Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Dr. Claudia J. StannyDirectorCenter for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

ITPACOctober 17, 2013

CUTLA Mission

The Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment facilitates the efforts of faculty and academic units to develop and sustain practices that promote the highest quality of teaching and learning.

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CUTLA Goals• Promote the development of effective teaching

strategies by providing workshops and other activities that enhance teaching expertise

• Support the exploration of new approaches to teaching and learning

• Assist faculty in the development and use of assessment evidence to evaluate new and existing teaching strategies and curricula

• Provide workshops and other support for professional development of faculty

• Encourage the scholarship of teaching and learning • Communicate to internal and external audiences the

efforts of UWF faculty to provide high quality teaching and learning

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Services ProvidedWorkshops and mini-conferences

Teaching, Professional/Career Issues, Assessment

Weekly teaching tip sent through e-mailManage the turnitin accountsIndividual consultations and class observationsDepartmental consultationsSupport for Scholarship of Teaching and

Learning

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CUTLA Events (2012-2013)New Faculty Orientation (all-day event)Faculty Friday Workshops (10)

(lunch and a workshop)Mid-week afternoon (2-hour) workshops (4) Mini-Conference (collaboration with ATC)Workshop on Grant Writing

(all-day collaboration with Sponsored Research)Teaching Partners

(observation workshop plus follow-up group meetings)

Total attendance: 415 individuals 208 unique individuals

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Consultations

Annual visits with ChairsIndividual consultations, responses to requests,

work with departments/committees (83)Work with individuals at other institutions

(consultations, requests for information or permission to use CUTLA materials) (23)

Annual workshop on CCR submissions

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Partnerships (2012-2013)Academic Technology Center (ATC)

Mini-conference (4 CUTLA sessions); Elluminate webinarResearch & Sponsored Programs

Workshops; Collaboration on Grant-WritingNSF ADVANCE Women in STEMPace Library Office of Undergraduate ResearchStudent Affairs (Career Services, ORR, etc.)English & World Languages (Composition Symposium)HonorsGeneral Education; Graduate Council; CAS CouncilAcademic Programs Assessment CouncilASPIRE (IE Liaison for Academic Affairs – SACSCOC work)

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Major New Projects: 2013-2014Pace Academic Development Awards

CUTLA Fellow for STEM InitiativesMohamed Khabou

Peer Review of Assessment Campus-wide discussion, October 4, 2013

General Education Assessment (VALUE Rubrics)2013-3014: Writing in Gordon Rule Courses

Pace Library Award: Syllabus Review

Student Affairs CollaborationSACSCOC Reaffirmation

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CUTLA Web SiteGoogle Analytics MetricsMonthly Averages based on June 1, 2012 – May 31,2013 data

Month: Total for Period:

Visitors 3,517 42,205Unique visitors 2,976 35,715Page views 5,869 70,431Unique page views 4,665 55,975Average time on site: 1 min 49 sec

Total visitors from UWF.edu domain 2,726Average time for UWF visitors: 6 min 27 sec Average number of pages viewed: 4.3October 17, 2013 Overview of CUTLA 9

Use of Resources on CUTLA site

Access archived teaching tips on web site

Faculty Resource Pages

Adjunct Resource Pages

Documents downloaded from the CUTLA site

209 unique web visits / month

342 unique views (June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013)

380 unique views(June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013)

520 unique downloads / month(June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013)

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Who Visits the CUTLA Site?

69%

16%

15% Traffic Sources (Google Analytics)

Search Engines

Direct Entries

Referrals from another site

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• 75 higher education institutions /organizations link directly to CUTLA pages and refer visitors• Visitors originated at 479 higher education institutions (30 sec or longer on site) (June 1 – Feb 28)

• Visitors from 112 countries (30 sec or longer on site) (June 1 – March 31)

International Visitors to the CUTLA siteGoogle Analytics

June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013

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