TI 0849 - Inquiry and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning
Course Description
Registration
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Registration deadline: April 21, 2026
Please review the course schedule below and ensure your availability before registering.
Delivery
This course will include synchronous meetings every Thursday, excluding Thursday June 5. The dates of the synchronous sessions are as follows:
- Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 10-11:30 a.m.
- Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 10-11:30 a.m.
- Thursday, May 21, 2026 from 10-11:30 a.m.
- Thursday, May 28, 2026 from 10-11:30 a.m.
- Thursday, June 11, 2026 from 10-11:30 a.m.
In this course, we will engage in interdisciplinary conversations about learning-centered inquiry and scholarship in teaching and learning. Participants will be invited to consider their teaching and learning context and to critically explore social responsibilities in SOTL, teacher/student identities as well as general and discipline-specific teaching and learning scholarship. Using the University of Calgary Teaching and Learning Grants framework and criteria, participants will develop a scholarly inquiry project proposal based on a question meaningful to both their own and/or broader societal context. In addition, rigorous scholarly inquiry will be supported as participants give and receive structured feedback on each other’s proposals. This course will incorporate Zoom sessions as well as asynchronous online components and both individual and collaborative activities to support flexible, authentic learning opportunities.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Critically examine current scholarship in teaching and learning
- Engage in conversations about teaching and learning with colleagues from a range of disciplinary backgrounds
- Identify key teaching and learning issues/questions in their own context
- Develop a scholarly inquiry project proposal based on one of the identified questions
- Provide structured feedback on others’ inquiry proposals
Who can take the certificate?
This certificate will enable current University of Calgary professors, instructors, lecturers and other academic staff at different stages of career development to enhance multiple aspects of their teaching skills and knowledge in order to excel in competitive academic environments.