I would appreciate the comments and feedback of this community on my fall 06 experiment. The class and an accompanying blog are documented at

http://web.mac.com/critterdom/iWeb/Hooper%27s%20Study%20Pages/Welcome.html

I am planning another, different experiment in fall 07 (I’m currently on sabbatical and involved to my eyeteeth on yet a different project) that will integrate art into a World Civ to 1500 class. That class will have a working subtitle of History through Art, and use various visual arts to illustrate and explore the cultures and values of the societies that produced the art. At least, that’s the plan. If anybody knows of a good supplemental text that focuses on the arts and would generally fit this scenario, please let me know.

SoTL will play a key role in the development and implementation of this (and all of my future) classes. I am delighted that this society has been created!

Marie Hooper
Oklahoma City University

I would like to post a set of questions here about scholarly research into the teaching and learning of history. I know that sometimes terminology differs across national boundaries (for example, in the connotation of the term “assessment”), so feel free to comment about that.

1. What are the major research issues that need to be addressed by historians (us)?

2. What are good models of historians conducting such research?

We are a diverse group of people who do not all know one another yet and who come from all over the world (Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Japan, Sweden, Uganda, UK, and US are represented so far). Feel free to post a comment here to introduce yourself to the group. Or, write a post describing your work and others can provide feedback.