International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 5, Number 1, January 2011

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Reviewer Essay

Excerpt

Exemplary Dissemination: Sowing Seed in IJ-SoTL

As a member of the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning editorial board, I have the privilege of reviewing articles that make a significant contribution to the SoTL literature, and more importantly, to practice towards improving teaching and learning. I also occasionally see articles that could fall into that category, but fall short. For this 5th anniversary issue, members of the editorial board were asked to write 500 words on what characterizes...

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Bio

Nicola Simmons
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
nsimmons@uwaterloo.ca

My background is in professors' reflective practice and role development (Ph.D., Brock University), and I have worked in faculty development for over twenty years. As Research and Evaluation Consultant at the University of Waterloo, I facilitate SoTL research; as VP, SoTL for the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, I work to push that agenda to the Canadian national level and beyond. My current research examines SoTL researcher roles, including challenges and supports for identity development, and also issues of national ethics policies pertaining to SoTL work. I hold additional research grants related to faculty development practices and program evaluation, and am a graduate advisor and teach part-time in the Masters programme in Education at Brock University.
Website: http://cte.uwaterloo.ca/who_we_are/bios/nicolasimmons.php

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International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is a publication of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA.