UW-Superior values and supports this inquiry by its teacher-scholars. Since the early 2000s we’ve organized a new annual cohort each year, and a SoTL coordinator guides the participating scholars through their research process. (Thank you to our current SoTL coordinator, Dr. Nicholle Schuelke!) Each participant shapes research questions, submits a proposal for IRB approval, and conducts research into how their students learn in the classroom, online, and through relationships, such as advising. At the end of each year, we highlight the results of these research projects at a campus-wide celebration and poster session.
If you’re interested in our SoTL efforts, please visit our online guide. Former posters are archived in the Jim Dan Hill Library and can be viewed at the Minds@UW webpage.
This year's Homegrown Scholars cohort will be sharing their research in Research Spotlights this spring. Please join us on the following dates; all presentations will be delivered via Zoom.
At many institutions, students do not receive any onboarding or training about how to use a digital learning environment (DLE) before being expected to do so for their courses. This study was conducted to establish how system-specific training may impact first-year students entering college and their use of a DLE, which in many cases is new to them, or different than the systems they've used in the past.
As instructors of our department’s corequisite model for developmental math, we adopted a reflective teaching practice. We will share how our regular meetings before, during, and after the semester informed our teaching. Specifically, we will address how we collected and processed student feedback, the nuances of teaching online versus on campus, instructor collaboration, differentiated instruction, instructor collaboration, and our implementation of an OER.
In the fall of 2022, data was collected in select UW-Superior Department of Education undergraduate courses that contain Pre-Student Teaching Clinical Experiences (PSTCE). The aim was to learn more about the effectiveness of scaffolds and universal supports to inform practices and delivery of equitable and effective learning material surrounding lesson planning.
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