Resources

Learning Assistants (LAs) are undergraduate peer educators that work with students in the classroom setting to support and facilitate active learning in courses that are traditionally difficult or have high enrollment. LAs in CLAP are unique because they are required to enroll in an LA pedagogy/training course concurrent to their first quarter as an LA.

The CSU is committed to utilizing evidenced-based decision making in support of students’ success. The tools are meant to engage CSU partners, foster cultures of inquiry, and help all stakeholders in this enterprise identify and pursue those changes with the greatest potential to benefit CSU students.

OLI supports better learning and instruction with high-quality, scientifically based, classroom-tested online courses and materials.

The University of Colorado Boulder Science Education Initiative was a university-supported, 10-year, $5M project to improve how we teach science to all undergraduate students. The SEI centered on department-based Discipline-Based Education Specialists (DBESs); disciplinary experts with training in the science of teaching and learning who serve as catalysts of change within departments.  The initiative completed in 2013.

An $11M initiative from 2007-2017 that transformed undergraduate science education at UBC and beyond with an evidence-driven, department-based approach to improving teaching and learning.

In partnership with member universities, AAU works to understand the wider setting in which educational innovations take place — the department, the college, the university and the national level – and address the key institutional elements necessary for sustained improvement to undergraduate STEM education.

The UC STEM Faculty Learning Community in Biology and related Sciences is composed of chapters from our respective campuses with the overarching goal of disseminating best practices in science teaching and to provide a venue for launching new projects and programs.

The Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) is designed to meet UC campus needs for high quality online or hybrid course offerings. The Initiative will enhance the educational opportunities and achievements of UC students by helping them get access to high demand courses, satisfy degree requirements and graduate on time.

In order to improve student success, Course Redesign with Technology (CRT) provides faculty with resources and support to plan and implement course redesign models that 1) adopt and adapt effective practices that integrate inclusive pedagogy and technology and 2) evaluate student success using methodology that documents performance.

The California Virtual Campus – Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI) is a collaborative effort among California Community Colleges (CCCs) to ensure that significantly more students are able to complete their educational goals by increasing both access to and success in high-quality online courses.