The following examples illustrate the wide range of successful outcomes achieved in a variety of educational contexts over the last few years.
Specific outcomes are context dependent and determined by the needs of the institution.
However, certain issues such as retention, assessment systems, faculty development, and technology integration are commonly addressed at most schools. Nancy Duffrin and Dave Ferguson created a Science Learning Center designed to reinforce and integrate the development of skills across courses and departments, improved teaching processes for graduate teaching assistants, redesigned a science lab curricula to focus on active learning strategies and skill development, helped to establish a Center for Learning and Teaching, assisted in the creation of a Learning Communities Program, and helped to initiate a conference on Learning and Teaching. Bill Bosch improved program assessment systems, strengthened active learning and discovery in SMET, and expanded the role of the Teaching and Learning Center. Nasser Abdellatif supported the implementation of a faculty development plan , part of a Title V grant, facilitated a Learning to Learn Camp, and mentored the changing of an institutional culture.