The Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning develops resources in collaboration with various units across the university to meet the various teaching and learning needs of the UBC community. Please ensure citations are included when you use these resources in your own presentation 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
Recruiting Participants
- Sample Focus Group/Interview Consent Form – BREB approved projects
- Sample Focus Group/Interview Consent Form – Projects not requiring BREB approval (QA/QI)
- Sample survey consent – BREB approved projects
- Sample survey consent – Projects not requiring BREB approval (QA/QI)