Welcome to the SoTL Community!

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Community in the Gulf!

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a field of research and study that aims to improve teaching and learning in the higher education context. Engaging in SoTL is considered as the most effective and transformative method of faculty professional development because SoTL practitioners inform their practice by the research that they conduct in their own classrooms. SoTL research is always carried out in naturalistic environments and when shared with others who are working in similar contexts and facing similar challenges in the classroom, it can be extremely powerful in developing higher education faculty and bringing about change on a large scale by increasing the quality of teaching and learning in higher education institutions.

Prof. Dr. Christina Gitsaki
Research Coordinator, Zayed University UAE

Vice-President Middle East, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)