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Mission and Goals

CTL promotes effective learning and teaching at SDSU through collaborative ventures with individual faculty, academic units, support services, and student leaders. The Center assists SDSU’s varied learning communities to…

define learning goals;

explore, understand, and improve learning processes;

create learning environments and activities; and

assess the effectiveness of educational services and systems.

The Center serves as a campus clearinghouse for information about teaching and learning resources and represents SDSU on the California State University Faculty Development Council. CTL holds orientations and other events for new faculty. It sponsors a series of monthly lunches open to all faculty on contemporary issues in teaching and learning ranging from the design of learning activities to cultural and psychological factors in student learning and achievement.

CTL provides confidential and supportive services to individual faculty members at their request, assisting with reviews of teaching evaluation data and improvement of classroom presentations and activities. It advises faculty on strategies for managing learning activities such as student discussions, group work, and online discussions. Working with other campus units such as Instructional Technology Services, CTL assists faculty to apply sound principles of learning psychology to instructional delivery systems and environments including video, multimedia, websites, and BlackBoard, the University’s course management system.