TI 0819 - Aligning Research Questions and Design in SoTL
Course Description
Are you considering embarking on a SoTL investigation to help you better understand teaching and/or learning? This course details strategies you might use depending on the purpose of your investigation. Beginning with the question(s) you wish to explore about teaching and/or learning, we will discuss the SoTL question taxonomy, how to situate your research, consider methods for data gatheringand review the alignment to traditions of inquiry.
You will learn to:
- Describe what design alignment means within a SoTL research project
- Assess design alignment within a SoTL research project
- Summarize three strategies for prompting design alignment within a SoTL project