Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Teaching and Learning is a systemwide resource for faculty development in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Current Highlights
Project Kaleidoscope: Keeping Students Engaged in STEM Fall Conference October 24-25, 2008
Join campus teams from around the system to continue building the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities STEM network on October 24-25 at Central Lakes College, Brainerd. PKAL Information
Realizing Student Potential/ITeach CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The next RSP/ITeach Conference will be held at Minneapolis Community and Technical College on February 27-28, 2009. The focus of this year's conference will be Communities in Higher Education. We are seeking proposals from YOU and all statewide faculty, staff and administrators for concurrent sessions, roundtables, hands-on workshops, poster sessions and discipline meetings focused on the Communities theme. The deadline for submission is November 23; 2008. Be an early bird and submit now! Call for Proposals Information
Credentialing Courses for Faculty
Registration is open for fall, 2008 credentialing courses.
Web Workshops
Four brand-new workshops will be offered this fall! Join us for an hour of learning with others, right from your desktop.
Integrating Critical Thinking into Your Course
October 10, 2008 - 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Every course can provide opportunities for critical thinking. Getting students to apply critical thinking requires understanding the elements and practice. As instructors, we never have enough time to teach everything we want, so how do you incorporate critical thinking on the side? You don't! This presentation will be a discussion of intergrating critical thinking into what you currently do-blending it into the content and activities you use. Registration
Fall 2008 Schedule and Archived Sessions
Discipline Workshops
Law Enforcement Program Collaboration
October 8: Session focus is Mental Health
Location: Center for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
Registration deadline: October 6
This workshop is the second out of seven (7) different sessions that provide the skills components for the state Professional Peace Officers Education programs. Each workshop focuses on a specific discipline; this one highlights Mental Health. The first session highlighted Defensive Tactics on September 24. The third workshop will be October 29 on Traffic Stops.
Click the following Workshop Details link to register and to select which day(s) you will attend.
Workshop Details
Fall Discipline Workshop Schedule
Designing with Technology
October 23-24 at St. Cloud Technical College
Registration deadline: October 15
This CTL Discipline Workshop will provide a forum for MnSCU Art and Design faculty to share their instructional processes involving Designing with Technology and gain an understanding of the different programs within the MnSCU system. The workshop will also create an environment in which faculty can investigate opportunities for partnerships and collaborations and explore the possibilities and challenges that may lie ahead.
Workshop Details
Fall Discipline Workshop Schedule
Site Organization
The CTL Web site has four distinct sections that provide the following information:
- Events—Information about and registration for current
CTL events, all events, archives and conference finder. Your plans have changed? Please cancel your registration.
- Programs—CTL's ongoing programs, including discipline workshops, grants, campus leaders and special initiatives.
- ITeach—An online center for professional development offering resources and tools, educational opportunities , online teaching resources, and an interactive community which includes the CTL blog called Clippings.
- About CTL—Complete information about CTL's mission, staff and steering committee, along with archived issues of the CTL Monthly Update.
