The Basics - SoTL - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Subject Guides at University of Alberta Libraries

Journals

Active Learning in Higher Education
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Assessment Update
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Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Canadian Journal of Education
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Canadian Journal of Higher Education
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Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching
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College Teaching
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Currents in Teaching and Learning
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Higher Education Research and Development
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Higher Education Studies
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Innovative Higher Education
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
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International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
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International Journal for the Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning
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International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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The Journal of Effective Teaching
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Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
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Journal of Faculty Development
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Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
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New Directions for Teaching and Learning
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Research and Practice in College Teaching
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Teaching and Learning Inquiry
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Teaching in Higher Education
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window Also known as: |Wiley Interscience|Blackwell Journals| Provides access to the fulltext of journals and selected e-books from John Wiley & Sons. Includes titles in AnthroSource.
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Project Muse This link opens in a new window Project Muse: Online Journals from Johns Hopkins University Press provides full text access to journals in literary theory, classics, history and cultural studies, philosophy, film, theatre and performing arts, political science, and mathematics.
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Foundational Resources

A selection of foundational resources about SoTL:

The undergraduate experience: focusing institutions on what matters most

Building a pathway for student learning: A how-to guide to course design

Conceptualizing and communicating SoTL: A framework for the field