• Implementing and Assessing Collaborative Group Work

    The term group work is most often associated with any form of learning activity where students work together. However, there are two approaches to group work. Cooperative learning is an instructional activity that involves students working together in ad hoc groups within a class period to achieve a learning goal (Major, 2015). Examples include the…


  • CTL is excited to announce our fully remote New2OSU program!

    New2OSU impacts student success by accelerating the effectiveness of those who are newer to teaching and/or OSU. Completion of the program may be used as evidence of professional development and teaching effectiveness. Participants are asked to commit to a three-term intensive program requiring (on average) 3 hours per week. New2OSU has recently been overhauled to…


  • Extended Deadline: Apply by Sep. 15 for Blended Learning Community

    Summer is slipping away, but there’s still time to apply for the Fall ’20 Blended Faculty Learning Community. You’re invited to join this faculty learning community to explore educational technology and blended learning. Academic Technology and CTL invite all instructors and tenured/tenure-track faculty who teach credit-based Corvallis and Cascades campus courses to apply. Instructors with…