Past Events
Join us for a Q & A with Dr. Jade E. Davis directly following her closing keynote for the UTELL: Play, Imagination, and Liberatory pedagogy fall seminars.
Dr. Jade E. Davis will provide a closing keynote for the UTELL: Play, Imagination, and Liberatory Pedagogy fall seminars. Dr. Davis is the Director of Educational Technology and Learning Management at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries (previously the Director of Digital Project Management at Columbia University Libraries and the Program Director for ePortfolio and Digital Initiatives at LaGuardia Community College). Be prepared to be challenged, inspired and playful!
Join us for a conversation in which staff leaders discuss how play and imagination plays a role in fully including the experiences of our diverse undergraduate student body in learning inside and outside of the classroom. Attendees will hear about innovative programming currently being implemented at UT, and will be invited to participate in a collaborative, interdisciplinary conversation about the future of education within and Beyond the 40 Acres.
Interested in learning how Breakout Rooms on Zoom work? This workshop will discuss the two ways to create Breakout Rooms.
Join faculty leaders in talking seriously about playful pedagogy, engaging the imagination of undergraduate students, and implementing pedagogical approaches that promote critical inquiry and change-focused active learning.
Learn the ins and outs of Canvas from course set up to final grade submission.
Join us to learn more about the free classroom response system created here at UT Austin. UT Instapoll leverages a Canvas assignment, allowing instructors to pose multiple choice or text entry questions or polls to their students, thereby pushing performance and/or participation scores to the Canvas gradebook.
Join us for an introductory 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.
Learn the ins and outs of Canvas from course set up to final grade submission.
As a graduate student, you assume many roles: teacher, instructor, as well as student. In this workshop, you will learn about and apply theories of self-directed learning to students and oneself’s achievement, as well as gain strategies about setting expectations and working effectively with students and faculty.