UC CTL Working Groups

This group will share resources about AI/LLMs (i.e. Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models): campus guidance documents, plans for faculty workshops, and ideas for other ways of supporting faculty to teach in the age of AI. We will consider hosting a UC-wide remote conference to showcase pedagogies that incorporate/respond to AI/LLMs in ways that prepare students for this new aspect of the workforce and learning. 

GROUP LEADS

Mindy Colin, Associate Director of Digital Pedagogy, Office of Teaching and Learning, UCSB

Tara Mason, Universal Design for Learning Consultant, Center for Teaching and Learning, UCB

This group discusses challenges related to measuring student learning and how to leverage this data both on your campus and within your CTL. We share best practices for assessing learning and discuss questions like: How do we encourage instructors to collect and leverage meaningful evidence of student learning? How does your CTL leverage data from students to develop awareness of the student experience and demonstrate the impact of CTL activities? This group supports all CTLs engaged with learning assessment, especially those involved in educational research, curricular innovation, campus strategic initiatives, accreditation, and UC Compact goals. We engage mainly in informal “coffee chats” where folks can learn from one another. No formal commitment is expected nor required. Note: this group has “cross-listed” conversations with the UC Assessment Group and aims to build community across both educational developers and assessment professionals.

GROUP LEAD

Melissa Ko, Assessment & Curriculum Design Specialist, Center for Teaching & Learning, UCB

The Evaluation of CTL Impact workgroup will create a collection of vetted resources in Google drive to support our campus’ with center evaluation. To this end, we will examine and collate existing literature on CTL evaluation, share practices, tools, and resources from our CTLs, identify best practices for “telling our stories” to varied audiences, and discuss ways we align CTL goals with campus and UC goals.

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Sam Foster, Managing Director, Teaching and Learning Center, UCSC 

The Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness workgroup discusses campus’ practices around evaluation of teaching effectiveness, and share updates and resources around holistic evaluation of teaching/teaching portfolios.

GROUP LEADS

Josephine Relaford-Doyle, Assistant Director of Engaged Teaching, Teaching and Learning Commons, UCSD

Carolyn Sandoval, Senior Director of Instruction and Pedagogy, Teaching and Learning Commons, UCSD

The Pedagogical Wellness working group will engage in conversations related to dismantling the culture of academia that too often focuses on competition, but rather creating a culture of care based on collaboration. In this working group, we hope to define the role of CTLs in pedagogical wellness, discuss how CTLs can model wellness internally and externally to the larger teaching and learning community, and develop action-based resources for our campuses.

GROUP LEADS

Theresa Duong, Pedagogical Wellness Specialist, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, UCI

Roxanna Villalobos, Education Specialist for Graduate Student and Postdoc Development, Teaching and Learning Center, UCSC

The TA/GSI/Postdoc Professional Development Working Group is rooted in connection, collaboration, communication, and celebration among the UC’s Teaching and Learning Centers. We meet quarterly to support the growth of graduate students, TAs, and postdocs by discussing crucial topics in teaching & learning across all UC campuses. Through these conversations, we share resources, strategies, and support with one another, fostering a network that strengthens our collective ability to enhance professional development and enrich the teaching experience.

GROUP LEADS

Olga Faccani, Assistant Director of Graduate Student Development, Center for InnovativeTeaching, Research and Learning, UCSB

Alex Bower, Educational Development Specialist for Graduate Students & Postdocs, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, UCI

The web development working group seeks to support the digital infrastructure and public-facing needs of the UC Centers for Teaching and Learning.

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Samantha Eastman, Sr. LX Designer; Research, Teaching & Learning, XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning, UCR