Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement

Welcome to the Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement (OTLA). OTLA coordinates professional development activities for faculty members and provides instructional design consultation and pedagogical support for both on-campus and distance education courses. The office also serves as a liaison between faculty members and various instructional support services on campus, helping individuals and units identify their needs and assembling appropriate support teams to meet those needs. OTLA serves the university mission for teaching by supporting faculty and programs in developing innovative and effective approaches to teaching through careful consideration of pedagogy and technology.

This website will provide you with information about our programs and services. If you have any questions, or if we can be of any service to you, please contact our office at 285-1763.

Midterm Feedback Service
OTLA will facilitate an in-class discussion with your students to help you gather feedback about your course and teaching. MORE...

Teaching & Learning Workshops
OTLA offers a variety of workshops each semester designed to help BSU faculty members enhance their teaching through the exploration of new approaches and techniques. MORE...

Teaching Technology
Ball State University provides a wide variety of teaching technology options for its faculty. The links on this page provide information and resources for a number of those technologies. MORE...

Mediasite Information
Mediasite is a presentation recording technology that Ball State University has adopted for use in both distance education and on-campus courses. MORE...

Teaching and Learning Resources
Online and library resources about teaching in higher education. MORE...

Awards and Grants
The Office of Teaching and Learning Advancement sponsors and/or administratively supports various grant and award programs that recognize and promote excellence in teaching at Ball State University. MORE...

Distance Education Support
OTLA offers instructional design support for faculty members who are developing distance education courses for BSU. MORE...

Resources and Contacts
OTLA provides a number of resources and facilities for use by BSU faculty and staff, including confrerence rooms and electronic classrooms. MORE...

What's New

Spring Workshop Schedule
The schedule for the Spring 2009 Teaching & Learning Workshops is now available. Click on the link to the left. Register on the Workshop Registration page.

UCC-21 Resources
In response to faculty requests for assistance in creating UCC-21 course proposals, we have teamed up with the UCC-21 Subcommittee to offer workshops and a video presentation about creating those proposals. To access that video, go to our UCC-21 Resources page.

OTLA Blog
See our new blog at http://bsuteaching.blogspot.com/ for the latest from OTLA, including teaching-related news from around campus and beyond. If you are interested in contributing posts or information for the blog, please contact Greg Siering in OTLA.