Welcome.
TOAST is an interdisciplinary organization and includes faculty from diverse academic fields who support their own Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) efforts and advocate for SoTL development with their colleagues. The TOAST Community of Practice (CoP) offers university teachers a community of colleagues and mentors, and a place to learn through trial and error, engage in rich discussions, and develop new pedagogies.
The interdisciplinary nature of TOAST crosses departmental and subject matter boundaries, to concentrate on the quality of teaching itself––and adds richness to the discussions from a multitude of perspectives.
Who Can Join TOAST?
TOAST is open to anyone in quality teaching and research on college-level teaching and learning. Click here>> to learn how you can join.
What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?
Lave and Wenger
introduced the concept of a Community of Practice
(CoP)––a
set of relations among persons, activities and world, over time and
in relation with other tangential and overlapping CoPs.
In this community, a newcomer learns from old-timers by participating in certain tasks that relate to the practice of the community. Over time the newcomer moves from peripheral to full participation (also known as Legitimate Peripheral Participation, or LLP).
Upcoming TOAST Events
BREAKFAST
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
8 a.m.
Bistro 2110 at
the
Blackwell Inn
The second Thursday of every month, we have a breakfast meeting, a face-to-face (F2F). Please join us and meet other TOAST members--you're always welcome.
Read here>> for information about past TOAST events. If you want to be put on our e–mailing list––which lets you know about our meetings, breakfasts, presentations, and international seminars––just let us know.
Come Blog With Us!
The important part of a CoP like TOAST is participation,
and we have a blog for this purpose.
Don't be shy; we want to know what you think.
Are you an Ohio State Faculty Member or Graduate Student?
Have you published or presented on the Scholarship of Teaching (SoTL)?
We're very interested!
TOAST would like your publications for our site. If you have published or presented work on SoTL, we would like to include your work on this web site. You can submit your work here>>.