Teaching Endorsement Application Questions and Response Criteria | Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning

The Teaching Endorsement Application includes three questions that prompt you to reflect on both the content of your endorsement program and its practical implementation. The first two questions relate to the core competency area of your endorsement while the final reflection question asks you to consider the impact of your professional learning experience. We encourage you to review the questions and criteria outlined below before submitting your endorsement application.

Core Competency Questions

Find your core competency below and review the application questions and criteria in the dropdown.

Active Learning

Teaching Endorsements in the Active Learning core competency area include:

Active Learning in Clinical Settings
Entrepreneurial Minded Teaching and Learning
Foundations of Active Learning
Foundations of Sustainability Pedagogy

Questions and Criteria


Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, your conceptualization of Active Learning. Describe how Active Learning should impact construction of new knowledge or development of skills in your students.	Includes a clear and accurate description of Active Learning Describes how Active Learning connects to and/or supports development of new knowledge and/or skills.
Please describe an active learning strategy that you have utilized or plan to utilize in your own practice. What strategy did you choose and why? What steps did you or will you take to implement the strategy in your practice? What resources did you draw from in the design of your implementation?	Describes a specific evidence-based active learning strategy used or intended to use. Includes explanation of rationale for choosing the strategy. Outlines practical steps for its implementation in teaching practice. Response is indicative of use of literature or other evidence to inform implementation.

Assessing Student Learning

Teaching Endorsements in the Assessing Student Learning core competency area include:

Assessment in Health Professions Education

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, a description of formative and summative methods for assessment in a context relevant to your discipline or work, and the benefits of each.	Names and describes specific methods of each assessment type (e.g., a method of formative assessment, and a method of summative assessment). Explains the benefits of both formative and summative assessment within the context of specific work or discipline.
Please describe the implementation, or planned implementation, of a specific assessment strategy in your own practice. What strategy did you choose and what objective(s) are you measuring? Why did you choose this strategy? What steps did you or will you take to implement the strategy in your practice?	Identifies a specific assessment strategy used or intended for use. Identifies objectives being measured. Explains rationale for choosing the strategy. Outlines practical steps for implementation of strategy into practice.

Curriculum and Course Development

Teaching Endorsements in the Curriculum and Course Development core competency area include:

Applying Entrepreneurial Minded Teaching and Learning
Course Design and Teaching Online for the College of Education and Human Ecology
Curriculum Design for Medicine and the Health Sciences
Designing Your Ohio State Online Course for Adult Learners
Developing CURE’s
Evidence-Based Course Design for Higher Education
Evidence-Based Course Design for Online Courses
Learning Design and Scholarship in Pharmacy
Teaching Information Literacy
Teaching Through Writing

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of the major components of an evidence-based framework for curriculum and course development (examples of evidence-based frameworks include, but are not limited to: backward design process, universal design for learning, Fink’s taxonomy, TILT) covered in the endorsement programming that will support your efforts.	Provides a clear and concise summary of the major components of an evidence-based framework for curriculum and course development (e.g., backward design process, universal design for learning, Fink’s taxonomy) Describes how components of this framework will support efforts within the context of the applicant’s work.
Please describe how you have utilized or plan to utilize at least one evidence-based approach to curricular or course design. What approach did you choose and why? What steps did you or will you take to implement this approach into your practice?	Identifies a specific evidence-based approach to curricular or course design. Explains rationale for choosing the approach. Outlines practical steps for implementation of approach into practice.

Application Question

Response Criteria

Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of the major components of an evidence-based framework for curriculum and course development (examples of evidence-based frameworks include, but are not limited to: backward design process, universal design for learning, Fink’s taxonomy, TILT) covered in the endorsement programming that will support your efforts.

Provides a clear and concise summary of the major components of an evidence-based framework for curriculum and course development (e.g., backward design process, universal design for learning, Fink’s taxonomy)
Describes how components of this framework will support efforts within the context of the applicant’s work.

Please describe how you have utilized or plan to utilize at least one evidence-based approach to curricular or course design. What approach did you choose and why? What steps did you or will you take to implement this approach into your practice?

Identifies a specific evidence-based approach to curricular or course design.
Explains rationale for choosing the approach.
Outlines practical steps for implementation of approach into practice.

Educational Technology

Teaching Endorsements in the Educational Technology core competency area include:

Digital Humanities Pedagogy
Teaching and Learning to Build AI Fluency
Teaching Online
Technology-Enhanced Teaching

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Critiera
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please summarize, in your own words, and in reference to your own work, what you have learned about educational technology within the context of higher education. Please include in your summary a description of at least one form of educational technology and how it may enhance or bolster a defined pedagogical objective.	Provides a clear and concise summary that indicates understanding of educational technology in higher education. Details of at least one specific form of educational technology are provided. Explains how specific form of educational technology can enhance or bolster a defined pedagogical objective.
Please describe your implementation of, or implementation plan for use of, an educational technology that aligns to an intended pedagogical outcome. What steps did you take to incorporate the use of this technology into your teaching practice?"	Describes a specific instance where educational technology has been aligned with a defined pedagogical objective. Explains rationale for choosing the technology. Outlines practical steps for its implementation. Demonstrates how it supports effective teaching and learning.

Application Question

Response Critiera

Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please summarize, in your own words, and in reference to your own work, what you have learned about educational technology within the context of higher education. Please include in your summary a description of at least one form of educational technology and how it may enhance or bolster a defined pedagogical objective.

Provides a clear and concise summary that indicates understanding of educational technology in higher education.
Details of at least one specific form of educational technology are provided.
Explains how specific form of educational technology can enhance or bolster a defined pedagogical objective.

Please describe your implementation of, or implementation plan for use of, an educational technology that aligns to an intended pedagogical outcome. What steps did you take to incorporate the use of this technology into your teaching practice?"

