International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Jan 2011)

Current Perspectives on SOTL

  • Lorraine Stefani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2011.050102
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1

Abstract

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The concept of scholarship is central to the roles and overarching functions of universities and, as such, obviously influences policy and practice in higher education throughout the world. However the role of "the university" and consequently, higher education, is changing, and that change is driven by changes in society and changes in communication which in turn are largely being driven by technological advances, and changes in the expectations of the student population. While universities...

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