Obtaining Approval for and Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Via the Institutional Review Board
Abstract
SoTL projects can raise issues of confidentiality, the quality or content of student work, liability, withholding learning opportunities, grade assignment, informed consent, and other psychological, legal, or social concerns. Since the IRB is not an aspect of the research process in many disciplines, some view the IRB as an impediment to engagement in SoTL. One objective of this interactive presentation is to address the concerns of those who lack experience with the IRB process by providing brief descriptions of the IRB process and of ethical issues that can arise in SoTL projects. Another objective is to argue that IRB approval can: promote SoTL as a legitimate form of scholarship, rebutt the position of those who believe SoTL to be inferior to traditional, discipline-based research, and demonstrate both the ethical integrity and the methodological rigor of a SoTL project.
Location
Room 2903
Recommended Citation
Habel, John, "Obtaining Approval for and Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Via the Institutional Review Board " (2007). SoTL Commons Conference. 66.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2007/66
Obtaining Approval for and Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Via the Institutional Review Board
Room 2903
SoTL projects can raise issues of confidentiality, the quality or content of student work, liability, withholding learning opportunities, grade assignment, informed consent, and other psychological, legal, or social concerns. Since the IRB is not an aspect of the research process in many disciplines, some view the IRB as an impediment to engagement in SoTL. One objective of this interactive presentation is to address the concerns of those who lack experience with the IRB process by providing brief descriptions of the IRB process and of ethical issues that can arise in SoTL projects. Another objective is to argue that IRB approval can: promote SoTL as a legitimate form of scholarship, rebutt the position of those who believe SoTL to be inferior to traditional, discipline-based research, and demonstrate both the ethical integrity and the methodological rigor of a SoTL project.
