Instructor Support for Student Success
The Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Wyoming is dedicated to enhancing teaching and learning across campus. We are here to support faculty, staff and graduate students by providing resources and opportunities for professional development. Through workshops, consultations and specialized training we help UW’s educators find and foster their most effective teaching strategies. ECTL strives to empower educators to refine their teaching practices and find success and joy in their work, leading to improved student outcomes across the university!
Although we are honored to be partially funded by the John P. Ellbogen Foundation, we are not directly affiliated with their programming. For more information about their work, check out their website!
The Online & Digital Learning Division offers resources to help educators effectively translate content to a digital platform, making it easier for both faculty and students.
Online & Digital LearningThe Assessment Division helps educators analyze teaching effectiveness and make data-driven decisions to improve studnet outcomes; assessment for student learning is key to UW’s mission!
The Critical and Creative Thinking Division (CCT) helps instructors integrate effective strategies, supporting students in achieving CCT learning outcomes.
We offer drop-in support hours as well as confidential observations for any curriculum, pedagogy and WyoCourses questions.
ECTL partners with UW’s Online Education to help instructors design engaging online courses.
This institute provides instructors time and tools to reflect on and refine teaching practices.
We offer a myriad of events for faculty, staff, and students! Check back often for new events throughout the year.
We offer in-depth programs for faculty, staff, and students! These programs are continuous offerings.
Let's see what our faculty & students have to say...
“One of my favorite things was the different fields and ages of professors present. There were SO many different perspectives shared. I learned so many new techniques that will help make my ‘traditional’ engineering lectures more exciting and lively.”
~Summer Institute '26 Participant
“When we were thinking about how to improve our researched argument unit, we had an inkling that we needed to improve the fundamental intellectual work students did as they developed an idea in conversation with research and other voices engaged in related inquiry. We in the first-year writing program found the ECTL and its work with critical thinking to be the logical place to look in order to find support in developing our thinking and to better integrate critical thinking into our curriculum. “
~Michael Knievel, Associate Professor, English
“One key insight I gained is the importance of student-centered teaching, where learners actively engage rather than just receive information. I plan to apply this by using more open-ended questions, group discussions, and interactive activities.”
~Spring ‘26 GTA participant
“Interacting with colleagues gave me different mindsets in implementing teaching, which broadened my view of teaching.”
~AY 25-26 New Faculty participant
Learn more about the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning mission, meet our staff and get in contact with us! We can’t wait to connect and start collaborating with you!
About Us
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.
