Center for Teaching & Learning

CTL - Opening doors and enlightening minds since 2002

The CSUN Center for Teaching and Learning is the research, collaboration, and professional development arm of the College of Education. Faculty from all of the various departments in the College of Education are conducting cutting edge research and professional development, in collaboration with K-12 teachers, administrators, and community members, to address the needs of schools. The CTL is proud to host the “Education on the Edge” speaker series annually, as well as offer free educational film screenings. We have a Speakers Bureau and provide professional development to the community, while also hosting the biennial What Really Works conference. Feel free to contact us with any questions about our upcoming activities or how we might work with you and your groups!

The Center for Teaching & Learning Continues to Be Busy!

December 18, 2022

The Michael D. Eisner Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) continues to be busy! Their Speakers’ Bureau supports the local educational community through their collaborative partnerships and the professional development offered local schools. SIMPACT continues to support a wide variety of identified mixed reality simulation needs at universities and businesses across the United States and internationally. The CTL has engaged in or sponsored a variety of recent International Activities, also. Finally, the CTL is proud to continue to offer publications to support what really works in education. Read more

New T-CARE Issue for Fall 2022, Vol. XIII

December 15, 2022

The Center for Teaching and Learning is proud to share our latest T-CARE National Newsletter. Check out other T-CARE articles from the past at www.csun.edu/ctl/publications/. Interested in writing for T-CARE? The guidelines for being a T-CARE author are on our website as well! Be sure to get on the CTL’s mailing list for this and other publications and events by mailing ctl@csun.edu and simply saying “I’d like to be on the mailing list.” Read more

Simulation Technology Helps Aspiring Educational Leaders Prepare for Challenging Real-Life Scenarios @ LMU.

November 30, 2022

Students in the LMU School of Education’s Institute for School Leadership and Administration (ISLA) program are getting a preview of the often-vexing scenarios they will inevitably navigate in their roles as educational leaders—even if the “people” they’re interacting with are avatars, and the setting is viewed through a computer screen, made life-like through Mixed Reality Simulation (MRS) technology. Read more