Call for Collaborative Literature Review leaders! (please share)
Janice Miller-Young
Interested in doing some Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) research on a certain topic but not familiar with the existing literature?
Passionate about a timely topic related to student learning?
Want to work collaboratively with others to learn more about a SoTL topic?
Want to make an important contribution to the literature?
Want to flex your SoTL mentoring skills?
Consider leading a collaborative literature review project!
This initiative is modeled after the Collaborative Writing Groups of ISSoTL and SoTL Canada, and is partially funded by a SoLE grant from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The goals are to contribute to teaching and learning literature, support SoTL practice, and build community and capacity. As Chick et al. (2019) wrote, “SoTL needs the meta-level attention of literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, research agendas, even historiography, to help us understand and navigate the field and advance the work itself” (p. 187). To this list, we add scoping reviews and realist syntheses.
Interested facilitators should propose topics important to Canadian higher education but can be international themselves. Topics should focus on factors related to student learning in higher education. Topics should also be i) timely, ii) have multidisciplinary relevance, and iii) go beyond specific teaching methods to include broader topics such as assessment, curriculum, educational technology, experiential learning, mental health, diversity and inclusion, decolonization (Keiding & Qvortrup, 2018; Paul et al., 2023). Facilitators should also suggest a scope for their proposed project, such as journals and years to be surveyed, and methods and frameworks for analysis (e.g. systematic reviews, scoping reviews, bibliometric analyses, etc.). Such rigorous reviews require both a scholarly knowledge of the topic, an ability to work across disciplines, and a significant investment of time. Thus facilitators will receive an honorarium to support travel to the collaborative writing retreat (funded by the SoLE grant), and may receive additional funding for dissemination depending on the success of an upcoming SSHRC Connections grant by the editors.
Project Editors:
Julie Mooney, SAIT, 3M National Teaching Fellow
Janice Miller-Young, University of Alberta
Project Timeline
Topic Leaders
May 2025 Call for topic leaders
June 15 2025 Applications for topic leaders due
June 30 2025 Confirmation of chapter topics and leaders
Participants
July 15 2025 Call for chapter collaborative writers
Aug 15 2025 Applications for group members due
September 2025 Confirmation of collaborative writers and formation of groups
October 17-18 2025 Writing groups meet at retreat after SoTL Symposium in
Banff (remote participation is also possible) to build relationships, start work, and develop plans for moving forward
December 2025 Group leaders check in with Editors
March 2026 Group leaders check in with Editors
June 2026 Groups encouraged to present work-in-progress at STLHE 2026 (location TBA, funding may be available depending on success of a SSHRC Connections grant application by Editors)
November 2026 Groups encouraged to present at ISSOTL 2026 (Saskatoon)
December 2026 Manuscripts are due to Editors for a special issue of a journal (TBA)
Applications to be a Topic Leader
Please send your CV, a cover letter including statement of interest and statement of relevant experience, and a proposed topic and scope to Janice Miller-Young, jmille...@ualberta.ca by June 15.
About the Editors
Julie Mooney is an experienced educational developer, educator in postsecondary contexts, mentor, and scholar in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies, with a specialization in Adult, Community, and Higher Education. A 3M National Teaching Fellow (College Sector Educator Award 2015), she is a lifetime and active member of the STLHE, and has served on SoTL Canada’s Writing Retreat Working Group, the College Sector Educator Community’s (CSEC) Executive Committee, as a Mentor for the 3MNTF Network, and more. She is currently serving on the adjudication committee for the 3M National Student Fellowship (2025). She communicates fluently in English and French.
Janice Miller-Young is a Professor in Engineering at the University of Alberta and an experienced leader, mentor, writer and editor in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is also an active member of STLHE, having served multiple times on the Board, on conference committees, as an Associate Editor of CJSoTL, and more. She has served as a past Academic Director of an Institute for SoTL (Mount Royal University), of a Centre for Teaching and Learning (University of Alberta), and is currently the Academic Director of Experiential Learning in her Faculty of Engineering which includes mentoring colleagues interested in SoTL research.
References
Chick, N., Nowell, L., & Lenart, B. (2019). The scholarship of teaching and learning: A scoping review protocol. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 7(2), 186-197. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.7.2.12
Keiding, T. B., & Qvortrup, A. (2018). Higher education journals as didactic frameworks. Higher Education Research & Development, 37(1), 72-87. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2017.1342606
Paul, J., Seniuk Cicek, J., & Renato B. Rodrigues, R.B. (2024). You’re Here! Now What? A Taxonomical Pathway for Sustained SoTL Research Engagement. In Miller-Young. J. & Chick, N.L. (eds). Becoming a SoTL Scholar. Elon, NC: Elon University Center for Engaged Learning. https://doi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa6
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