Correction appended
The Center for Teaching, Research and Learning relocated its technology to Bender Library and moved nearly all staff members to the second floor of Hurst Hall over the summer. The move aims to make it easier for students to use CTRL’s resources.
Blackboard and Wimba Support, Audio Visual Support, New Media Center, Equipment Loans, Audio Visual Equipment and technology services are now located in Bender Library.
To consolidate their main office, CTRL moved the Teaching and Learning Resources Group to the second floor of Hurst Hall.
CTRL Director Naomi Baron said these changes were made to best fulfill the University’s needs for these offices.
“We are committed to making sure that the services provided are still at the same high level that it has always been for many years,” Baron said.
CTRL was founded in 1998, originally focused on teaching excellence.
In 2009, the office officially became CTRL because the University wanted to make a place on campus where additional kinds of development and aid activities could be provided for both faculty and students.
CTRL switched Audio Visual Sources and the Math Lab to other AU departments this summer. For example, College of Arts and Sciences now oversees the Math Lab and the Library oversees the SPA Lab.
The Social Science Research Lab is still physically located in Hurst. The University is looking to find an appropriate space for it in the Library.
If approved, the relocation of the Social Science Research Lab will most likely take place during the summer of 2012.
“The Library has a lot of technology,” Baron said. “There are a lot of technological people in the library. It makes sense because [the students] are already there, allowing for all the functions to be physically available in one location.”
The University plans to host a mini retreat in October to discuss the partnering of CTRL and the Library, focusing on what is working, what is not and how to continue collaborating.
Baron said it is crucial for the CTRL to work closely with the Library during transition to best serve the AU community.
“It is not us [CTRL] vs. them [Library], its us coming together to best serve the university,” Baron said.
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A previous version of this article stated that all CTRL staff members moved to Hurst Hall; one staff member has not moved to Hurst. The article also stated that CTRL (and former CTE) have had a role in hiring faculty members when, in fact, it has not. The article also stated that the Social Science Research Lab is under Library management, but it is not.
