SoTL under Stress: Rethinking Teaching and Learning Scholarship during a Global Pandemic
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SoTL, COVID-19, higher educationAbstract
This essay considers how the current age of multiple crises is leading to changes in questions we ask of teaching and learning, questions we ask in SoTL, and the role of SoTL scholars.
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