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Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning

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The Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning

The Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning (CTTL) at ��ϲʿ��¼�� serves as a catalyst for innovation and professional development for pre-service, in-service, and postsecondary educators. Through the integration of pedagogy, technology, and innovation, the CTTL applies ��ϲʿ��¼��’s rich tradition of teacher education to a changing educational landscape. Through the assistance of the CTTL, educators are equipped to empower a global, diverse community of students to transform an interdependent world.

The CTTL supports teaching and learning at ��ϲʿ��¼�� through:

individual consultations with faculty members about teaching related concerns
professional development programming to help faculty at all levels to stay current on pedagogical innovations, trends, conversations, and best practices
support for faculty at all levels in identifying their teaching goals and documenting their successes
ongoing orientation and support of new faculty as they acclimate to our campus community
programming and support for campus-wide curricular initiatives and conversations
curating digital resources for teaching and learning

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Educational Technology (ETS)

The Educational Technology Services (ETS) team at ��ϲʿ��¼�� supports and assists faculty in teaching online, hybrid, web-enhanced, and traditional courses through the implementation of technology using best practices and proven instructional design techniques. Get training for our LMS, BrightSpace.

New Faculty Survival Guide

Teaching together at ��ϲʿ��¼��.

This guide will help you more easily navigate your day-to-day teaching life on campus.

New Integrative Core Curriculum

Learn about the components and requirements of our newly revised undergraduate Core Curriculum.

*Use your @maryu.marywood.edu email address to access the website.

The CTTL Squirrel Blog

Subscribe to our Blog for CTTL news, workshop and hangout recaps, article summaries, and more!

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

The Core Curriculum addresses 12 distinct learning outcomes that develop competencies in essential and widely-applicable skills grounded in ��ϲʿ��¼��’s Mission and Core Values.

Core Outcomes were developed from the nationally recognized LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes, The Middle States Commission on Higher Education's general education standards, and the credit requirements of the PA Department of Education and are regularly assessed.

Written Communication: the ability to develop and express one's ideas in writing for a variety of purposes, audiences, and across a multitude of genres, styles, and modalities.
Oral Communication: the ability to deliver prepared, purposeful speech that increases knowledge, fosters understanding, or promotes change in listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.
Intercultural & Global Competency: skills that support effective engagement, interaction, and exchange of ideas across cultural and social contexts beyond one’s own.
Interfaith Literacy: the ability to identify, examine, and articulate one’s own values and beliefs, as well as to engage in respectful cooperation and dialogue with others.
Ethical Reasoning: the ability to recognize, understand, and describe ethical problems and arguments in order to formulate one’s own perspectives about right and wrong human conduct and apply ethical decision-making skills to real-world dilemmas.
Scientific Reasoning: The ability to apply scientific methods to understand the natural world, to identify scientific aspects of daily life, and to evaluate the quality of scientific information on the basis of its source and the methods used for its generation.
Quantitative Reasoning: the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems in authentic contexts and everyday life situations, support arguments using quantitative evidence, and communicate data using appropriate visual formats (tables, graphs, etc.).
Aesthetic Appreciation & Expression: an understanding of the theories, values, concepts, and terms used to interpret and evaluate works of art, and the ability to apply them to one’s own work or others’.
Critical Reading: using processes to understand and construct meaning from historical, primary, written, and other texts, such as interpretation, decoding, rhetorical analysis, etc.
Inquiry & Analysis: the ability to systematically explore an issue, object, or work through a disciplinary lens, break down complex topics, and use available evidence to draw conclusions or judgements.
Information Literacy: the ability to identify an information need, and to effectively locate, evaluate, and ethically use and share information
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: the ability to recognize and critically reflect on historical and continuing processes of oppression.

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