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Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology

Mission Statement, Vision & Values

Mission Statement

We provide leadership and support to the entire Illinois State University campus
and area higher education professionals in the pursuit of innovation and
excellence in teaching, learning, and technology.

Goals

This mission is reflected in the following goals:

  • Develop and share teaching, learning, and technology resources to assist the pursuit of instructional and professional excellence.
  • Promote an engaged and collaborative culture of exemplary teaching connected to scholarship, where teachers at all levels are dedicated to continual progress toward excellence.
  • Compile, support, initiate, and share scholarship on instructional and professional practices and technologies.

We pursue these goals through the following areas of focus:

  1. Developing Knowledge and Skills
    We offer a wide range of opportunities to help members of the campus community to develop, apply, and evaluate the application of knowledge and skills. These include intensive programs, customized workshops, consulting services, and formative instructional evaluation services.
  2. Expanding Knowledge With Colleagues
    We organize and facilitate a wide range of opportunities to participate in interactive explorations of issues and ideas. These include seminars, panel discussions, peer consulting, teaching-learning communities, and conferences.
  3. Instructional and Professional Support
    We provide material, informational, and financial resources to support the campus community in developing and applying expertise as well as pursuing scholarly projects. These resources include access to equipment and software, CTLT website and library, assistance producing instructional and scholarly materials, assistance documenting project outcomes, and grant programs.
  4. Scholarship Support
    We support scholarship on innovative instructional and professional practices and technologies through grant programs for projects, research data analysis services, and scholarship collaborations. We also initiate and disseminate original research on professional and instructional practices and technologies.

Values


Our shared values guide us in pursuing these goals. We view ourselves, and through our actions over time we seek to have others view us, as:

  • Visionary leadership that is innovative, creative and responsive;
  • Helpful and supportive problem solvers who are approachable, respectful and friendly;
  • Knowledgeable collaborators, mentors, and advisors;
  • Dedicated professionals.