NETC 08 SoTLwT session 1028

Slide 1: Scholarship of The Teaching and Learning with Technology Molly Immendorf Instructional Technology Specialist Cooperative Extension Technology Services University of Wisconsin - Extension

Slide 2: Who we are ….. Cooperative Extension

Slide 3: Who we are ….. Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning HELP Online Campus Partners Independent School for Workers Learning

Slide 4: Who we are ….. Broadcasting & Media Innovations Instructional Communications Systems Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Television

Slide 5: Who we are ….. Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Small Business Development Center

Slide 6: What is SoTL? The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) refers to systematic research conducted on teaching and learning issues. Discipline Intellectual Public Based Work Peer Enhances Reviewed Learning

Slide 7: Key SoTL Players American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Campus Clusters – Leadership sites Institutional Initiatives

Slide 8: History & Overview of SoTLT 2002 -2003 Cross-Divisional Planning Group formed Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Technology (SoTLT) focus

Slide 9: History & Overview of SoTLT 2003 -2004 Editorial Board formed SoTLT Virtual Community of Scholars via Desire2Learn (D2L) and public website created

Slide 10: History & Overview of SoTLT 2003 -2004 Videoconference The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem? Randy Bass Georgetown University

Slide 11: History & Overview of SoTLT 2003 -2004 Facilitated Online Discussions Best Practices in Online Growing Up Digital Collaborative Learning Teaching & Learning Marv Van Kekerix Dubear Kroening Terri Fredenberg-Holzman Vice Chancellor UW-Fox Valley UWEX Community UWEX Development Educator Menomonie Nation

Slide 12: History & Overview of SoTLT 2004 -2005 WisLine Web with Online Facilitated Discussions Assessing Student Effective Online Learning Discussions Bill Cerbin Nancy Chick UW-LaCrosse UW-Barron County

Slide 13: History & Overview of SoTLT 2004 -2005 Videoconference with Online Facilitated Discussion Attracting & Retaining Diverse Audiences Elizabeth Barkley Foothill College

Slide 14: History & Overview of SoTLT 2005 -2006 •What is Lesson Study? •Lesson Study in the Disciplines •Awarded grants for Teaching Online course creation •First UWEX Wisconsin Teaching Fellow and Scholar

Slide 15: Lesson Study – more info • Teams formed to create the “best lesson” • Started in K-12 education in Japan • Bill Cerbin, UW-LaCrosse modified it for Higher Ed • UWEX OPID Planning Team brought it to Extension programming

Slide 16: History & Overview of SoTLT 2006 -2007 •Four Lesson Study Teams formed •Cooperative Extension (teams included Agents, Specialists, Instructional Designer and Evaluation Specialist) •Horse Pasture Management •Lesson 12 Pasture Establishment •Creating 4-H Learning Experiences •Module 1: Stand-alone Activity •Continuing Education •Audio Lesson Study Team •Nursing

Slide 17: SoTLT Online Public Website – http://www.uwex.edu/twt/ Virtual Community of Scholars – http://www.uwex.edu/D2L/ – Need username & password: sotl.guest & guest Teaching Online – http://www.uwex.edu/D2L/ – Need username & password: sotl.guest & guest

Slide 18: Lessons Learned • SoTL can be an overwhelming topic • We built it, they came, but no SoTL work until Lesson Study and Fellowships • Synchronous events, then online discussions • Convenience counts • Focus on SoTL, not the technology

Slide 19: Outputs • Raised awareness of new type of scholarship • Academic staff more interested in collaborative scholarship • Increased credibility & visibility for UWEX in UW System and beyond

Slide 21: Contact information Molly Immendorf – Instructional Technology Specialist, Coop Extension – molly.immendorf@ces.uwex.edu – (608) 263-3843