Practical tools, reflection guides and inspiration for educational development, curriculum design, SoTL and educational leadership.
Whether you are improving a course, exploring Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), leading curriculum change, supporting colleagues, or designing professional learning, you do not always need to start from scratch.
Here you’ll find practical guides, reflection tools and other resources for educators, educational developers, programme leaders and learning professionals who want to move ideas into practice.
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Start with SoTL
New to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)?
SoTL is an evidence-informed approach to systematically exploring questions about your own teaching and your students’ learning, and sharing what you learn with others.
Start with the Quick Guide: Getting Started with SoTL for a practical introduction and first steps.
Thinking about starting your own inquiry? Before You Start with SoTL helps you reflect and avoid common beginner pitfalls.
Utrecht University Roadmap for SoTL
From classroom practice to scholarly insights
The Utrecht University Roadmap for SoTL helps you move from classroom questions to scholarly insights. Through eight practical steps, it supports reflection, structured inquiry, and evidence-informed improvement of teaching and student learning.
I co-authored this roadmap together with colleagues at Utrecht University and later contributed to the revised version. If you are interested in the thinking behind the framework, you can also explore the accompanying publication.
SoTL Resources in Dutch
Prefer to explore SoTL in Dutch? Together with Femke Kirschner and Rianne van Lambalgen, I developed a practical introduction to SoTL for NKO, focused on using SoTL to systematically and evidence-informed improve your own teaching.
Read: Je eigen onderwijs onder de loep: onderwijsverbetering met SoTL
Watch: Onderwijsverbetering met SoTL in het hoger onderwijs — webinar, 11 November 2025
Educational Change & Leadership
Educational change rarely begins with formal authority. More often, it starts through curiosity, conversations, connecting people, and creating momentum around ideas. Many people contribute to educational change long before they describe themselves as leaders.
How do ideas move forward inside institutions? How do people influence change without formal authority? And how do small initiatives become meaningful and sustainable over time? These resources explore educational change, leadership, and creating lasting impact across educational practice.
5 Signs You Are Already Leading Educational Change.
You may already be contributing to educational change without thinking of yourself as a leader. This short reflection guide helps you recognise five ways educational leadership can show up in your everyday work — and offers a reflection question and small next step for each.
Routes to Change – Strategic Leadership in SoTL
Open-access edited book
Edited by Irma Meijerman & Andrea Webb
Routes to Change explores how educational change develops and how individuals and communities create sustainable impact over time, often without formal leadership roles.
Start with the Introduction for an overview of the key themes, or explore the full open-access book.
Prefer a printed copy?
We’ve also produced a limited number of printed copies for co-authors, conferences, and colleagues who prefer having a physical copy.
If you’d like one, we’d be delighted to help while stocks last.
Printed copies
- Europe: €25
- UK: £20
- Canada & USA: CAD/USD 25
Whenever possible, I prefer to hand over printed copies in person at conferences. If you’d prefer to receive your copy by post, we’ll simply add the shipping costs.
If you’re interested, just send me an email at info@irmact.com.
Curriculum & Course design
Curriculum design is never just about content. It shapes what students learn, how they learn and how different parts of a programme fit together. These resources explore curriculum development, educational inquiry and designing learning for changing contexts.
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Designing Inquiry-Based Curricula
A reflection on designing and implementing an inquiry-based curriculum: from educational principles and curriculum choices to creating learning environments that support autonomy, inquiry, and authentic learning experiences.
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Resources on curriculum design, assessment, AI and educational change.
Learning, Expertise & Practice
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Resources for science-based organisations exploring how learning, expertise and practice can be connected more effectively.