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