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Archived Initiative

Cohort
2019
Fellow(s)

This initiative has been archived in compliance with University policies and legal requirements related to communications and web presence. If you have questions about this initiative, or any others, please reach out to the Center for Teaching and Learning for more information.

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Archived Initiative

Cohort
2019
Fellow(s)

This initiative has been archived in compliance with University policies and legal requirements related to communications and web presence. If you have questions about this initiative, or any others, please reach out to the Center for Teaching and Learning for more information.

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Archived Initiative

Cohort
2020
Fellow(s)

This initiative has been archived in compliance with University policies and legal requirements related to communications and web presence. If you have questions about this initiative, or any others, please reach out to the Center for Teaching and Learning for more information.

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Archived Initiative

Cohort
2016
Fellow(s)

This initiative has been archived in compliance with University policies and legal requirements related to communications and web presence. If you have questions about this initiative, or any others, please reach out to the Center for Teaching and Learning for more information.

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Improving Learning, Prioritizing Student Engagement, and Enhancing Identity Formation Through Hands-on Classroom Demonstrations

Cohort
2025

This project studies the benefits of implementing tailored hands-on experimental classroom demonstrations to highlight real-world applications of concepts in lecture-based courses. The motivation for this work stems from the limited opportunities undergraduate engineering students have to visualize contemporary applications discussed in core courses as well as to develop engineering-based intuition before the junior year. 

 

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Collaborative Learning Between Designers & Developers

Cohort
2025
Fellow(s)

User experience (UX) designers in industry create design prototypes and hand them off to software developers to implement in code which is returned to the designers for feedback. Typically, designers follow an iterative cycle comprising the circle of design, prototype, and test. This cycle is repeated until the product meets the desired user experience.

This collage features members of a diverse cohort in various settings. One image shows a man teaching with a recorder, while another captures a smiling group of five people. There’s also a candid shot of a bald man, a dramatic theater scene, and a portrait of a man in a mariachi outfit. The images reflect creativity, collaboration, and cultural expression.

Rigorously Compassionate Cohort Reflections on Fall 2024

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Blog post detailing discussions and insights from student-faculty conversations at the close of the first full semester of implementation of the "Rigorously Compassionate Syllabi" project.

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Bilingual Training Program in Audiology (Digital Badge)

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Fellow(s)

The majority of the clinical population served at the UT Speech and Hearing Center is Spanish-speaking, yet there is no audiology-specific training for students providing care. This program provides targeted training for audiology graduate students to best serve their Spanish-speaking patients. The culmination of this experience results in a digital badge provided by the Moody College of Communication, which can be viewed here.

Rigorously Compassionate Syllabi Website

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To learn more about the Rigorously Compassionate initiative at UT Austin, which focuses on combining empathy with academic excellence, visit their website:
Rigorously Compassionate Program

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Additional Grant Funding (Cockrell School of Engineering)

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Fellow(s)

Alongside Dr. Berkin Dortdivanlioglu, PTF Krishna Kumar received a grant from the Cockrell School of Engineering to use AI for personalized tutors in their introduction to programming course. They have since built a personalized tutor for this course, which is available for students privately. They are now in the process of making the tutor public through the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC).

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