%0 Journal Article
%T Educational Development Websites: What Do They Tell Us About How Canadian Centres Support the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning?
%A Ros A. Woodhouse
%A Kristin A. Force
%J Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
%D 2010
%I Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
%X The study investigates how university educational development centres in Canada currently support faculty in developing the skills and knowledge to engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Content analysis of centre websites was used to identify strategies used to support SoTL. The main strategies identified were providing information and grants. Recommendations include increasing the visibility of SoTL on centre websites and integrating it with other centre activities. The data question the viability of a national strategy to improve teaching through SoTL.L¡¯¨¦tude porte sur la fa on dont les centres universitaires d¡¯appui ¨¤ la formation au Canada soutiennent actuellement les membres du corps enseignant dans le perfectionnement de leurs comp¨¦tences et de leurs connaissances pour participer ¨¤ l¡¯avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage. L¡¯analyse du contenu des sites Web des centres a ¨¦t¨¦ utilis¨¦e pour d¨¦terminer les strat¨¦gies employ¨¦es pour soutenir cet avancement. Les principales strat¨¦gies consistent ¨¤ fournir de l¡¯information et des bourses. Les recommandations portent sur l¡¯augmentation de la visibilit¨¦ de l¡¯avancement de ces connaissances et sur son int¨¦gration aux activit¨¦s du centre. Les donn¨¦es remettent en cause la viabilit¨¦ d¡¯une strat¨¦gie nationale visant ¨¤ am¨¦liorer l¡¯enseignement grace ¨¤ l¡¯avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage.
%K scholarship of teaching and learning
%K educational development
%U http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol1/iss1/4