Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
9 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
ARC Ballroom
Registration opens Oct. 20, 2025!
Join us for the 10th annual UC Davis Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference!
Hosted by the Center for Educational Effectiveness, this special anniversary year marks a decade of collaboration, innovation, and dedication to advancing evidence-supported teaching at UC Davis. As we celebrate 10 years of impactful work, we also look forward to the future of SoTL on our campus.
Our 2025 theme, Growing Together: Preparing Students, Empowering Faculty, reflects our continued commitment to supporting educators and enriching student success through evidence-based practices. This theme invites us to reflect on the progress we’ve made and to envision new possibilities for meaningful and scholarly engagement in teaching.
This conference offers a space for connection, reflection, and learning. It's an ideal opportunity for anyone who:
- Approaches teaching with a research mindset and uses evidence to inform teaching practices
- Collects and analyzes data to understand student experiences and enhance learning outcomes
- Experiments with new methods in the classroom and evaluates their effectiveness
- Seeks to engage in dialogue about scholarly teaching with a community of like-minded educators
- Wants to deepen their understanding of teaching research at UC Davis
Through a mix of research presentations and interacive sessions, the SoTL Conference highlights the diverse ways UC Davis educators are using research to improve teaching. You will leave with new insights, renewed inspiration, and valuable connections.
Let’s celebrate 10 years of SoTL at UC Davis and explore the future of evidence-based teaching together. We can’t wait to see you there!
"Changing Our Minds about Introductory Student Success"
2025 SoTL Conference Keynote:
Dr. Dave Kung
The higher education community has a problem. Far too many students (especially those from underserved populations) are not succeeding in our introductory courses, especially in STEM. In this interactive session, we’ll explore how academia’s views of students, of how they learn, and of what’s best for them contribute to this problem. Through discussions of several surprising studies, you might even change your mind, coming away with specific things you can do to better support your students.
Conference agenda
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- 8:30-9 a.m. Conference check in
- 9-9:20 a.m. Welcome and Plenary
- 9:20-10:20 a.m. Panel Discussion
- 10:30-11:15 a.m. Poster Session A
- 11:15 a.m.-noon Poster Session B
- noon-12:20 p.m. Lunch
- 12:20-12:50 p.m. Awards Presentation
- 12:50-1:50 p.m. Keynote
- 2:00-3:00 p.m. Talks
- 3:10-4:10 p.m. Panel Discussion
- 4:10-4:30 p.m. Closing, Looking Ahead
Conference Planning Committee
Contact
For more information, please email SoTLevents@ucdavis.edu.
