{"id":2342,"date":"2021-01-28T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/extafr100\/?page_id=2342"},"modified":"2021-01-28T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:47:10","slug":"considerations-for-your-sotl-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/extafr100\/modules\/scholar\/considerations-for-your-sotl-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Considerations for your SoTL project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Scholar-banner-3-scaled.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scholar-banner-3-scaled.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/d\/db\/Scholar-banner-3-scaled.png\" width=\"1110\" height=\"267\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Research_2.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Research 2.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/7\/7b\/Research_2.jpg\/350px-Research_2.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"227\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> By doing research, teachers take charge of their own professional development, which in turn shapes how they go about doing their teaching.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014Barkhuizen, Burns, Dikilita\u015f, &amp; Wyatt<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"aim\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/extafr100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Considerations for your SoTL project<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As an experienced educator, you may have already done some research in your field and published it, or you might be thinking of doing some research. Before beginning, you need to consider how to conduct research for your context.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video &#8216;Examples of SoTL Projects&#8217;, which provides examples from three instructors who describe their research projects, the questions they were seeking to answer, and how they benefited from the experience. The video participants describe their large and small-scale questions, and research projects that were very specific to their disciplines and their interests. There is nothing wrong with starting small with your own research.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-logmkin6utk\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-logmkin6utk\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LogmkiN6utk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"224.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LogmkiN6utk?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Examples of SoTL projects\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/course.oeru.org\\\/extafr100\\\/modules\\\/scholar\\\/considerations-for-your-sotl-project\\\/#arve-youtube-logmkin6utk\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/LogmkiN6utk?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"Examples of SoTL projects\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>560px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Like any research project, a SoTL project requires you to formalise your research approach. Remember, what is different about SoTL is that <b>the focus is on improving learning outcomes as a result of practices you implement, research, assess, and report<\/b>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Typical considerations include:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Identifying a research problem or a challenge of practice that interests you\n<\/li>\n<li> Developing a research question from the identified problem or challenge\n<\/li>\n<li> Using relevant and diverse literature to inform your study\n<\/li>\n<li> Designing a specific project and choosing an appropriate methodology\n<\/li>\n<li> Obtaining Research Ethics approval for your research\n<\/li>\n<li> Finding support or funding to provide you time and space to conduct the research\n<\/li>\n<li> Considering a networking and dissemination strategy to share your research and invite discussion from colleagues\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your own research experience may predispose you to follow a deductive or quantitative approach to test a current approach to the problem. Alternatively, you may wish to take a more exploratory, inductive approach using qualitative methods to illuminate new thinking about a teaching\/learning problem. It is really up to you what approach you take.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"References\">References<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"cite_note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">\u2191<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\">Barkhuizen, G., Burns, A., Dikilita\u015f, K., &amp; Wyatt, M. 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