Teaching @ OHIO Faculty Certifications
Broadly, the aim of the Teaching @ OHIO Faculty Certification Program is to develop, recognize and reward innovative, learner-centered, evidence-based, inclusive faculty competencies in teaching, learning and assessment. The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment conceptualizes all its certifications as involving extended professional learning and four distinct components: knowledge acquisition, implementation, assessment and reflection. In other words, faculty earning a certification will learn, implement, assess and reflect on the certification topic. Ideally, faculty achievements will be disseminated through a variety of modalities and media.
All certifications are intended to advance teaching excellence at 51ยายื through improved course instruction that directly improves student learning experiences and indirectly impacts student engagement and student success.
Because the certification involves implementation and assessment of a pedagogical practice, most certifications take six months to two semesters to complete. Full-time faculty receive stipends for their participation in and completion of certifications, and colleges and departments recognize the certification as evidence of faculty commitment to teaching excellence.
The knowledge acquisition component of most certifications is open to all instructors, administrators and staff.
Teaching @ OHIO Faculty Certifications
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GenAI in Teaching and LearningAvailable to all faculty as an asynchronous offeringSince fall 2022, OHIO faculty have established themselves as thought leaders and innovators in the teaching and learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence space, creating a nuanced position statement on the use of this technology to enhance and support student learning with attention to ethical and sustainable implementation. OHIO faculty are invited to consider GenAI as an instructional strategy, as a support for student learning and as course content with application of a disciplinary sense.
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From Scholarly Teaching to ResearchSpring 2026 cohort now formingFrom Scholarly Teaching to Research supports faculty in moving from scholarly teaching to their own Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) or Discipline-based Education Research (DBER). Designed to combine a structured pathway for SoTL project development and implementation with the collegiality of a faculty learning community, From Scholarly Teaching to Research elevates the university's portfolio of research in this very specific area focused on the instructional practices of OHIO faculty and learning achievement software OHIO students.
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Place-based Teaching and LearningOffered as a faculty development away summer 2025Place-based pedagogy, also known as place-based education, is a teaching approach that connects learning experiences to the physical and cultural environment where students live. It emphasizes the importance of the local community, history, and ecology in shaping learning and understanding. This approach aims to make learning more relevant and engaging by grounding it in students' real-world experiences. This unique certification develops OHIO faculty with place-based competencies while on site at Grand Teton National Park.