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 strategies and actions identified in the President's Dynamic Strategy by transforming the student learning experience through high-impact practices to best support intellectual growth and skill acquisition and promote learner development as individuals and engaged citizens.
CTLA's Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Course Redesign Institute is in its second offering. Faculty are exploring how GenAI can be infused into a course -- topically, as an instructional strategy, or as a significant support for student achievement of course learning outcomes.
The redesign institute is 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.
CTLA provided 38 workshops, sessions, and group consultations on evidence-based instructional strategies, teaching with technology, course and instructional design and inclusive pedagogy. 336 faculty, staff and graduate student instructors participated.
Over 40 faculty explored GenAI in Higher Education Teaching and Learning and Promoting Teaching Excellence on Regional Campuses. They included faculty representing 19 departments, 8 colleges and 6 campuses.
The CTLA provided over $60,000 in stipends to faculty for contributions to pedagogical development of peers or participation in extended professional development.
The CTLA contributed extensively to a proposal to the Konneker Fund for Learning and Discovery titled
“Generative AI-enhanced student support at scale to improve student learning.” The grant was recommended for full funding and will make possible an on-demand version of its AI-enhanced Course Redesign Institute.
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.
