Inquire
This application form is for the Inquire Certificate program in the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning, which is a 16-month program designed to support you through the entire process of a
SoTL project. Please visit the program’s website for more details about the program. For more
information, email Aron Fazekas, Educational Analyst.
Application due date: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 11:59pm
Email Aron Fazekas with your completed and signed application.
Acceptance decisions will be communicated on or before April 26
th
, 2019.
Contact Information and Background of the Principal Investigator
Note: If you are applying to Inquire as a team, only one application is required. The principal
investigator or key contact should complete and submit the application.
Faculty
Sessional instructor
Post-doc
Staff
Other: _______________________________
Name:
College:
Department:
Email:
Preferred Phone:
Number of years university teaching experience
Yes
Yes
No
No
Note: Participation in or experience with the above are not required for participation in Inquire.
Are you planning on working on your project independently or in a team with another person?
Independently Team
If you are planning to work in a team, please list your other team member and their current role
at the University of Guelph:
I have completed the EnLITE program
I have previous experience with conducting SoTL research
Please indicate your role(s) as
of May 2019:
1. What professional, teaching, or research goals do you hope to achieve through completing
this program?
2
Goals and Plans for Program Participation
Note: The total length of your responses for questions 1-4 should be 1-2 pages
2. How will your participation in this program assist you in meeting these goals?
3. What teaching and learning research topic, issue, or question are you interested in
exploring through your research project? What motivated you to research this question?
4. How might you explore this question? For example, who will your participants be? What will be
the context of your research (e.g. a particular course or courses)? What methods might you use (e.g.
surveys, interviews, learning assessments)?”
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4
Additional Program Expectations
The Inquire program begins with a mandatory three-day institute that is held at the University
of Guelph on May 28-30 (9am-4pm each day). If I am selected as a participant, I confirm that I
can attend and fully participate in the institute.
Yes
No (please comment):
I have reviewed the program expectations on the program website and will be able to commit
time to attending the program meetings and completing assignments, readings, and activities.
Yes No
This program has a cost recovery fee of $250 per person. If you are participating in Inquire
as a team, each team member is responsible for paying the $250 fee.
"I(we) have made arrangements (either personally or through my college/department) to
paythe fee of $250." Please note that for some participants, this fee may be waived.
Yes No
Signature of Applicant Print Name Date (mm/dd/yy)
Signature of Chair/Director/Advisor Print Name Date (mm/dd/yy)
Note: We may follow up with you or schedule an interview if we require additional
information to make a decision about your application.
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