In this episode podcast editors Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade interview Smita Odedra and Linnea Soler,both Senior Lecturers from the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. They speak about their own SoTL journeys, the relationship of disciplinary research to SoTL and their innovative work to help students understand how to make the most of their studies.

Linnea and Smita share insights into the interactive online Chemistry materials (including a virtual lab and note-taking resources) and how they work on SoTL co-creations with students.

Contact Linnea through her staff profile ⁠https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/staff/angelajaap/⁠

Contact Smita through her staff profile

⁠https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/chemistry/staff/smitaodedra/⁠

Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academicand Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through thelink ⁠⁠https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/⁠⁠

SoTL Journeys

Presenters: Alison McCandlish andMarie McQuade

Guests: Smita Odera and Linnea Soler

Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi,Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Graphics: Alison McCandlish

Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ originalrecording)

Keywords: academic storytelling, reflective practice, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Eilidh Soussi, Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade reflect on their first year as podcast editors.

Asked to provide a Christmas image, they each came up with a Christmas clip that was nostalgic for them.

Eilidh Soussi - Box of Delights

Alison McCandlish - The Chronicles of Narnia

Marie McQuade - Feast of the Seven Fishes

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Editing by Eilidh Soussi

Interview by Eilidh Soussi, Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade

Intro music by Alison McCandlish

Image by Alison McCandlish

SoTLpodcast editors Eilidh Soussi and Alison McCandlish met Professor Viv Binnie in the summer of 2025. They chatted to Viv about her SoTL successes over the years. Do listen for some top SoTL tips.

The podcast editors recorded this special episode on site, at the Learning and Teaching conference in Glasgow in April 2025. They went around the conference chatting with participants, including the organiser Sarah Honeychurch about what they were enjoying about the day. Do listen for a fun snapshot of an excellent event!

In this episode podcast editors Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade interview Angela Japp and Julie McAdam from the School ofEducation at the University of Glasgow.

Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academic and Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through the link ⁠https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/⁠

SoTL Journeys

Presenters: Alison McCandlish and Marie McQuade

Guests:

Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Graphics: Alison McCandlish

Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

We hear from Professor Jo Edson Ferrie on her journey from PHD student to R&T track to professor on the LTS track. Jo shares fantastic insight and advice and talks about a scholarship project on the impact of emotions. Have a read at the link below.Full article: ‘To be honest, it’s complicated’: training postgraduate students to work with emotions in qualitative research

SoTL Journeys

Presenters: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie

Guests: Jo Ferrie

Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Graphics: Alison McCandlish

Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

In our playfully retitled ‘Bimblecast’, we explore practicalecopedagogy in business education. The podcast was recorded in October 2024 whilst walking from Bowling to Maryhill, 15 kilometres, in Central Scotland.The purpose of the discussion is to explore the practical application of ecopedagogy in a light-hearted and accessible way, and to capture the essence of outdoor pedagogies. After quickly, and superficially, exploring the philosophical roots of ecopedagogy, we argue that this approach, typically used in environmental education, is equally valuable in business education, and we outline our reasoning for this statement. The discussion moves on to explore practical strategies for embedding ecopedagogy in business education, making the point that it is simple to achieve through basic ‘campus field trips’.Because we are going further than exploring campus environments in our own teaching, we also describe how the lowland leader qualification, a UK wide qualification for taking groups on organised walks, is helping us to build an outdoor learning capability in our business school. Through this discussion, we outline the preparation and study required to become a wild pedagogue, but we also discuss more modest planning for simple, short excursions. In all cases, safety is important. During our discussion, the listener will hear of situations and wildlife we encounter, demonstrating the power and authenticity of this approach to learning.

Keywordsbimblecast, ecopedagogy, business education, authenticlearning, walking pedagogies

Welcome to series 1, episode 2 of SoTL journeys. In this episode podcast editors Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish interview Matt Offord, Senior Lecturer in Experiential Leadership Education (Management).

Contact Matt through his University profile https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/mattofford/

Read Matt's article "Shedding light on the scholarship of teaching" https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/330864/

Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academic and Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through the link https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/

SoTL Journeys

Presenters: Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Guests: Matt Offord

Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Graphics: Alison McCandlish

Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

Welcome to series 1, episode 1 of SoTL journeys. In this episode podcast editors Eilidh Soussi and Lynn Currie chat to Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler on what SoTL is, what it can look like and how to get started with it. Sarah and Nathalie discuss the challenges and successes they have had with SoTL as part of their careers.

Find out more about the University of Glasgow Academic and Digital Development Team on the SoTL internal teams site or through the link https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/add/

SoTL Journeys

Presenters: Eilidh Soussi and Lynn Currie

Guests: Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler

Editorial team: Eilidh Soussi, Lynn Currie, Marie McQuade and Alison McCandlish

Graphics: Alison McCandlish

Jingle: Alison McCandlish (GarageBand mix/ original recording)

This is a 'vodcast' (a conversation with visual clues) between Vicki Dale and Karen Thompson talking about virtual placement research process. It will link to an article recently published by Thompson and Dale (2022) which covers themes including self-regulated learning, thematic analysis and its shift to reflexive thematic analysis, working from home, taking a studio perspective online and lessons learned.

Thompson, K. and Dale, V., 2022. The role of virtual placements in promoting self-regulated learning: stakeholder experiences of an online learning community during the Covid pandemic. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 10(1), pp.12-22.