The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate Engineering Education

Abstract

Many higher education institutions have a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) whose mission is to advance teaching excellence, foster innovation, and translate educational research into practice. However, those Centers may be underutilized by the faculty and schools they serve. This poster will report recommendations coming from an NSF-funded workshop "The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate Engineering Education." The two-day CTL/Engineering Education workshop brought together teaching center directors, engineering faculty, and engineering school administrators. The workshop agenda was to outline strategies for enhancing partnerships between CTLs and schools of engineering to improve undergraduate engineering education. This poster will present insights and strategies gained from the workshop, an overview of the discussion strands, and recommendations and implications for policy, practice, and future research. © 2011 American Society for Engineering Education.