4^th Annual Conference of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Zayed University and the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) will host the fourth Annual Conference of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on Wednesday 9^th January 2019.

This year’s theme, "Classroom Research for Effective Teaching", highlights the benefits of higher education faculty conducting systematic inquiry of the impact of their teaching in their classroom in an effort to improve their teaching practices and their students’ learning outcomes. All presentations will be aimed at demonstrating empirical evidence of a teaching practice that facilitates learning and cultivates an environment of student success.

According to Dan Bernstein, those who participate in SoTL are “assets” to their institutions because they

“generate visible analyses of student learning taking place in their institutions, provide excellent models of practice for local colleagues, generate high-quality evidence for internal and external assessment, and offer accessible examples of quality education to prospective students” (2013, p. 35).

It is with this in mind that the CEI organizes the SoTL conference and provides ZU faculty and the local community of academics with the opportunity to share, discuss and reflect on their classroom practices.

Conference Chair:

Prof. Dr. Christina Gitsaki

Center for Educational Innovation, Zayed University, UAE