ABSTRACT
This chapter offers information and examples from an internal scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) small-grant program; one of its functions is to offer a way to hear student voices in teaching, learning, and SoTL. It begins by briefly summarizing the history and current status of the grant program and the place of student voices and learner autonomy in that program. Next, the chapter presents an overview of the projects including findings on learner autonomy and the roles of students. It lays out the themes or patterns that emerged from interviews with faculty and student members of the small-grant research teams about learner autonomy and student voices. Finally, the chapter concludes with some advice for others interested in promoting learner autonomy and inviting students into SoTL as research collaborators. One National Science Foundation grant application is a direct outgrowth of a learner autonomy project from the 2007–2008 round of Illinois State’s SoTL grants.
