Center for Teaching & Learning

Announcement    Thursday, March 14, 2024
The Objective Selection Form (OSF) opens today, March 14, for the Spring 2024 semester through April 29. The OSF allows faculty to identify targeted learning objectives to measure teaching effectiveness, and faculty response to the OSF drives summative results on the Student Rating of Instruction Survey (SRIS). The primary indicator of teaching effectiveness is how well students rate their progress on learning objectives that faculty mark as Important or Essential on the OSF. Since...
Announcement    Monday, March 4, 2024
The goal of Small-group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID) is to provide faculty with important feedback that helps them adjust their teaching and improve student learning outcomes. It also allows faculty to reflect on and document critical teaching behaviors. This process, vetted in research, supports the continuous quality improvement of teaching and learning and shows our continued commitment to creating innovative learning environments, high-impact pedagogies and meaningful student-faculty...
Announcement    Monday, January 29, 2024
Are you an instructor interested in creating high-quality online courses? If so, look no further than the Quality Matters' (QM) Designing Your Online Course (DYOC) workshop. This workshop provides research-based best practices for online course design, following QM's rigorous standards and rubric. In this workshop, you'll explore: *How to design learner-centered courses that engage students *Techniques for clear organization and navigation *Tips for effective communication and collaboration...
Announcement    Friday, January 26, 2024
Are you interested in learning more about GeorgiaVIEW/D2L and receiving a GeorgiaVIEW/D2L certificate sponsored through the Center for Teaching and Learning?  Well, we've been certified and now want to offer you this certificated professional development opportunity. In this three-hour series, you will learn more about developing course materials, setting up your grade book and how to engage learners using our learning management system (LMS). So, if this interests you, what are you...
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Collaborative research involves scholars from across disciplines working together to address a common research goal or question. Collaborating on a common goal utilizes different perspectives and disciplines combining their respective skills and backgrounds to study and understand unique and diverse problems.   The purpose of this grant program is to provide funding for Georgia College & State University faculty to conduct research on conduct collaborative research on complex problems...
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The call for research grant proposals for 2023 Round II opens Feb. 1, 2024, with a deadline of Feb. 15, 2024, at 5 p.m. Once the applicant has their materials ready to submit, please log into GeorgiaVIEW, click on the Self-Registration menu option, and find the CbEL Grants Program course. Be sure to complete the self-registration for the course. Submission instructions and forms to upload your materials are in the course announcements. For more information, please see the Program Call...
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Collaborative research involves scholars from across disciplines working together to address a common research goal or question. Collaborating on a common goal utilizes different perspectives and disciplines combining their respective skills and backgrounds to study and understand unique and diverse problems.   The purpose of this grant program is to provide funding for Georgia College & State University faculty to conduct research on conduct collaborative research on complex problems...
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The call for research grant proposals for 2023-2024 Round II opens Feb. 1, 2024, with a deadline of Feb. 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Applicants should read the guidance provided by Academic Affairs. Once the applicant has their materials ready to submit, please log into GeorgiaVIEW/D2L, click on the Self-Registration menu option, and find the 2023 Academic Affairs Small Grants Program course. Be sure to complete self-registration for the course. Submission instructions and forms to upload...
Announcement    Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Now is a great time to consider ways to build on your strengths as an instructor. The goal of Peer Feedback on Teaching (PFoT) is to provide support to help you improve the quality of learning in your classroom. Deliberate, continuous improvement of one's teaching is one of the great joys of being a professor. Our trained observers enjoy working with you as you develop and continuously improve your teaching skills. This process takes a cross-disciplinary approach, pairing you with...
Announcement    Thursday, April 11, 2024
Thank you for encouraging students to complete the Student Rating of Instruction Survey (SRIS). We want to provide you with a few suggestions to consider to increase response rates with your students: Research and best practice consistently show that the most significant factor in increasing participation in online student rating surveys is for faculty to express and demonstrate how the results are essential and used in making meaningful course change(s). The next most influential...