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About the CTL

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is an academic service area made up of faculty, staff, and students working to enhance and support teaching and student learning at the University of Windsor.

We intentionally work toward developing authentic, trusting relationships with instructors, staff, students, and administrators. Through many and varied initiatives, we provide opportunities and space for instructional development, equitable and inclusive practice, and aligned and innovative course and program design. We commit to listening, learning, and evolving, pursuing research on teaching and learning to both enhance our approach and offerings, and position the University as an institution committed to evidence-based and quality teaching practices.

Centre programs – ranging from short workshops to granting schemes – are offered at different levels and in different formats to allow for multiple entry points and to meet the varying needs of individuals and an ever-evolving context.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) works in partnership with faculty, staff, and students from across campus to create a culture of scholarly and effective teaching at the University of Windsor—a culture which values, recognizes, practices, and rewards teaching that is well-grounded in research and reflective practice, and thus likely to enhance and inspire student learning.
The Centre will lead ongoing strategic and intentional development of the teaching and learning culture at the University of Windsor. The CTL will be an international leader in educational development contributing, through research and a scholarly approach, to the design and development of state-of-the-art learning spaces, technology integration, and enhanced pedagogical practices.
  • 1976
    Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL)
  • 1987
    Moore external review
  • 1988
    Combined OTL and Media Centre into Office of Educational Resources
  • 1989
    Changed name to Division of Instructional Development (DID)
  • 1999
    Mugridge external review
  • 2000
    Combined DID, Distance Education and Continuing Education into the Centre for Flexible Learning
  • 2002
    Bates external review
  • 2006
    Position of Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning created
  • 2007
    Changed name to Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • 2011
    Kaufman exernal review
  • 2014
    CTL and Faculty of Education combined into Faculty of Educational and Academic Development
  • 2015
    CTL taken out of Faculty of Educational and Academic Development
  • 2016
    CTL divided - Media and Educational Technologies moved to ITS
  • 2017
    External review
  • 2019
    CTL moves to Centre for Engineering Innovation