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Student Belonging by Design Symposium
March 5, noon to 2 p.m.
The 2026 Student Belonging by Design Symposium, is an invitation-only follow up and extension of The Decoding the Second Year Experience Symposium held in the spring of 2025. Members of the Initiative for Students as Partners in Research and Education (InSPiRE), the Assessment of Learning and Teaching Doctoral Fellows, and faculty recipients of the CTL’s Teaching Innovation Grants will present work focused on supporting students’ academic and disciplinary belonging.
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The opposite of cheating
Spring 2026 Book Club: The Opposite of Cheating (Session 4)
Feb. 23, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
CTL Lab (PCL 3.349)
This book provides a new approach to academic integrity that refocuses on the most important part of higher education: creating classes that foster the personal and professional growth of our students.
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Spring 2026 Book Club: A Pedagogy of Kindness (Session 1)
Feb. 3, 11 a.m. to noon
CTL Lab (PCL 3.349)
In this four-part series, participants will read and explore the implications of strategies outlined in A Pedagogy of Kindness, by Catherine Denial (2024), with lunch provided. Participants will receive a copy of the book.
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The opposite of cheating
Spring 2026 Book Club: The Opposite of Cheating (Session 1)
Feb. 2, 2 to 2:45 p.m.
CTL Lab (PCL 3.349)
This book provides a new approach to academic integrity that refocuses on the most important part of higher education: creating classes that foster the personal and professional growth of our students.
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Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners
April 19, 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Recurs: Daily, 9:30am - 1pm until Fri, Apr 19 2024
PCL Learning Lab 1A/1B
Instructors and staff come together to reflect on transformative teaching, learning, and healing at UT.
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Transformative Teaching and Learning Symposium: Teaching for Neurodivergent Learners
April 18, 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Recurs: Daily, 9:30am - 1pm until Fri, Apr 19 2024
PCL Learning Lab 1A/1B
Instructors and staff come together to reflect on transformative teaching, learning, and healing at UT.
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Last Finals Day
Dec. 12, 2022, All Day
Last Finals Day
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Teaching Preparation Series - Teaching Practice: Try out a mini-lesson and get feedback!
Nov. 8, 2021, All Day

Teaching Practice is a teaching improvement technique that involves an instructor delivering a mini-lesson (10-12 minutes) to a small group of peers in order to receive detailed feedback on their teaching effectiveness. It is a great opportunity for instructors to try new teaching strategies in a safe environment.

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Teaching Preparation Series, Asynchronous discussion: How can I foster engagement to enhance student learning?
Oct. 16, 2020, noon to 1:15 p.m.

Discussion can be an effective classroom tool to reach a variety of course goals. In this session, you will identify course goals you may achieve through discussion, consider instructor anxieties regarding discussion, learn tools to facilitate effective discussions, and gain knowledge about a range of discussion schemes and strategies.

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Student Use of Panopto for Assignments
Sept. 14, 2020, 1 to 1:30 p.m.

An introduction to how students might use Panopto, a lecture capture tool available for general use in Canvas, for assignments