Our mission is to expose faculty members to diverse educational strategies in order to promote academic excellence ensuring student performance.

The Center covers all aspects of professional development including teaching, learning, assessment, and research. Our aim is to create a community of well-rounded, motivated individuals who will contribute to their institution’s academic excellence.

Available Workshops

Seminars can be adapted to best serve the needs of the audience ranging from theory-based to discipline-specific, hands-on workshop. These seminars are currently available in the following topic areas.

® TEACHING Cooperative Learning Effective Lectures Planification of Teaching Preparing a Useful Syllabus Instructional Objectives Effective Laboratory Instruction		® ASSESSMENT Rubrics Planification of Examinations Student Portfolios Alternative Assessment Methods Preparing a Professional Portfolio
® LEARNING Conceptual Maps Learning Styles Self-Posed Questions Students Projects Motivating Students		® WRITING & RESEARCH Writing Proposals Journal Articles Writing Educational Articles for Newsletter and Newspaper Educational Research
® TECHNOLOGY Power Point Excel Home Pages Internet & E-mail Distance Learning Graphics Calculators Calculator-Based Laboratory System		Workshop Calendar