About

Mission:

The mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is to enhance teaching and learning by providing an environment and resources to:

• Create opportunities for faculty and staff to enhance teaching and learning skills,
• Promote cross-discipline discussion and collaboration, sustain an interactive community of faculty and staff learners,
• Encourage awareness of issues that affect both the academic community and its disciplines, and
• Help faculty and staff maintain currency in their chosen fields.

The CTL provides teaching and learning support for tenure-track and tenured faculty, lecturers, instructionally-related staff, and graduate associates. The CTL interacts with colleges and departments, conducts workshops and classes, facilitates newer faculty orientation and learning communities, communicates via the web site, newsletters, and email, and administers grants.

CTL People

• In Center: Walt Bremer, Luanne Fose, Joe Grimes, Patrick Kammermeyer, Tonia Malone, Laurie Tennant, and Ann Wilenius.

• CTL Associates: Jodi Christiansen, Jennifer Jipson, Roberta Herter, Sean Hurley, Al Liddicoat, Don Maas, Pat McQuaid, Deborah Wilhelm.

• CTL Volunteers: About 40–50 each year.

For CTL Staff bios and contact information, click here.

Past CTL Activities:

• Workshops and Courses (Many are filled, with waiting lists for some)
  • Teaching Effective Class
  • Teaching Well Workshops
  • Special Workshops (diversity, curriculum development, advising, etc.)
  • WINGED (Reading, Synthesis, and Writing) Workshops
  • Newer Faculty Fall Workshop and Learning Communities
  • Preface Program
• Newer Faculty (Orientation Workshop, Fall BBQ/Football Game, Learning Community, Breakfasts/Lunches with President, and Personal Consultation)
• One-on-one consultation with faculty members to assist them to enhance their teaching. This includes classroom visitations.
• Community Based Learning (Service Learning)
• Enhancement of teaching and learning through the use of technology.
  • Teaching/Learning with Technology Class
  • Course transformation to online/hybrid course (Two courses during the summer.)
• CSU
  • Exchanges:  The on-line journal of teaching and learning in the CSU  http://www.exchangesjournal.org/
  • Work with CSU on Academic Technology Initiatives (Member of Academic Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC)). ATAC has approved a comprehensive proposal for faculty development.
• Center for Teaching and Learning Grant Program
  • Seven results from the 2005-2006 program were presented to Deans’ Council. The work done was amazing.
  • Excellent set of 13 are in progress
• CSU Faculty Grant Programs (State Faculty Support Grant, Curriculum Enhancement, Community Based Learning, and Information Competency)
• Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program
• Faculty groups discuss methodologies for enhancing teaching and learning. CTL is assisting these groups.
• Communication
  • World Wide Web (Faculty Page [CTL is responsible for Content];  CTL Page [CTL is responsible for Content and Design])
  • Quarterly Newsletter
  • Email  - Important Information
  • Flyers

Plans for 2008-2009:

• Continue with the programs of the past
• Advance the appropriate Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning
• Support faculty in planning and implementing a course enhancement
• Consider enabling a course enhancement through the use of technology
• Initiative addressing online and hybrid/blended course development
• Work with Instructional Advisory Committee
• Enhance faculty development support for new tenure track faculty (adapting, linguistics, consultations, pedagogy, and instructional technology)