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Department Service Requests

Teaching & Learning Innovation (TLI) partners with colleges, departments, and academic units to support teaching, learning, curriculum development, and research across the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

How TLI Can Support Your Department

TLI offers services in four key areas. Explore the options below to find the type of support that best fits your needs.

Teaching

  • Design and implement approaches to evaluate teaching effectiveness
  • Facilitate peer observation within departments or programs
  • Interpret and apply student course evaluation data
  • Support reflection on discipline-specific teaching practices (signature pedagogies)

Learning

  • Design assessments to evaluate student learning at the course or program level
  • Support research on student learning within departments or programs
  • Consult on the effectiveness of learning environments and spaces

Curriculum Development

  • Support curriculum development and revision at the program or unit level
  • Consult with directors of graduate studies on pedagogical training
  • Facilitate alignment between learning objectives and course design
  • Support collaborative development and assessment of key skills and lessons

Research on Teaching & Learning (SoTL)

  • Design studies on teaching practices and curriculum innovation
  • Review literature in partnership with UT Libraries
  • Prepare materials for IRB approval
  • Support data collection and analysis
  • Assist with writing and publishing SoTL projects

Examples of Recent Collaborations

  • Two-day Biology retreat on student well-being and assessment redesign
  • Modern Foreign Languages workshop on reflection and course preparation
  • Graduate student teaching development across multiple departments
  • Workshop on difficult conversations for Haslam College
  • Collaboration on more than 10 SoTL projects

Request Department Support

Ready to partner with TLI?

Request department support