SoTL by Design

Receive the support you need for designing and implementing successful Scholarship of Teaching and Learning projects.

A Comprehensive Online Course

SoTL by Design is your comprehensive guide to navigating the IRB process, choosing a research question, exploring SoTL research designs, mapping evidence, creating a data analysis plan, crafting a project timeline, and strategizing about the dissemination of SoTL project results.

Engaging Step-by-Step Activities

All SoTL by Design licenses come with a printed workbook filled with engaging activities for designing and implementing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project. Each section of the workbook is color-coded with activities aligned to SoTL by Design course goals and objectives.

Support & Updates

Each SoTL by Design license includes lifetime course access to a growing library of SoTL study examples, templates, and additional resources with all updates to course materials free-of-charge. Each license also includes the opportunity to engage with the course author to ask project-specific SoTL questions.

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About the Creator

Dr. Katie Linder is currently the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Innovation and Strategy at the University of Colorado Denver.

Katie has a passion for helping others engage in and create meaningful change. For the past several years, her work has focused on the intentional integration of technology into the higher education classroom; how to implement practices and tools for meaningful productivity; and methods for integrating change management theories and techniques into higher education processes.

Katie’s latest works include The Blended Course Design Workbook A Practical Guide 2nd Edition (Routledge, 2024; co-authored with Kevin Kelly), Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (Stylus, 2020), and Managing Your Professional Identity Online (Stylus, 2018).

Learn more about Katie’s work and projects on her professional website.