During the first year of its relaunch (August 2022 to June 2023), CTLA and its collaborators provided 36 workshops, sessions, and group consultations on evidence-based instructional strategies, teaching with technology, course and instructional design and inclusive pedagogy. 340 faculty, staff and graduate student instructors participated.
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Advancing Teaching Excellence
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA) advances teaching and learning excellence at OHIO by providing University-wide resources and championing scholarly teaching that is student-centered, evidence-based, innovative and inclusive.
Newly expanded and relaunched in the fall 2022 semester, the CTLA serves instructors, departments, programs and colleges across the University. The CTLA's programming brings OHIO community members together to share ideas and expertise, implement evidence-based instructional strategies in various learning contexts and assess the effectiveness of teaching practices.
The CTLA's initiatives align with many presidential priorities, as well as the University's vision statement, by transforming the student learning experience to best support intellectual growth and skill acquisition and promote learner development as individuals and engaged citizens.
Current CTLA Topics
AI and Teaching and Learning
Faculty interested in exploring the ways Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can be infused into a course -- topically, as an instructional strategy, or as a significant support for student achievement of course learning outcomes -- are invited to apply to be part of the Fall 2024 AI-enhanced Course Redesign Institute.
The upcoming redesign institute will be facilitated by CTLA AI faculty fellows Paul Shovlin, assistant professor of English, and Jared DeForest, professor and chair of the department of Environmental and Plant Biology, supported by staff from the CTLA, the Office of Instructional Design and the Office of Information Technology. A stipend following completion will be provided. Both Shovlin and DeForest have extensively redesigned courses in response to GenAI developments.
CTLA at a Glance
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Workshops and Sessions
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Faculty Learning Communities
Over 60 faculty exploring Digital Games-based Experiential Learning, AI in Higher Education Teaching and Learning and Promoting Teaching Excellence on Regional Campuses
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Faculty Fellows
8 Advancing Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellows designing a Peer Teaching Observation Program, promoting evidence-based teaching practices in STEM and supporting equitable assessment and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
7 INVITE Faculty Fellows to improve equity in learning outcomes achievement in critical courses through building pedagogical expertise to share with departments.
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Teaching Academies
Year-long experiences offering time for implementation of new teaching approaches and reflection. The Inclusive Teaching Academy supports success of all students through the work of disciplinary faculty teams, and the Bruning Teaching Academy promoting teaching excellence through pairings of faculty earlier in their careers with those mid-career and beyond. The Graduate Student Instructor Academy provides a foundational experience for GSIs.
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Contact the CTLA
If you have questions or ideas, or if you would like to request more information about CTLA programs and resources on teaching, learning and assessment, send an email to ctla@ohio.edu.