Introduction : conversations about SoTL processes and practices /Nancy L. Chick -- Using intuition, anecdote, and observation : rich sources of SoTL projects / Gary Poole -- Learning matters : asking meaningful questions / Anthony Ciccone -- The SoTL literature review : exploring new territory / Margy MacMillan -- Educational research and SoTL : converging in the commons / Kimberley A. Grant -- Identifying a tradition of inquiry : articulating research assumptions / Carol Berenson -- Ensuring design alignment in SoTL inquiry : merging research purpose and methods / Robin Mueller -- Respect, justice, and doing good : the ethics review / Ryan C. Martin -- Methods and measures matter : meaningful questionnaires / Trent W. Maurer -- Classroom observations : exploring how learning works / Bill Cerbin -- Conducting interviews : capturing what is unobserved / Janice Miller-Young -- Close reading : paying attention to student artifacts / Karen Manarin -- Student think alouds : making thinking and learning visible / Lendol Calder -- Writing SoTL : going public for an extended audience / Jessie L. Moore -- Reading sotl : exploring scholarly conversations / David J. Voelker -- Developing SoTL locally : from classroom to learning object / Dan Bernstein -- The sotl conference : learning while professing / Jennifer Meta Robinson.