Contact Center for Teaching Excellence
Dalia Ducker
Professor, Emerita
Email: dducker@alliant.edu
Our Mission
The mission of the Center is to promote teaching that is inclusive, student-centered, and evidence-based. It promotes excellence and innovation in teaching in order to enhance student learning. The Center encourages ongoing professional development and faculty collaboration on best practices and works to nurture and sustain a university culture that values and rewards teaching.
CTE Resources
Resources for Teaching
Resources have been created to assist Alliant University faculty to create engaging and effective learning experiences for students.
Professional Development Resources
The Center for Teaching Excellence periodically sponsors events that focus on teaching. These include presentations by university faculty, staff, and experts from other institutions or settings. The Center organizes opportunities for interested faculty members to meet informally in small groups to discuss teaching and learning.
Confidential Individual Consultations
The Center for Teaching Excellence staff are available to provide confidential voluntary consultations to faculty members who have questions about their courses, want help addressing challenges, or would like advice about issues related to teaching.
Generative Artificial Intelligence
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides resources to support teaching with Generative Artificial Intelligence.
Teaching All Learners
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides resources for teaching all learners.
Teaching at Alliant
The Center for Teaching Excellence provides resources and learning opportunities for Alliant instructors to develop an effective, engaging, an inclusive learning environment for their students.