CTL Mission
The Center for Teaching and Learning supports JU faculty in their pursuit of innovative and creative teaching to improve student motivation and learning by providing resources and services that support teaching, research, and service endeavors.
CTL Spring 2012 Initiatives
The CTL Fall schedule is posted (see CTL Calendar!), and it promises to be a busy semester:
- Blackboard (Bb) Ambassadors: This is a one year appointment that requires serving as the Bb "expert" for the faculty in a College/School. More information is available on our "Academic Technology Support" page.
- Grapes of Wrath Book Club (GoW): This spring the GoW book club with be reading "Balancing Acts: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Academic Careers" by Mary Taylor Huber. Space in the book club is limited to 25 faculty - so sign up quickly.
- Pre-Tenured Faculty Learning Communities (FLC): There are three FLCs directed at this group of faculty.
Newbies - Professors in their first year of teaching at JU
Panics – Professors going up for pre-tenure or tenure decisions
Inbetweens – all other pre-tenured faculty
- Distance Learning: The CTL is currently hiring a Distance Learning Coordinator (DLC). He or she will be responsbile for Blackbaord, Turnitin, Symposium Live and the development and implementation of online courses. Once he or she is in place, an addendum to the events will go out, highlighting these opportunities.
- Observtions: A third party observation of your teaching can be invaluable feedback for the everyday class or for perfecting that one particular activity. The CTL director can directly observe you, arrange for videotaping of your class, and/or provide for another faculty member to observe you. All observations are confidential.
- CTL Workshops: In addition to faculty learning communities, the CTL offers workshops on various teaching and scholarship topics. Please visit our "CTL Calendar" page for more information.
Faculty Activity Report-FAR (D. Tupa & R.Tudor)
Diagnosing & Repairing Problems in Blackboard (Brian Lane)
SharePoint (L. Hamilton)
Service-Learning (L. Chambers)
Internships (D. Coughlin)
Photography in the Classroom (G. Sheridan)
Honorizing a Class (J. Haavisto)
Promoting Yourself (A. Willett)
Advising (K. Coakley)
Resources
The CTL provides many resources for JU faculty, including a library
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Pass Card to CTL Access
Did you know that FT faculty have access to the CTL at all times (that the library itself is open) and can gain entry via their JU-ID? Have you ever gotten here and found the CTL locked and you didn't bring your ID? Well now there is a FT Faculty pass at the front desk, so you can come on in no mattter where your JU-ID is.
CTL Staff
Dr. Karen Jackson
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
kjackso@ju.edu
904.256-7037
Mrs. Carrol Turner
Admin. Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning
cturner1@ju.edu
904.256-7261
Arturo Cole
Director of Online Marketing and Development
acole1@ju.edu
904.256-7972
Dr. Kathy Ingram
Former Director, Center for Teaching & Learning
Dr. Marilyn Repsher
Professor Emeritus
Founder & Former Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
CTL Advisory Board
Anne Acker, M.S., Instructor of CIS
Lois Becker, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Janet Haavisto, Ph.D. Professor of English
Douglas Hazzard, Ph.D. Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Kay Johnson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Education
Deborah Jordan, M.F.A. Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts
Hassan Pordeli, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and Finance
Marilyn Repsher, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
Quinton White, Ph.D. Director of Marine Science Research Institute