USTP Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning

OUR MANDATE

For the realization of one of USTP’s new administration’s 7-point agenda, specifically the “Yearn for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,” it is the aim of the center to be an enabling hub for achieving institutional goals, to manage and supervise the introduction and implementation of new pedagogies, and start building the innovative teaching and learning ecosystems to produce quality graduates that are not only educated to support and work in an industry/ company, but also educated to become innovative entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders.

CITL 4-point Agenda

CHALLENGE the teaching, problem-solving, and work paradigms to improvise or develop new strategies or approaches that are relevant enough to enhance students' learning or target users' experiences.

IMPROVE the effectiveness of existing curricula by periodically incorporating key strategies to keep their relevance abreast towards industry's needs and for continous improvement of instruction.

THRIVE in the field of the teaching profession embracing it as a very important role that requires enthusiasm, lifelong learning and a harmonious community of practice.

LEAD in the showcasing and sharing best practices in terms of teaching, learning, and other related activities promoting innovative endeavors that can motivate, persuade, and inspire the academic community and other relevant stakeholders.

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Faculty Testimonials

Activities and Events

Innovative Teaching Series: EdConvos

The Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) in partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (VCAA) with the help of the Strategic Management Office (Strat. Com.) Implemented the Innovative Teaching Series: EdConvos last April 28, 2026 at the College of Medicine - AVR.

The session was joined by some Faculty from the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM), College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA), College of Information Technology and Computing (CITC), College of Science and Technology Education (CSTE), College of Technology (COT), as they took part in equipping their teaching practices with pedagogies that maybe also effective in their classes, they engage by also sharing their challenges, and flexible teaching practice beyond a conducive classroom setup.