The Center for Learning and Teaching has had a busy and productive year, as evidenced by:
- Two days of peer-to-peer classroom observations
- Two days of deep reflection for a 10-year review
- Three ongoing seminars
- Five online and in-person workshops
- Six different faculty learning communities
- Twelve 1-hour sessions on important topics, and
- Weekly communiques with teaching advice
Nearly 200 Denison colleagues participated in Center programming during the 2024-2025 academic year — a nearly 30% increase from last year. More than half participated in more than one program.
This year, the Center deepened a core strength: cultivating spaces of trust and sustained support. The Center continued to foster a vibrant culture of reflection, experimentation, and connection. The Impact Report indicates the many ways the Center has addressed its strategic goals:
- Promoting the active participation of junior faculty in communities that advance their goals as teacher-scholars;
- Producing and sharing a variety of digital evidence-based teaching and learning resources for faculty;
- Showcasing pedagogical strategies and initiatives from Denison faculty and promoting the center beyond Denison;
- Increasing dialogue around teaching and learning across campus;
- Creating opportunities for the faculty to work together to learn from each other; and
- Responding to emergent needs of the faculty in an ever-changing educational landscape.
As the Center enters its second decade and welcomes a new director, it does so with a strong foundation and a clear sense of purpose: to foster transformative teaching through evidence-based practice, inclusive community, and shared learning.
