ISOTL Conference Proposal
Nov 19, 2008
The 2009 ISSOTL (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
Conference
Calls for program proposals in December
The goal of the society is to foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and
articulates post-secondary learning and teaching. Their website also includes the following
bullets, all of which also pertain to librarians working with faculty in these endeavors:
- Recognize and encourage scholarly work on teaching and learning in each discipline, within
other scholarly societies, and across educational levels
- Promote cross-disciplinary conversation to create synergy and prompt new lines of inquiry
- Facilitate the collaboration of scholars in different countries and the flow of new findings
and applications across national boundaries
- Encourage the integration of discovery, learning and public engagement Advocate for support,
review, recognition, and appropriate uses of the scholarship of teaching and learning.
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