TECHNOLOGY, TEACHING & LEARNING
“It is about using technologies to enable faculty from different contexts and locations to connect, discuss, and grow as a unified university family. It has also been reinforced to us that faculty should have a louder voice in determining what type of training they need. Therefore, it is imperative that we garner more faculty feedback to determine real needs, trends, and expectations. A research arm of the CETL would be a boost [and] a great asset. “Also, what has become evident from living and working through a pandemic is that CETL needs to collaborate with various entities to encourage among our faculty habits of self-care and healthy practices which will foster healthy work.” Dr. Henry further stressed the need for closer collaboration between the CETL and the Campus Information Technology Services and for them to be equipped with the latest technological resources to support the emerging needs of faculty. She commended all CETL staff and faculty associates for their unwavering support over the years and thanked The UWI leadership and others for the confidence placed in the CETL and faculty development. Other contributors to the forum were Manager and Coordinator of the CETL, Mona, Dr. Mervin E. Chisholm; Fulbright Scholar-in- Residence at the CETL, Mona and international expert on Universal Design for Learning, Professor Jayne McGuire; and Director of the CETL at St. Augustine, Dr. LeRoy Hill. l
Dr. Sylvia Henry Director and Instructional Development Specialist, CETL
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles Vice-Chancellor, The UWI
access programmes anywhere in the world. Universities out there recognise the quality of our teaching and learning.”
agreed that The UWI’s status as a world-class university is due in large measure to its faculty’s teaching, research, and outreach. “The Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is at the core of what we’ve done at The UWI for the last 30 years in fine-tuning the skills of our teachers, our educators. I’m often reminded that a PhD does not make a teacher. Many of us, who are experts in our field, need to be honed in how we teach [and] what we teach so that we are better able to communicate with our students. After all, that’s why we’re here.” In a presentation entitled “Centre for Development in Teaching and Learning: The strategic role of faculty development at The University of the West Indies” , in which she reflected on CETL’s past contributions and examined their future direction, Dr. Henry said the centre needed to be flexible and creative to respond to the needs of faculty.
The Vice-Chancellor
praised the CETL, Mona for leading the way 30 years ago and also congratulated the Director of the CETL, Cave Hill Dr. Sylvia Henry and her colleagues for their hard work over the years. F irst established at Mona as the Staff Development Unit, it transitioned to the Instructional Development Unit, and in 2013, to its current branding, CETL. Over the years, it expanded to the St. Augustine and Cave Hill campuses. Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Mona, Professor Dale Webber,
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