Eastern Oregon Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA)

Who We Are:

Provost John Miller appointed a planning committee in the Spring Term of 2003 to create a "doable and sustainable" faculty center. The committee's original recommendations are available at Recommendations. While still developing in structure and scope, the CTLA is now implementing these recommendations, while adapting to the current needs and directions of the university.

CTLA is currently directed by the Educational Technology Coordinator, Curt Whittaker. The plan also calls for a Faculty Coordinator and an Assessment Coordinator.

Our Mission:

The core mission of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment is to enhance and support the scholarship and reflective practice of instruction.

Our Goals:

1. Improve teaching, learning, and assessment and achieve gains in student learning, student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, and student retention.
2. Enhance campus dialog about teaching.
3. Advocate for valuing and rewarding effective teaching.
4. Maintain a repository of institutional history and best practices.
5. Provide practical assistance with developing teaching materials and technologies.

Our Activities:

Activities to support the goals above may include mentoring; brown bag lunch or breakfast discussions; workshops, mini-conferencies, and summer institutes; guest speakers; maintaining a knowledge base; web links; scoring guides/rubrics; peer assistance; and establishing a media preparation studio.

Our Advisory Board:

At the last Advisory Board meeting, we spent considerable time discussing the past, present, and future of the center. You may view the notes from this meeting.

Our Calendar:

Our calendar will list activities sponsored by or related to the CTLA, including educational technology workshops.

C-SALT sponsored Summer Institutes 2006

C-SALT sponsored Summer Institutes 2005

Scholarship of Assessment

Diversity

Where We Are:

The temporary location of the C-SALT is in Zabel Hall, Rm. 118. We have a small library of books here and a multimedia computer, which is available for special instructional technology projects. As we are not there very often, please contact the coordinator directly for more information.