The future of faculty development rests, in part, on forming guided "communities of practice" to foster the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), which may enhance both scholarly productivity and pedagogical effectiveness. This article will discuss University of North Georgia's SoTL Academy, which bridges geographic and scheduling distances through multimodal communications, using meetings, videoconferencing, and asynchronous online communication to form in-person and virtual communities. The SoTL Academy focuses on current SoTL research, project design methodologies, assessment practices, and publication opportunities. Flexible SoTL development programming supports faculty as they engage in research and respond to ongoing changes in higher education.