather, A. (2019). Writing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Articles for Peer-Reviewed Journals. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 28-50. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.3 This is an excellent paper in identifying different types of article that you could write, and proposing a writing framework for each of them. "We discuss the process of producing four types of SoTL-focused writing for peer-reviewed journals: empirical research articles, conceptual articles, reflective essays, and opinion pieces. Our goal is to support both new and experienced scholars of teaching and teaching—faculty/academics, professional staff, and students—as they nurture and further develop their voices and their identities as scholars of teaching and learning and strive to contribute to the enhancement of learning and teaching in higher education. We pose three related sets of overarching questions for consideration when writing about teaching and learning for peer-reviewed journals and offer heuristic frameworks for publishing in the four specific writing genres listed above. We also discuss how to get started with writing, preparing to submit, and responding to reviewers, focusing on the importance of contributing to and creating scholarly conversations about teaching and learning."

- Chick, N., Nowell, L., & Lenart, B. (2019). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Scoping Review Protocol. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 186-197. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.12 - this describes how they plan to do a scoping review, including listing the databases and definitions and providing an example search strategy in ERIC.

- Drane, L. E., Lynton, J. Y., Cruz-Rios, Y. E., Watts Malouchos, E., & Kearns, K. D. (2019). Transgressive Learning Communities: Transformative Spaces for Underprivileged, Underserved, and Historically Underrepresented Graduate Students at Their Institutions. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 106-120. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.7

Whole issue at https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/issue/view/5156
Photo by Sheila Webber: Xmas wreaths of South London 4, December 2019