Teaching and Technology

DEDICATED TO TEACHING EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION

DEDICATED TO TEACHING EXCELLENCE & INNOVATION

The 116 staff members of the Office of Teaching and Technology, Office of the Provost support and extend the university's mission by focusing on program delivery and teaching excellence. To accomplish its mission, the office uses innovative practices and collaborations that leverage in-person, hybrid, and online modalities. The units within Teaching and Technology support life-long learning, including traditional and non-traditional students, across all stages of a student’s educational career. Innovation is expected and necessary in higher education, which has been disrupted by the changing needs of students and employers, new insights into the teaching/learning nexus, and the rapid development of technology. Impacting the UF community and community at large, the units of Teaching and Technology foster an innovative and collaborative environment as they work to serve the university and the community. The Office of Teaching and Technology (TNT) currently consists of the following units:

  • Personnel and Financial Services
  • Data & Analytic Services
  • UF Online
  • Teaching and Technology Operations
    • Operational Services
    • Self-Funded Program Support Services
    • Office of Professional & Workforce Development
    • Center for Online Innovation & Production
    • Center for Teaching Excellence

Services

  • The Center for Online Innovation and Production (COIP) collaborates with faculty to redefine exemplary online courses. Consisting of instructional designers and multimedia professionals, COIP supports UF Online and self-supporting programs.

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  • The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) invites faculty and graduate assistants to connect, explore, and share practices that support quality student learning online and face-to-face.

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  • Professional and Workforce Development (PWD) works with community, education, and industry leaders to offer non-credit workforce education across multiple modalities, e.g. online, face-to-face, and conferences.

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  • TREEO is UF's environmental training center providing non-credit continuing education courses and certificate programs to working environmental professionals. Offerings include Water/wastewater Operations, Asbestos Abatement, Backflow Prevention, Health and Safety, and Hazardous Materials and Solid Waste.

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  • Conferences works with faculty and staff to plan, coordinate, and execute conferences, workshops, and special events. Services include everything beginning with budgeting through post-event wrap-up..

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  • Launched in 2014 by state statute, UF Online offers high quality, fully online baccalaureate degree programs at an affordable cost to first time in college, transfer, in-state or out-of-state students.

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  • Marketing and Enrollment Services assists self-supporting programs by developing and implementing comprehensive short and long-term marketing solutions, recruitment strategies, and enrollment and revenue generation goals.

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  • Flexible Learning offers for-credit, online, self-paced courses to college students enrolled in a non-UF university program.

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  • Dual Enrollment expands access by providing learning opportunities for Florida’s highest-achieving high school students with a fully online academic experience.

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  • UF's partnership with Coursera offers free online courses to learners worldwide. Instructors can "Teach the World" by creating effective learning opportunities that reach thousands of students.

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Support Services

  • Teaching and Technology, Personnel and Financial Services supports HR and financials for units reporting to the Associate Provost as well as carries fiduciary responsibility for UF Educational Auxiliary funds.

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  • Data & Analytics provides analysis, reporting, and technical consultation to online and other nontraditional programs until such a time that they may be integrated fully into core University of Florida systems.

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  • Self-funded Program Support Services assists program directors with new and existing self-funded programs including market analysis, review of program development, student recruitment, and marketing services.

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