Educator Scholar Conference abstract templates

If you would like to use the headings, please complete Template 1. If you would prefer not to, please complete your abstract in Template 2, ensuring you still address the key aspects.

Maximum word count 300 (including title and in-text referencing, excluding reference list)

Title

Author/s names

Abstract Award

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Project demonstrating student learning through the use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)

Sessional academic project that enhances student engagement

Collaborative SoTL project by an academic and student

Project by an academic new to SoTL research

Template 1

Rationale for project: (The “Why” of the Project) What is the main teaching and learning issue to be addressed? Why is there a need to address this issue? What is already known about the issue? What literature informs the project?

Method: (The “How” of the project) What are the research parameters of the project? (i.e. theoretical framework, sample population, time range, research tool/s, data collection and analysis methods)

Project results: (The “What” of the Project) What is the main claim/finding of this project? What is the value of this project/research to stakeholders/the broader university community/others working in the field (i.e. who benefits and how? What changes to practice are recommended?)

Broader implications of the project: (The “So What” of the Project) What is the value of this project/research to stakeholders/the broader university community/others working in the field (i.e. who benefits and how? What changes to practice are recommended?) And/or how does this project contribute to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) literature?

References

Abstract

References

Template 2