Past Events
Designing Blended Courses (Part 1)
Gain some insight into how more colorful, eye-catching, and fun syllabi can positively impact student attention and engagement with your syllabus. In addition, you will learn guidelines to keep your creations accessible to all students and examine some tools for creating your designs.
A discussion of Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic (David Chase, J. Joseph Hoey IV and Jill L. Ferguson))
Spring Semester 2022 Book Discussion Group. We will be reading What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, and Mallory E. SoRelle Stylus 2021.
The recipients of last year’s Undergraduate Teaching Grants would like to share their stories of their journey implementing an innovation based on one of the Principles of Effective Teaching. They are willing to share their success and challenges with you and help you include some of their ideas into your courses. Join us on Fridays to finish the week on an upbeat note.
This week, Gautami Shah will share their project on Actively engaging students through intentional planning of course modules to create a more inclusive classroom experience.
The past two years has increased awareness of the diverse technological tools that support experiential learning for UT undergraduates; attendees of this session will learn about a specific set of projects being piloted and will have opportunities to talk with the faculty who are implementing them.
This workshop will provide the opportunity to critically reflect on what diversity means to you and how you demonstrate a commitment to diversity, as well as to begin articulating how these values are apparent in your current practice and future goals.
A discussion of Assessment in Creative Disciplines: Quantifying and Qualifying the Aesthetic (David Chase, J. Joseph Hoey IV and Jill L. Ferguson))
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 online, and gain knowledge about a range of discussion schemes and strategies.
Spring Semester 2022 Book Discussion Group. We will be reading What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, and Mallory E. SoRelle Stylus 2021.