Mission Statement
The mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning at NTUA is to ensure the continuous provision of high-quality education, promote University Pedagogy through actions that aim to create a learning community, innovation, and continuous improvement of teaching at NTUA. It supports the teaching staff to exchange and create good learning and teaching practices, record their needs, reflect, develop modern and effective educational activities utilizing Information and Communication Technologies during the teaching of academic courses, in order to create learning environments that facilitate and support learning in the best possible way.
The activities of the Center for Teaching and Learning include organizing learning cycles, training programs and professional development in Engineering Sciences for the optimal use of Information and Communication Technologies, as well as in Pedagogy and the Physical Sciences and Humanity Studies of Tertiary Education. Additionally, it develops communication, collaborations, and partnerships with members of the academic community, laboratories, centers, offices, institutions, and organizations that operate in Greece and abroad, which focus on teaching and learning, with the aim of exchanging expertise on contemporary educational approaches and educational services provided by tertiary education institutions.
The learning cycles and all kinds of activities of the Center can be provided partly or entirely remotely.
The activities of the Center focus mainly on the following axes:
- Support for teachers and updating them on innovative practices for the education of students at undergraduate and graduate levels, in new approaches to education, with various actions, such as organizing cycles of learning and short-term seminars.
- Support for teachers and their training on the use of New Information, Communication and Education Technologies, in collaboration with the existing technical infrastructure and administrative services of the NTUA.
- Operation of a focal point (repository) for the collection and redistribution of supporting educational material (in printed or digital form).
- Communication among teachers and organization of meetings for the exchange of views on successful practices or problems encountered in their teaching work.
- Development of initiatives and collaborations with other corresponding structures of tertiary education institutions, institutes or organizations with similar actions operating in Greece or abroad.
The Center for Teaching and Learning can undertake and/or participate in additional educational activities, such as the following:
- Organization of learning circles and various actions in collaboration with other scientific, professional, research or educational institutions and establishments in Greece or abroad, after the conclusion of a relevant cooperation protocol in case one does not exist.
- Preparation of studies, development of innovative educational material related to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, as well as undertaking related research projects.
- Organization of Conferences/Workshops, Educational Seminars and Laboratories, Summer Schools and other scientific activities, such as the publication of scientific journals, etc.
- Other responsibilities assigned by the Vice Rector of Administrative, Academic and Student Affairs or the Coordinator.
The headquarters of the Center are located in a space at NTUA.