Past Events
Discuss open pedagogical practices in the classroom, enabling student-driven learning opportunities, and using open educational resources in your instruction.
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.
How much rope do we give our students?
The Disability Studies Awareness Speaker Series is a monthly event organized by the Texas Center for Disability Studies in partnership with colleges across the University of Texas in an effort to raise awareness, share knowledge, and learn how to incorporate DS into the classroom and UT environment.
PTF Think Tanks invite instructors to workshop problems and tackle tough topics in a safe environment among a diverse group of fellow faculty. They are led by the Provost's Teaching Fellows. This month’s topic is Active Learning, and this month’s meeting will be facilitated by PTF Brad Love (Advertsing and PR) and Educational Consultant Matt Russell (FIC).
Technology-Enhanced Learning Collaborative
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.