What keeps you going? What motivates you? We’ve provided a list that describes potential benefits to help motivate you to become more engaged in SoTL activities, the WIIFM value! Reflect upon the things that make you love teaching and complete the following activity.
- Improved outcomes and assessment scores.
- Useful data for assessments, program reviews, retention strategies, and accreditation processes.
- Faculty development opportunities.
- Increased reflection on teaching and learning among colleagues.
- Stronger institutional values on teaching and learning.
- Promotion of new networks among members at institutions.
- Scholarship opportunities in the form of presentations and publications.
- Opportunity for outside funding to support program innovation.
- Renewed excitement about teaching and learning, and greater self-awareness.
To Do:
- From the list of potential benefits above, pick the top three statements that would motivate you to become more engaged in SoTL activities. You might also consider benefits not included on the list.
- Return to the shared document where you added your Three Keys for SoTL (for Three Keys activity). Below your entry (from 3 Keys of SoTL) include the top three motivations you chose from this list.
- Review and add comments to the motivations contributed by other participants.
- In your response for this activity:
- List the 3 motivations.
- Upload a screenshot of your contribution as evidence for your response to this activity.
- Optional: Include any additional motivators.
- After you make your submission, save the web address to your response (found in the green confirmation box) so you can use it later for your badge submission form.
This activity is part of the What is the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL)? section of the Scholar Module.
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89 Responses for this Activity
- My three SOTL Motivators.
by Brian Smith (@brian.smith)
Here are my three personal SOTL motivators: Professional development and progressive faculty opportunities Improved and more effective personal teaching practice Opportunities to engage with peers and develop professional communities / networks
- motivation
by Oksana Perkhach (@Oksana)
Faculty development opportunities. Promotion of new networks among members at institutions. Scholarship opportunities in the form of presentations and publications.
- Three Motivations
by Munise Gultekin (@MG)
3 Motivations Promotion of new networks among members at institutions: Professional organizations and conferences can help me build new networks, access valuable resources, and stay up-to-date on trends in their field. Scholarship opportunities in the form of presentations and publications: Presenting at conferences or publishing in professional journals can help me gain recognition and feedback more… »
- SoTL – motivations.
by Jennifer Abrams (@jabrams)
Screen Shot of shared doc attached.
- Top SoTL Motivators
by Joanna MacDougall (@Joanna MacDougall)
The top SoTL motivators I have identified include: 1) better student outcomes – I tend to think more specifically about improved student competence, confidence and motivation 2)increased reflection on teaching and learning among colleagues 3) stronger overall faculty that values teaching and learning 4) promotion of new networks among faculty My experience in post-secondary as more… »
- Engage with SoTL – Motivations
by Andrew Molas (@amolas)
Improved outcomes and assessment scores. Useful data for assessments, program reviews, retention strategies, and accreditation processes. Faculty development opportunities. Increased reflection on teaching and learning among colleagues. Stronger institutional values on teaching and learning. Promotion of new networks among members at institutions. Scholarship opportunities in the form of presentations and publications. Opportunity for outside funding more… »
- Three Motivators
by Aisling Dennett (@aisling.dennett)
3 motivations: Increased reflection on teaching and learning among colleagues. A genuine belief in the importance of students understanding the importance of occupational health and safety. As people who may work in this field, and as workers themselves. Stronger institutional values on teaching and learning. A desire to improve my understanding and growth in the more… »
- Engage with SoTL
by Yana Sokolova (@yana_sokolova)
3 Motivations: Renewed excitement about teaching and learning, and greater self-awareness. Increasing students’ expectations from the learning process. Improved outcomes and assessment scores.
- David Schenk 3 motivating statements Engage with SotL
by David Schenk (@dschenk)
From the list of potential benefits above, pick the top three statements that would motivate you to become more engaged in SoTL activities. You might also consider benefits not included on the list. Useful data for assessments, program reviews, retention strategies, and accreditation processes. Faculty development opportunities. Opportunity for outside funding to support program innovation. more… »
- Motivations for SoTL
by Sarah Darling (@SDarling)
Please find the screenshot of my motivations, attached.
3 Resources for this Activity
- 3 Motivations
shared by Jenn Harren (@j_harren)
3 Motivations: Increased reflection on teaching and learning among colleagues. I love the opportunity to learn from my peers and when we are virtual these days, it’s not happening as much (and even when we were face to face sometimes this doesn’t happen organically). I see this as a way to cultivate new relationships with more… »
- Engage with SoTL
shared by Lori Strauss (@lstrauss)
3 Motivators Renewed excitement about teaching and learning, and greater self-awareness. Nothing is more motivating to me than student success. If making improvements can lead to success on the part of students there is no end to the enjoyment of teaching. Improved outcomes and assessment scores. To have control over the improvement of the students’ more… »
- Motivations for Engaging in Personal Inquiry
shared by Christopher Rowe (@ChristopherRowe)
I happen to be in the process of pursuing a graduate degree in learning and technology, which aligns extremely well with the value represented in this exercise. As a result, the motivations listed here really resonate with me.
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