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The Center for Teaching and Learning, established in April 2001, supports the University Mission. Western Oregon University is a comprehensive university that creates personalized learning opportunities, supports the advancement of knowledge for the public good and maximizes individual and professional development. Our environment is open to the exchange of ideas, where discovery, creativity and critical thinking flourish, and students succeed.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is a welcoming and easily accessible facility where faculty can meet to get to know each other, discuss issues of mutual concern, explore alternative teaching strategies, discover faculty development resources, and experiment with instructional technology.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is dedicated to building a learning-centered community, and to improving student learning by supporting faculty in ways that make teaching a more satisfying, and productive activity. The Center is committed to helping students and faculty achieve the Institutional Aspirations for Learning.
The primary mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning is to support faculty in their roles as teachers, learners, scholars, and members of the university and wider community as a means of enhancing student learning. Enhancement of faculty skills, professional fulfillment, and promotion of collegiality and a sense of campus community are integral to this mission. The Center for Teaching and Learning promotes innovation and collaboration among faculty, staff, students, and administrators at Western Oregon University. The Center for teaching and learning provides opportunities and resources for faculty to enhance their professional lives and promote student learning. The Center for Teaching and Learning seeks to achieve this mission through one-on-one consultation with faculty members, workshop presentations and seminars, publications, resources and a reference library on teaching and learning, and referral to and partnering with other support offices for assistance outside the Center’s area of service. The Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning also consults with division chairs and committees and college and campus administrators on faculty development issues. The services of the Center for Teaching and Learning are available to all university faculty at all stages of their professional careers.
Dedicated to building a learning-centered community, and to improving student learning by supporting faculty in ways that make teaching a more satisfying, and productive activity, the Center for Teaching and Learning coordinates, consolidates, enhances, and expands existing faculty development services at Western Oregon University. The Center offers:
The Center for Teaching and Learning offers a variety of professional development opportunities for faculty including:
Through the Technology Resource Center, the Center for Teaching and Learning assists faculty interested in integrating instructional technology to improve their teaching and enhance student learning through the following services:
The Center operates in accordance with the Ethical Guidelines for Educational Developers published by the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), which include evincing a high level of responsibility to clients, operating with competence and integrity, and maintaining confidentiality.
Unless otherwise noted, all events take place in the IT210. For more information, please call 838-8895.
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Over the summer five WOU faculty traveled to China, giving lectures at several Chinese universities and learning about Chinese culture and its educational system. Read their stories in the Fall 2007 CTL newsletter, or indivudally below (with full color photos) in PDF format:
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Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez Viaña, professor of Spanish, received the 2007 International Latino Award for the Best Novel in Spanish, for his novel, El Corrido de Dante, “a magically real, timely epic of Hispanic immigrant life in the U.S.” An English translation will be released in October under the title, Dante’s Ballad.
Gonzalez Viaña holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature, a law degree, and is a member of the Academy of Spanish Language. He came to the U.S. in 1990 as Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and joined the faculty at Western Oregon University in 1993. He has published more than 20 books and has been awarded Peru's National Prize for Literature, and the International Juan Rulfo Award.
Tamina Toray Tamina Toray of the Psychology Division was recognized as the Outstanding Teacher in Higher Education by the Oregon Academy of Science (an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science) at their 65th annual conference, held at Western Oregon University in February 2007.
Colleague Eric Cooley describes Toray as possessing “the highest teaching qualities that we can expect in higher education.” Known for utilizing unique methods and commanding respect from her students as a teacher, Toray has been on the faculty at WOU for the past 15 years. Student Sarah Fanning observes that “Dr. Toray gives us this connection that makes us want to be here and to do well, not just for ourselves, but to enrich the people around us.”
A respected scholar, Toray has published two book chapters and seven manuscripts. She received the “Most Valuable Teacher” award from Colorado State University, and an award from Who’s Who in Death, Dying, Suicide and Bereavement Community from King’s College.
Center for Teaching and Learning 503-838-8895 | or e-mail: youngn@wou.edu
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