About the Session

Felten’s Good Practice in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) provides a framework for researchers of teaching and learning within higher education. These principles emphasize the contextual nature of student learning, the importance of appropriate methodological practices, and the value of conducting inquiry in partnership with students. Recently, Hamilton and McCollum have proposed an additional principle for Great Practice in SoTL. This 6th principle serves to bridge the gap between research traditions of academic silos, improving the communication and application of scholarly findings for teaching practices across post-secondary settings. 

In this session, McCollum will present models for engaging with students as partners, considerations for learner safety during research mentoring processes, and the importance of describing your research’s epistemological and ontological traditions for scholarly impact. 

Speaker

Brett McCollum is the director of the centre for excellence in learning and teaching at Thompson Rivers University. He holds a PhD in chemistry (Simon Fraser University) and is a 3M National Teaching Fellow (2019). He is internationally recognized in the fields of scholarship on teaching and learning and discipline-based education research, serving as editor-in-chief of The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CJSoTL). 

Prior to joining TRU, McCollum was a full professor in the department of chemistry and physics at Mount Royal University. He also held an inaugural board of governor’s teaching chair, focusing on educational leadership and has served as chair of SoTL Canada, a constituency group of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 

McCollum’s passion for improving the student learning experience was recognized through the MRU Undergraduate Research Supervision Award (2019), the Student Association Open Education Champion Award (2020), and the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations Distinguished Teaching Award (2021). With research experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, McCollum is enthusiastic about evidence-based scholarly teaching and creating the conditions for faculty, staff, and students to collaborate as partners for exceptional learning experiences. 

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This session will be recorded, archived, and made available publicly on BCcampus.ca. By participating in this session, you acknowledge you are aware your participation will be recorded and the recording will be openly available.

About the Series

The BCcampus Winter 2025 Research Speaker Series offers participants and presenters an opportunity to learn and share knowledge and advocacy on research methods, approaches, and pedagogies around accessibility, access, Indigenous engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in teaching and learning.   

These livestream webinars take place every month from January to March and will allow you to learn about new research directly from the researchers.  

Sessions

1. January 21, 2025 – Storytelling sm̓iʔmay̓ Futurisms from the Digital Frontier. Challenging Colonial Narratives through a Digital Embodied Story Practice and Research-Creation, Mariel Belanger, Queen’s University 
2. February 25, 2025 – Transparent, Detailed, Ethical: An Introduction to the Artificial Intelligence Disclosure (AID) Framework, Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo Libraries 
3. March 11 – Engaging in Great Practices for Research on Teaching and Learning, Brett McCollum, Thompson Rivers University

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this series, participants will be able to:  

1. Broaden your knowledge and research skills in the B.C. post-secondary context.  
2. Learn about Indigenization, EDI, decolonization, and accessibility in research.  
3. Be inspired to participate in research communities of practice or explore the themes in your work.  
4. Connect with academics and community members who share your interests.