The Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning has developed resources in collaboration with various units across the university, as well as curated relevant guides from other institutions to help the UBC SoTL community. Please ensure citations are included when you use these resources in your own presentations and publications.
Getting Started
- Common issues when starting with SoTL (ISoTL, 2020)
- Student Participation in Teaching and Learning Inquiry Projects at UBC (ISoTL, 2020)
- UBC BREB application guide (ISoTL, 2021)
- SoTL Projects: Do you need ethics approval? (10 minute video)
Methods
- Surveys and questionnaires (ISoTL, 2017)
- Survey Design Worksheet (ISoTL, 2024)
- Focus Groups and Interviews (ISoTL, 2020)
- An Introduction to Thematic Analyses (ISoTL and Skylight, 2023)
- Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews (Eastern Illinois University, 2002)
- Conducting Focus Groups: A Summary of Best Practices (Flexible Learning Initiative, 2015)
Inclusive Data Collection Tool Design
- General guidelines on asking for demographic information (UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, 2020)
- Asking about gender (CTLT and UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, 2020)
- Sexual orientation guidelines (CTLT and UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, 2020)
- Using correct pronouns (UBC Equity & Inclusion Office)
- Participant inclusivity in research: Social, Cultural, Linguistic Diversity (UBC Office of Research Ethics, 2023)
- Data Feminism (MIT, 2020)
- Gender and Sex in Methods & Measurement – Research Equity Toolkit (Gender and Sexual Health Equity Research Education Resources and UBC, 2022)