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Teaching with AI
Spring 2025 Book Club: "Teaching with AI" (2024) [Pt 1]
Feb. 3, 2025, noon to 1 p.m.
PCL Learning Lab 4
In this four-part series, participants will read and explore the implications of strategies outlined in Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, by Jose Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson (2024).
Event Status
Rescheduled
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Came to Listen: Student Stories of Belonging
Jan. 31, 2025, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
PCL 3.349
Witness the power of student voice at this year's Came to Listen, a storytelling event that highlights teaching and learning here at UT Austin.
Event Status
Scheduled
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Accessible Pedagogy Conversations (Spring 2025)
Jan. 29, 2025, noon to 1 p.m.
Recurs: Weekly on Tuesday, 12:30 - 1:30pm until Tue, Dec 9 2025
Weekly, informal drop-in virtual chats about accessibility and inclusion in all UT teaching and learning spaces.
Event Status
Scheduled
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Writing to Learn: Teaching Writing to Enhance Learning Part 2
Jan. 29, 2025, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Online
A two-day workshop designed to help instructors use writing assignments as a way to improve student learning and engagement with the topics of instruction
Event Status
Scheduled
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25Sp TPS - (In-person) Lesson planning: How do I structure my time in the classroom?
Jan. 28, 2025, noon to 1:30 p.m.

In this hands-on, collaborative workshop, participants will learn about the backwards design theory of lesson planning and will have the opportunity to collaboratively review and discuss a sample STEM or sample Humanities lesson plan to reflect on the features of effective lesson plans. Instructors will practice generating a clear learning outcome, assessment, and class activity based on their current teaching appointment and with their current students in mind. Participants will leave the session with an outline that may serve as the foundation for a lesson plan they will use during the semester.

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Scheduled
Going Public
Going Public: How to Find the Right Audience for Your Teaching & Learning Scholarship
Jan. 23, 2025, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
PCL Learning Lab 2
Join us for an interactive workshop led by Dr. Laura Cruz, Research Professor with the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at Penn State University.
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Scheduled
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25Sp TPS - (Zoom) Lesson planning: How do I structure my time in the classroom?
Jan. 22, 2025, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

In this hands-on, collaborative workshop, participants will learn about the backwards design theory of lesson planning and will have the opportunity to collaboratively review and discuss a sample STEM or sample Humanities lesson plan to reflect on the features of effective lesson plans. Instructors will practice generating a clear learning outcome, assessment, and class activity based on their current teaching appointment and with their current students in mind. Participants will leave the session with an outline that may serve as the foundation for a lesson plan they will use during the semester.

Event Status
Scheduled
A group of people engaging in a conversationwhile sitting at a table.
Accessible Pedagogy Conversations (Spring 2025)
Jan. 22, 2025, noon to 1 p.m.
Recurs: Weekly on Tuesday, 12:30 - 1:30pm until Tue, Dec 9 2025
Weekly, informal drop-in virtual chats about accessibility and inclusion in all UT teaching and learning spaces.
Event Status
Scheduled
Image of a hand writing into a notebook
Writing to Learn: Teaching Writing to Enhance Learning Part 1
Jan. 22, 2025, 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Online
A two-day workshop designed to help instructors use writing assignments as a way to improve student learning and engagement with the topics of instruction
Event Status
Scheduled
Texas CTL logo
25Sp TPS - (Asynchronous) How we learn: How can I use pedagogical theory to make learning last?
Jan. 20 to Feb. 7, 2025, All Day
Asynchronous - see description below

Join us for an introductory, asynchronous crash course in the cognitive theories underlying learning and memory. Discover how you can leverage these theories to encourage deep, meaningful, long-lasting learning for your students.