Developing a Center for Teaching Excellence: A Case Study Using the Integrated Readiness Matrix builds on the 2015 text,Integrating Pedagogy and Technology: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with a focus on teaching in higher education.

Developing a Center for Teaching Excellence is premised on our contention in the first book that, while individual faculty members can independently begin to use the IRM to improve their pedagogical and technological skills in their content areas, an organizational structure is needed to sustain ongoing improvement. In addition, while the first book provided a primer on learning theory as it relates to pedagogy,Developing a Center for Teaching Excellence plumbs this topic more deeply from the perspective of the college instructor. Further, the second book is dedicated to demonstrating how the IRM can be institutionalized as the foundation for providing the structure and support to faculty and how they can help shape centers for teaching excellence by becoming more familiar with relevant learning theories and related pedagogical and technological approaches.

Lawrence Tomeiis the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and a Professor of Education at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Tomei has published numerous articles and books on instructional technology and education and is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education. He is a US Air Force veteran and retired as a lieutenant colonel.

Jim Bernaueris an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Sciences at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. His major interests are learning and teaching in Pre-12 and higher education and research methodology.

Anthony Morettiis the Director of the Center for Innovative Teaching and Directed Engaged Learning at Robert Morris University, where he also is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications and Information Systems. He earned his PhD from the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Pedagogies of Higher Education
1 The Pedagogies of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2 The Pedagogies of Technology in Higher Education
Part Two: The Cultural Influences of Organizations
3 The Culture of Organizations
4 The Culture of Higher Education
Part Three: The Foundational Concepts of the IRM
5 Forming the Dimensions of the Integrated Readiness Matrix
6 Skills and Competencies of the Integrated Readiness Matrix
7 Determining Your Location on the Integrated Readiness Matrix
Part Four: Developing/ Improving a Center for Teaching Excellence
8 Building a Center of Teaching Excellence
9 Faculty Portfolios for Teaching Excellence
10 Invitation to Join the IRM-Network
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
About the Authors