CIRTL @ Ohio State Associate Endorsement

Learning Outcomes

The CIRTL @ Ohio State Associate Endorsement recognizes achievement of the following outcomes, as defined by the CIRTL Network:

Process-Related Outcomes

Teaching-as-Research

• Describe how to access the literature and existing knowledge about teaching and learning issues, in a discipline or more broadly.
• Define and recognize the value of the Teaching-as-Research process, and how it can be used for ongoing enhancement of learning.
• Describe a “full-inquiry” cycle.
• Describe how the integration of Evidence-Based Teaching, Learning Communities and Learning-through-Diversity within Teaching-as-Research can be integrated to implement and advance effective teaching practices for diverse learners.

Content-Related Outcomes

Evidence-Based Teaching

• Describe and recognize the value of realistic well-defined, achievable, measurable and student-centered learning goals.
• Describe several known high-impact, evidence-based effective instructional practices and materials and recognize their alignment with particular types of learning goals.
• Describe several assessment techniques and recognize their alignment with particular types of learning goals.

Learning Communities

• Describe and recognize the value of learning communities, and how they impact student learning.
• Describe several techniques for creating a LC within a learning environment, including strategies that promote positive interdependence between learners so as to accomplish learning goals.
• Describe several techniques and issues of establishing LCs comprising a diverse group of learners.
• Recognize the value of and participate in local professionally-focused learning communities associated with teaching and learning.

Learning through Diversity

• Describe the scope of diversity in learning environments, of both students and instructor.*
• Describe the impact of diversity on student learning, in particular how diversity can enhance learning, and how inequities can negatively impact learning if not addressed.
• Describe how an instructor’s beliefs and biases can influence student learning.
• Describe and recognize the value of drawing on diversity in the development of teaching plans (including content, teaching practices and assessments) to foster learning.
• Describe several learning-through-diversity (LtD) techniques and strategies.

* Including but not limited to backgrounds, race, gender, ability, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender preference, and cognitive skills. 

Verification

The final teaching endorsement application will require you to upload a completion of criteria document obtained from your CIRTL Learning Community Facilitator.

Required Hours: 18-20.

Timeline: 9 months.