The CRTLE mission is to engage faculty in research-based practices that innovate and enhance their teaching, resulting in clear and measurable advances in student learning. The Center remains at the cutting edge of teaching and learning advances in online and on-campus environments to address the deep structured, logical thinking, intellectual, social, and emotional needs of students in today’s technological world. The Center’s goal is to prepare and advance university teaching so that each UTA student is highly prepared for the workplace of the future.

The primary goals of CRTLE are:

• Providing positive support for teaching, and inspiring and empowering faculty dedicated to ensuring all students learn successfully.
• Collaborating with faculty across campus on research and grants, emphasizing the exploration and application of innovative and evidence-based teaching and learning practices.
• Promoting experiential learning by engaging faculty in implementing the Maverick Advantage high-impact teaching practices: Community Engagement, Undergraduate Research, Career Development, Global Engagement, and Leadership Development.

The Open Educational Resources (OER) team supports educators in identifying, using, customizing, creating, and publishing teaching and learning materials available at no cost to UTA students. OER are free resources that are licensed to allow for revision and reuse. They can be fully self-contained textbooks, videos, quizzes, learning modules, courseware, and more. Use of OER can improve student engagement and success; provide immediate, equitable, and perpetual access to resources; save money for students; and empower educators to maximize flexible, high-quality learning materials in individualized curricula.

OER services include:

• Financial support via UTA CARES Grant Program
• Assistance locating and evaluating OER
• Publishing platform with robust technical support
• Training, OER presentations, and individualized consultations
• Optional print services
• Content migration
• Copyright and licensing assistance
• Preservation, metadata, and indexing

The Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology is Cal Poly’s teaching support team serving the entire campus. Our purpose is to provide all Cal Poly educators with the information and support they need to develop the skills and knowledge to enhance their journey toward teaching excellence.

The CTLT is committed to helping faculty create equitable and inclusive learning environments for the students at Cal Poly. The center provides guidance in course design, learning activities and teaching strategies that incorporate best practices in accessibility, equity and inclusion.

It provides a broad range of programming and services in support of Cal Poly’s “Learn By Doing” philosophy that addresses the complexities and challenges of an ever changing world. Support opportunities are informed by scholarship, designed to model effective instruction practices, tailored to the realities of educators’ priorities, focused on well-defined curricular outcomes, and integrated with academic technologies that support teaching and learning success.

The Kennedy Library values learning, innovation, and the diversity of individual and group experiences and perspectives that make our community sustainable, compassionate, and resilient. These values commit us to being open, responsive, and inclusive in the relationships we build across the entire Cal Poly campus and community, including our region, state, and beyond.

The team at the Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning is committed to providing the support services you need as an educator on any one of USF’s three campuses. CITL is dedicated to facilitating your growth as an instructor and learner. We offer programs and services to energize career in instruction and research and support faculty success:

• Faculty Learning Communities
• Teaching And Learning Research Grants
• Faculty Scholarship Programs

USF Open Educational Resources