A Faculty Learning Community on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: A Case Study

Trent W. Maurer, Georgia Southern University
Diana Sturges, Georgia Southern University
Padmini Shankar, Georgia Southern University
Deborah Allen, Georgia Southern University
Saida Akbarova, Georgia Southern University

Abstract

Excerpt: What happens when a group of faculty interested in SoTL gets together? This essay presents a case study of the Faculty Learning Lommunity [FLC] on SoTL at Georgia Southern University since its inception in 2006. Included in the discussion are the history and origins of the FLC, its evolution over the last four years, the products and outcomes of the FLC, and reflections from recent members on the influence of the FLC on their teaching,...