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2020-05-29
Extended Call for Papers
Journal on Center of Teaching and Learning, Issue 12
The current pandemic marks a critical juncture for Centers of Teaching and Learning (CTLs), many of which are in intensive and overwhelming roles as courses swiftly shift to online formats, as morale issues among faculty mount, and as funding and health concerns disrupt and reconfigure future programming. Along with submissions that meet current guidelines for its next issue, the Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning also seeks works (personal essays, dialogues, narratives, outlines/recommendations for future studies, as well as formal studies) that document and articulate the significance of the current moment for faculty developers.
JCTL seeks submissions that summarize and share usable revelations/takeaways regarding:- key actions by CTLs, turning points, benefits and gains, and sustainable change that seems to be occurring;
- indicators of how the pandemic has been and is affecting perceptions of CTL’s value and their essential role (pivotal turning points, obstacles encountered, supportive actions and partnerships, reconsiderations of the CTL’s mission, lines drawn, etc.);
- debates occurring within and among other venues (blogs, listservs, websites, etc.) devoted to faculty development in the time of pandemic;
- new topics emphasized in CTL programming (e.g. trauma-informed teaching); descriptions of ways social distancing/remote learning has changed delivery of programming;
- structural institutional and CTL changes underway impacting learning/teaching (staffing configurations, program resources, collaborations, funding, leadership and role, etc.);
- windows of opportunity created, imparted, granted, tested, mandated, closed;
- speculations on how this will change our own work or student learning/faculty teaching into the future.
