Center for Teaching and Learning

Current News and Issues

CTLA 201 Wins Prestigious Sloan-C Excellence in Faculty Development for Online Teaching Award

The Fall 2009 Workshop Schedule is now available!

The Faculty Development Workshop Certificate Program (WCP) and the names of the Certificate Awardees are now available.

The WebTycho training schedule lists sessions through Fall 2009.

The new Faculty Excellence Web site highlights outstanding UMUC faculty! The names of the Drazek Award Recipients are now available.

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The mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is to promote teaching excellence and enhance teaching effectiveness in order to maximize the quality of teaching and learning at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). More About CTL

Preparing New Faculty to Teach

• New Faculty Orientation
• Faculty Training and Certification for Teaching with WebTycho
• Peer Mentoring Program
• Expectations for Faculty Teaching at UMUC
• Stateside Faculty Handbook ( PDF - 336k)

Continuing Professional Development

• Faculty Development Workshops
  • Workshop Certificate Program (WCP)
  • Sloan Online Workshops
• UMUC Faculty Forum Discussion Series
• SkillSoft Self-Paced Training
• Professional Development Grant Program

Promoting Faculty Excellence

• Provost's Award for Best Paper in Online Education Research
• Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence and
  UMUC Teaching Recognition Awards
• The Faculty Excellence Interview Series
• UMUC Summer Faculty Leadership Institute

Accessing Services and Resources

• Faculty Consultant Service
• Online Teaching Resources
• Center for Support of Instruction (CSI)
• DE Oracle @ UMUC

External Faculty Awards

• University System of Maryland
  • Board of Regents Faculty Awards
• University Continuing Education Association
  • Association Awards
• Communities of Practice Awards

All UMUC faculty are required to complete sexual harassment prevention training online.