The Blue Devil Institute for Teaching and Learning supports and provides educational development opportunities rooted in evidence-based, high impact practices for face-to-face, blended/hybrid, and traditional online courses. The goals are to support faculty instruction, student learning, and achievement of student learning outcomes.

Mission

The center’s mission is to promote innovative instruction and student learning while leveraging new technologies supported by current educational development research.

Vision

The Blue Devil Institute for Teaching and Learning at Kansas City Kansas Community will be a national leader in educational development.

Pillars

There are two pillars of the Blue Devil Institute for Teaching and Learning are Craft of Teaching and Academic Discourse.

The Craft of Teaching


This pillar supports faculty with evidence-based, high impact practices that are consistent with research in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Read more about the Craft of Teaching

Academic Discourse


This pillar supports the creation of a community of learners, who engage in academically informed discourse using critical analysis on a variety of topics.  

Read more about Academic Discourse

Teaching Excellence and Colleague Honor Awards

Fall 2022 Awards Recipients

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Professor Todd Gordon (left) and adjunct faculty Kris White (right)

Recipient Interviews