Welcome to the Center for Teaching & Learning Innovation, Development & Design (CTIDE)
The Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Development and Design (CTIDE) collaborates with Merrimack College faculty to design, build and innovate transformative educational experiences. We accomplish this through the intentional integration of academic technology and strong pedagogical practices.
CTIDE's Two Key Units
- The Teaching and Learning Hub provides workshops, seminars and other ways for faculty to connect on best practices around classroom instructions, curriculum enhancement and course assessments.
- The Development and Design Lab features tools and resources for faculty to create engaging learning environments online and in the classroom. Our new studio space provides a dedicated area for faculty to record content or lectures, create innovative student engagement opportunities and host small group discussions.
- McQuade Library, Second Floor
- [email protected]
Self-Serve Teaching & Learning Resources
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Learn more about our popular teaching and learning tools, designed to support your success at Merrimack.
Teaching Excellence Advancement Challenge (TEACH) is a new Office of the Provost initiative supporting innovative pedagogy and curriculum development launching in the 2024/2025 academic year. TEACH will utilize a cohort model to incentivize faculty collaboration to achieve pedagogical and curricular innovation.
Merrimack’s Teaching Studio provides a technologically advanced environment for faculty members to deliver their content in a visually appealing and pedagogically effective manner.
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
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With our Courses & Workshops, you can enroll in a CTIDE self-paced course or watch recorded streams of CTIDE Learning Community Events & Learning Community Days. Revisit valuable insights from each session and discover fresh perspectives from your Merrimack colleagues.
Canvas is a powerful learning management system built to make teaching and learning easier for everyone. Respondus LockDown Browser helps maintain exam integrity and ensures a level playing field.
Panopto is Merrimack’s lecture capture tool that allows instructors to record and share videos with their students. It can be accessed within all Canvas courses and can also be used by students to submit video course assignments.
ExamSoft is an exam management and proctoring platform. It is designed to streamline the process of creating, administering and grading exams in a secure and efficient manner.
Can't Find What You're Looking For?
Our self-serve teaching & learning resources above are designed to answer your questions about CTIDE's services and tools. If you have additional questions, please email [email protected].
POPULAR RESOURCES
See some of the Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation, Development and Design’s popular resources for the Merrimack teaching community.
Faculty Orientations are designed to ensure a smooth and successful transition into the College.
See how Merrimack faculty, staff and students are using mobile technology to be creative in the classroom.
CTIDE offered a ChatGPT session to Merrimack faculty and staff about the tool and related AI services.
CTIDE provides tips on how to make your instructional video in the Teaching Studio.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: BRANDY BENEDICT
Watch how Mathematics Associate Professor Brandy Benedict creates unique, engaging and seamless learning for students using the iPad and Apple Pencil in the mathematics classroom and how she’s building her own app to satisfy assessment needs.
