Abstract
Despite ongoing efforts from certain administrators, governments, and other stakeholders to standardize and homogenize pedagogy, educational effectiveness always relies on the ability of everyone involved in the process of teaching and learning to respond to the unique needs and interests of those on the ground, in the pedagogical moment—the teachers and learners who meet together and create learning on each campus, in each department and program, and in each classroom (or online venue). The contributing authors of volume 16 of the Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning provide seven different snapshots of institutions working to meet the immediate and localized nature of education. These varied snapshots begin to hint at the broad spectrum of circumstances in education that must all be addressed in order to improve outcomes. More than simple solutions, we expect that this volume of JCTL will encourage your own continuing search to find avenues of research that are meaningful for your learners and instructors, and that it will serve to guide and inspire your curricular choices.