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CTL Services & Resources

The Center for Teaching and Learning offers services and resources to faculty who endeavor to excel in their teaching:

TRAVEL

Travel funds from the Center for Teaching and Learning are used for professional development in the areas of teaching/learning/assessment (including technology).  Travel awards are offered on a first-come/first-serve basis.  Furthermore, the CTL reserves the right to grant or deny any request based on the availability of funds.  Rarely are the CTL funds adequate to defray all costs.  Funds are intended to supplement contributions by your department and other resources.  If you are interested in applying to the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for travel support funding, please be advised of the following:

  1. The travel must be related to teaching, learning, and/or assessment.
  2. Travel must be within the United States and its territories.
  3. Funding is not guaranteed.
  4. Travel awards are limited, based on the availability of funds, and awarded at the discretion of the Center for Teaching and Learning.
  5. Applicants must have attended at least two (2) CTL workshops and/or events within the past academic year (exceptions may apply).
  6. Use of the “(DSU) JP Morgan One-Card” is preferred for all travel expenses.

Please see below for additional information on CTL’s Travel Support program:

WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

CTL offers a variety of professional development opportunities for university faculty, adjuncts, teaching assistants, and specific staff members through workshops and trainings. Upcoming events are posted here and in CTL’s blog.  If you are interested in facilitating a workshop for the CTL or have a workshop suggestion, please contact us at CTL [at] desu.edu.

2024-2025 Center for Teaching & Learning Recordings *Duo Authentication Required*

CTL Exit Ticket 2024-2025 *Duo Authentication Required*

2023-2024 Center for Teaching & Learning Recordings *Duo Authentication Required*

CTL Exit Ticket 2023-2024 *Duo Authentication Required*

TEACHING MINI-GRANTS

CTL is an advocate for instructors wishing to hone their craft by pursuing new and innovative techniques within their classrooms. Mini-grants, which are limited to $2000.00 per award, are open to full-time teaching faculty at DSU and are awarded (three per year) to those who seek to acquire new strategies that support student engagement and success. Please find the CTL 20th Annual Mini-Grant Competition here,

Center for Teaching & Learning Mini-Grant Awards

TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

CTL offers tuition reimbursement to full-time DSU faculty pursuing an advance degree to specialty certification.  Please refer to the guidelines below:

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER)

The use of OER can increase access to higher education, make higher education more affordable, and increase student success.    

Open Educational Resources (OER) are high-quality teaching and learning resources that are free to use and repurpose.  They can be legally copied, shared, and distributed at little to no cost.  These resources can be modified, including adding or removing text and content.  These resources come in the form of images, videos, textbooks, PowerPoints, databases, etc. are easily integrated into your courses as they can be customized to your course.  OERs are created by a faculty member, a subject-matter expert, or a team to increase access to higher education and increase student success as it affords education recourses to be available to students at a free or at a reduced cost.  They are written and reviewed by experts and their quality is comparable to traditional textbooks and they are covered under the Creative Commons License.

The five R’s to OER are:

  1. Retain - make, own, and control a copy of the resource (e.g., download and keep your own copy)
  2. Revise - edit, adapt, and modify your copy of the resource (e.g., translate into another language)
  3. Remix - combine your original or revised copy of the resource with other existing material to create something new (e.g., make a mashup)
  4. Reuse - use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource publicly (e.g., on a website, in a presentation, in a class)
  5. Redistribute - share copies of your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource with others (e.g., post a copy online or give one to a friend)

Open Educational Resources (OER) 5 RsHere is some additional information about OER Licensing.

Finding OERs is not difficult, here is a list of a few sources.  Here is everything you need to know about open textbooks. 

You can find out more about OER at Delaware State University Here.

During spring 2022, the Center for Teaching & Learning awarded several OER Incentive Grants to faculty who successfully adopted OER during the spring 2022 semester. Please be on the lookout for future OER incentives from the Center for Teaching and Learning.  

OTHER RESOURCES