Center for Teaching and Learning

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is a place where college faculty and staff work in a collaborative environment to create rich, engaged teaching and learning experiences.

CTL endeavors to support dialogue, scholarship, innovation, and professional growth by inviting individuals to become members of an intellectually diverse, active learning community and is a gathering place for members of the faculty to share ideas and approaches with their colleagues and reflect on presentations of best practices in college instruction.

Our Goals

• Faculty Engagement: Increase faculty engagement in their professional development, assessment practices, and research through ongoing programming for new and returning faculty;
• Faculty Development: Increase exposure to the scholarship of teaching and learning, including offering faculty development workshops and promoting research-based best teaching practices;
• Quality Course Design/eLearning: Improve student success in online courses through quality course design practices and eLearning tools for engaged teaching and learning;
• Innovation: Improve professional practice by exploring proven and innovative practices, including the integration of technology and service-learning;
• Diversity & Equity: Support and encourage faculty use of best practices in the teaching and learning of underserved or marginalized students, including the consideration of diversity and equity in course design, curriculum development, and assessment strategies; and
• Community: Foster a sense of community among faculty and promote a culture of commitment to student learning, professional development, collaboration, and collegiality.

CTL Faculty Help Form

Our Team

Dr. Gabriel Scala, 804-897-4183
Dean of Distance Learning and Faculty Development

Dr. Altrice Smith, 804-594-1563
Associate Dean of Advising

Dr. Shauna Mayo, 804-594-1592
Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning

Dr. Lauren Williams, 804-594-1627
Lead Instructional Designer and Canvas Administrator

Ryan Peloquin, 804-378-1242
Lead Canvas Administrator and eLearning Specialist