Chapman University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) promotes a culture that inspires faculty to create high-quality learning environments that cultivate inclusivity, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in all modalities. Through the exploration and implementation of innovative, evidence-based teaching practices, the Chapman faculty advances a personalized educational experience that ensures the holistic development and success of lifelong learners and global citizens.
Vision
Chapman University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is recognized as a hub for critical reflection, meaningful dialog, and pedagogical resources to support faculty development, as well as being a leader for advancing academic excellence on campus. At Chapman, all decisions related to curriculum and instruction are driven by consideration of student attributes, real-time institutional data, DEI, and educational research. Innovation, authenticity, and flexibility in classrooms will result in higher rates of student satisfaction, autonomy, sense of belonging, persistence, achievement, retention, and graduation.
At the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, we strive to:
1. Foster and support a culture of teaching excellence that leads to student engagement, innovation, curiosity, and meaningful learning.
2. Create a safe and collaborative space for faculty to explore new methodologies and strategies to enhance the student learning experience.
3. Support program-specific needs for faculty development, course design and ongoing improvement efforts, and the assessment of student learning.
4. Support the development and delivery of high-quality distance education courses that align with Quality Matters standards for higher education.
5. Promote and support the scholarly works of faculty; Advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Discipline-Based Educational Research (DBER).