Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Vision, Mission and Values

Vision

The CETL will enable and support UAEU teaching community to innovate and excel, thereby provide a teaching environment that will facilitate effective student lifelong learning and success.

Mission

To help the university to ensure a dynamic, innovative and effective learning experience for all UAEU students by providing educators with:

• professional development and support in educational technology,
• pedagogy and classroom teaching techniques,
• research-informed and evidence-based teaching practices,
• communication and collaboration among UAEU faculty,
• culture of innovation in teaching and learning by encouraging and facilitating innovation, and
• assessment as an integral part of implementing innovative developments in teaching and learning.

Values

CETL is guided by the following values:

• Importance of teaching and learning is an integral part of UAEU culture and requires dual focus on innovation and effectiveness.

• Innovative and inspired teaching, which results in effective and successful student learning.

• Research-informed and evidence-based teaching not only shapes CETL activities and practices but also makes teaching practices rigorous and robust.

• Innovative teaching takes many forms that span from colored pens on white boards to full online courses.

• Effective and efficient teaching assessment aims at enhancing teaching experiences and practices.

• Top UAEU management support is essential to foster a culture of innovation in teaching and learning.

• Teaching community benefits from sharing effective and innovative teaching practices.