Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies
While serving a lead role in advancing institutional goals and learning, Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies (TILT) collaborates with offices across campus to create and sustain an environment of empowering professional development, skilled confidential consulting, expert instructional design, and specialized educational technology for faculty and staff.
Instructional Technology
Support the faculty and staff as they integrate technology into the learning environment to improve student engagement and success.
- Software Tools and platforms designed to connect with students; both synchronously and asynchronously and promote collaborative student engagement.
- Multimodal Content Delivery; documents-video-interactive lessons
- Broad support for use of the Blackboard learning management system
- Maintain the integrity of online programs through effective proctoring and course management strategies.
Teaching Innovation and Learning Technologies is transitioning FHSU's Blackboard system to Blackboard Ultra. For more information, please visit our Blackboard Ultra page.
Course Development
Work collaboratively with faculty to help them develop online and blended courses. Our approach is consultative and our goal is to support each instructor’s vision by providing resources, tools and a fresh perspective.
- Developing new, or updating existing, online courses for delivery through FHSU Online.
- Design - providing curriculum, course, or lesson design expertise (typically done on an appointment basis).
- Technology Integration - helping instructors integrate the right hardware and software to the instructional environment.
TILT faculty development staff collaborate with offices across campus to design, develop and deliver relevant support and training. We strive to provide meaningful faculty professional development in four key areas: pedagogy, scholarly research, service, and professional growth.
- Programming -orientation for new faculty and staff, biannual Professional Development Days books, mini-conferences, and our adjunct professional development courses
- Resources -including videos, asynchronous courses, and the TigerLearn Blog.
- Consultation Services -Our Teaching Excellence Coordinator can offer observations of your teaching, confidential guidance, and more.
- Mentoring and Support -We also maintain the Faculty Mentoring Faculty program and facilitate Communities of Practice focused on various topics.
- Adjunct Professional Development and Support - new adjunct orientation, incentivized adjunct training courses, remote professional development opportunities, an Adjunct Recognition Program, and structured, ongoing support.