News from CTL

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Announcing Feb. Opportunities, Grad Teaching Showcase, & Texas Teach-Up

Feb. 1, 2024

We hope your semester is going well so far. Yesterday, Director Molly Hatcher's "welcome back" message was sent to faculty. In that spirit, we look forward to "pausing" with you this semester in a variety of ways. This newsletter edition describes opportunities for all instructors as well as undergraduate and graduate students. Enjoy and contact us with any questions.

ChatGPT Resource Guide Launched

Jan. 23, 2023

Spring semester 2023 began with a twist. In addition to the first day of classes arriving earlier than usual, many news articles, blog entries, and social media posts were focused on an emerging artificial intelligence text generator known as ChatGPT.

Back to School 2021 is Jan. 12

Jan. 8, 2021

We want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Your partnership in support of UT Austin's instructional mission gives us much hope for the work we will do together in 2021.

Wrapping Up Fall and Looking Ahead to Spring

Dec. 14, 2020

See below for our remaining 2020 events as well as what to look forward to in the new year. Join us on Jan. 12 for first event of the spring semester: Back to School 2021!

Online Course Design Wraps Up Fall Infographics

Dec. 8, 2020

Hard to believe classes officially end today, but we know everyone deserves a much-needed break. See below for our final fall infographic, holiday party news, FIC partner updates, and events to look out for in 2021!

Assessing Student Learning

Oct. 28, 2020

How can we best assess student learning in online/hybrid courses? Explore strategies in our latest infographic. In addition to FIC news and partner updates, note "Embracing Discomfort" (Nov. 2) to help navigate moments of classroom conflict.

Delivering Assessments Remotely with Gradescope

April 2, 2020

Join us for the online workshop and learn how other UT Austin instructors use Gradescope.

Register and reserve your spot here: https://info.gradescope.com/utaustin-workshop

The two workshops will offer guidance on how to deliver assessments remotely and outline various assessment options to meet your immediate needs, including:

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Grading Made Easier

Sept. 9, 2019

Learn how using Gradescope can provide high quality, fast feedback to students while dramatically increasing grading efficiency of homework and exams.

Upcoming "Academic Job Preparation Series" Sessions

May 24, 2019

This summer, the Graduate Career & Professional Development office at UT (with the Center for Teaching and Learning acting as a co-sponser) is offering a series of workshops on preparing for the academic job search. Please feel free to register for the first workshop, "Navigating the Academic Job Search at Research, Teaching, and Private Institutions," through this registration link.

COERLL Hosting an Open Educational Resources Hangout

May 14, 2019

The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) is hosting an OER Hangout (a discussion-based webinar) on June 3^rd at 3pm. Join us to hear how engagement with OER and/or OEP influenced the teaching practices of four language instructors. There will be a 25 minute presentation segment, and the rest of the hour will be for questions and discussion.