Describes a specific instance where educational technology has been aligned with a defined pedagogical objective.
Explains rationale for choosing the technology.
Outlines practical steps for its implementation.
Demonstrates how it supports effective teaching and learning.

Effective Learning Environments

Teaching Endorsements in the Effective Learning Environments core competency area include:

Creating Effective Learning Environments in Clinical Settings
Ethical Disagreement and Civil Discourse
Foundations of Effective Learning Environments
Meaningful Inquiry

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of what you have learned about effective learning environments. Please include in your summary a description of at least one factor or phenomenon that may contribute to an effective learning environment or experience.	Provides a clear and concise summary of effective learning environments. Describes at least one specific factor or phenomenon that contributes to an effective learning environment.
Please describe an evidence-informed strategy for cultivating an effective learning environment that you have utilized or plan to utilize in your own practice. What strategy did you choose and why? What steps did you take to implement the strategy into your practice?	Identifies a specific evidence-based strategy for cultivating an effective learning environment that has been implemented or is intended for implementation. Outlines practical steps for implementation of strategy into practice. Explains rationale for choosing the strategy.

Application Question

Response Criteria

Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of what you have learned about effective learning environments. Please include in your summary a description of at least one factor or phenomenon that may contribute to an effective learning environment or experience.

Provides a clear and concise summary of effective learning environments.
Describes at least one specific factor or phenomenon that contributes to an effective learning environment.

Please describe an evidence-informed strategy for cultivating an effective learning environment that you have utilized or plan to utilize in your own practice. What strategy did you choose and why? What steps did you take to implement the strategy into your practice?

Identifies a specific evidence-based strategy for cultivating an effective learning environment that has been implemented or is intended for implementation.
Outlines practical steps for implementation of strategy into practice.
Explains rationale for choosing the strategy.

SoTL/DBER

Teaching Endorsements in the SOTL/DBER core competency area include:

CIRTL @ Ohio State Practitioner
Educator Research for Medicine and the Health Sciences

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of what you have learned and now better understand about a critical component or components of a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) project (e.g. question development, study design, methodologies)	Provides a clear and concise summary of at least one component of a SoTL or DBER project. Describes the component within the context of applicant’s own work
Please describe your integration of, or integration plan for use of one or more critical elements of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) into a specific project or study. What is/are the specific element(s)? Explain the relevance of the element(s) to your project or study. What steps did you or will you take to integrate the element(s) into your project or study?	Identifies and describes at least one specific element of SoTL or DBER to integrate. Explains how at least one element is relevant to specific project or study. Outlines practical steps for integration of at least one element into project or study.

Application Question

Response Criteria

Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of what you have learned and now better understand about a critical component or components of a scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) project (e.g. question development, study design, methodologies)

Provides a clear and concise summary of at least one component of a SoTL or DBER project.
Describes the component within the context of applicant’s own work

Please describe your integration of, or integration plan for use of one or more critical elements of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) or discipline-based education research (DBER) into a specific project or study.

What is/are the specific element(s)? Explain the relevance of the element(s) to your project or study. What steps did you or will you take to integrate the element(s) into your project or study?

Identifies and describes at least one specific element of SoTL or DBER to integrate.
Explains how at least one element is relevant to specific project or study.
Outlines practical steps for integration of at least one element into project or study.

Specialized Professional Learning

Teaching Endorsements in the Specialized Professional Learning core competency area include:

CIRTL Foundations of Pedagogy
New Faculty FIT Teaching and Learning

Questions and Criteria

Application Question	Response Criteria
Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of at least one major evidence-based teaching and learning topic from [this teaching endorsement], and how the concepts learned align with a specific professional learning objective you set to achieve.	Provides a clear and concise summary of at least one evidence-based teaching and learning topic. Aligns the topic to at least one clearly defined professional learning objective.
Please describe the implementation, or planned implementation, of a specific evidence-based teaching and learning strategy or approach from [this teaching endorsement’s]programming. What steps did you or will you take to implement the strategy? Why did you choose this specific strategy or concept, and how will the implementation develop or advance your teaching or work?	Identifies a specific evidence-based strategy implemented or intended for implementation. Outlines practical steps for implementation of strategy into practice. Explains rationale for choosing the strategy. Explains how implementing the strategy will develop or advance work.

Application Question

Response Criteria

Having now completed the endorsement-related programming, please share, in your own words, and within the context of your own work, a summary of at least one major evidence-based teaching and learning topic from [this teaching endorsement], and how the concepts learned align with a specific professional learning objective you set to achieve.

Provides a clear and concise summary of at least one evidence-based teaching and learning topic.
Aligns the topic to at least one clearly defined professional learning objective.

Please describe the implementation, or planned implementation, of a specific evidence-based teaching and learning strategy or approach from [this teaching endorsement’s]programming. What steps did you or will you take to implement the strategy? Why did you choose this specific strategy or concept, and how will the implementation develop or advance your teaching or work?

Identifies a specific evidence-based strategy implemented or intended for implementation.
Outlines practical steps for implementation of strategy into practice.
Explains rationale for choosing the strategy.
Explains how implementing the strategy will develop or advance work.

Final Reflection Question (All Endorsements)

All Teaching Endorsement applicants, regardless of the endorsement, respond to the following final reflection question.

Application Question	Response Criteria
Reflect on the lasting impact that completion of this Teaching Endorsement may have. How has it changed you as an instructor, researcher, educator, or administrator? How has it impacted your work? What lasting effect will it have on your students, colleagues, peers, and/or others?	Includes contemplation on the effects or impact of completion of endorsement on the applicant as a professional, within the context of their work, and/or on others.

If you have questions about the endorsement criteria or application process, please contact drakeinstitute@osu.edu.