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Spring 2008

ENHANCE STUDENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Initiative: Further strengthen the commitment to quality undergraduate teaching by providing additional support to the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for learning communities, additional staff, and additional programming. (2007-08)

Achievements of the past year:

  • Five Brown Bags (100 attendees), 12 seminars (174 attendees), 33 workshops (246 attendees)
  • eInstruction implementation - 9 workshops, 85 instructor kits distributed, 88 courses integrated eInstruction FY08
  • Turnitin.com implementation - 5 workshops, 111 active instructor accounts, 30 departments, over 8000 papers submitted so far FY08
  • Involvement in upgrade of WebCT to myCourses - 71 courses on myCourses External, 65 courses on myCourses Academic, 50 courses on myCourses Developmental
  • 1062 tickets resolved (mean closure time of .94 days and median closure time of .03 days), 1921 phone calls in support instructional technology
  • Implementation of observation of teaching - Ten faculty have been observed

Goals for the next year:

  • Increase cadre of observers of teaching
  • Migration of all users and courses from WebCT to myCourses
  • Expand usage of eInstruction
  • Expand usage of Turnitin.com
  • Increase number of teaching and learning seminar topics

Constraints to full implementation of this initiative:
Lack of permanent operating funds and salaries for Director and Associate Director and need for additional consultant position to meet demands of increased services and programs.

Proposed modification of the initiative:
None

Overall assessment of the status of the initiative or other comments:
The Center for Teaching and Learning has made significant strides in strengthening the University's commitment to quality undergraduate and graduate teaching. Awareness of the importance of quality teaching has been enhanced across campus due to programs and services provided by the Center. However, the Center needs additional resources in order to maintain quality programs as well as to increase services.