The University of North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative (TLTC), an integral part of UNC's Information Technology Strategy, provides faculty and staff development opportunities, vision, and shared resources in support of teaching and learning with technology on the 16 UNC campuses.

The TLTC was established to enable campuses to do more together. With the overarching goal of encouraging effective teaching and learning, the TLTC facilitates knowledge sharing and resource building across all 16 campuses. The TLTC Board, comprised of one representative from each campus, repeatedly endorses two key ways in which the TLTC can be most helpful: promoting and facilitating information exchange among campuses and initiating TLT activities that the campuses are not able to do on their own.

Select TLTC initiatives are highlighted below. For a full list of current initiatives, visit the TLTC website.

• UNC TLT Conference
  An annual UNC TLT Conference allows faculty and staff members to share best practices and discuss cutting edge issues.

• UNC Professional Development Portal
  The UNC Professional Development Portal provides online access to more than 2,500 professional development resources for UNC faculty, librarians, staff, and administrators.

• UNC TLT Training Compendium
  The TLTC compiles and publishes this collection of self-paced tutorials, workshop syllabi, instructional videos, and other training materials in the area of teaching with technology that the 16 University of North Carolina campuses freely share with each other.

• MERLOT
  UNC, through the TLTC, has maintained its institutional partnership in MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) since its inception.

• TLT Interest Groups
  TLT Interest Groups serve as communities of practice in which UNC faculty and staff members build and share professional development resources and engage in collaborative activities.

• Large Enrollment Course Redesign
  Following the research originally sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust and performed by the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the TLTC is facilitating the exploration, by 12 campuses, of better designs for large enrollment courses through the strategic use of instructional technology.

• Synchronous Learning Management System (SLMS) Task Force
  The TLTC has formed a task force to evaluate four SLMS systems for potential instructional and collaborative use within UNC. As part of this project, the TLTC is making Elluminate and Centra available to all campuses in 2005-06 for trial purposes.

The TLTC is a strong example of the synergy created by UNC’s commitment to learning and access to key informational, financial, and collegial resources. The TLTC leverages aspects of TLT resources available throughout the University to promote the effective use of technology. This innovative approach is dedicated to improving learning for all UNC students.

Contact Us

UNC TLT Collaborative
The University of North Carolina
Division of Information Resources
910 Raleigh Road, P.O. Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515
unctlt@northcarolina.edu
919-787-2848 voice
919-962-4734 fax