Mission and Principles

Mission: The Office of Teaching and Learning enables and promotes research-based, equitable teaching and learning across UC Santa Barbara.

Principles: OTL builds networks and structures for learning in a changing landscape that lead to innovative learning environments. Across the team, we:

• Collaborate to transform. Institutional transformation that supports equitable and inclusive learning is informed by the experiences and identities of the UCSB community. OTL contributes to this transformation by collaborating with partners across the university.
• Promote data-driven, evidence-based practices. OTL draws on and collaborates to create data to improve learning design, teaching, and educational practices.
• Cultivate asset-based, equity-focused frameworks for learning and teaching. OTL’s collaborations contribute to the development of context-appropriate, asset-based frameworks for learning, teaching, and student belonging.