PTF Impacts
Provost's Teaching Fellows have made lasting impacts in their departments, colleges and schools, all of the University of Texas, and even the broader scholarship of teaching and learning. Through both individual initiatives and university-wide programs, PTFs continue to serve as catalysts for positive change and further our campus culture of teaching and learning.
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Teaching as Well Being (UT System)
3 different PTF projects presented:
Loescher project focuses on: Elevate excellence in the classroom through new strategies to understand, measure, and improve rigor in all courses
•each class is designed and delivered with the expectation of students learning at high levels •each student demonstrates learning at high levels
•each student is supported so they can learn at high levels
View the poster here
The Social Classroom (Chronicle of Higher Education)
For an article on the concept of the social classroom, exploring its impact on student interactions and learning, check out this piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Social Classroom.
Integrating an Architectural Engineering Undergraduate Program with Building Information Modeling (Journal of Architectural Engineering)
PTF Fernanda Leite co-authored this article in the Journal of Architectural Engineering. The article examines the integration of Building Information Modeling (BIM) into an undergraduate Architectural Engineering course, which was a core component of Leite's PTF Initiative.
Read the complete paper here, or find the abstract below.
BIM for Design Coordination: A Virtual Design and Construction Guide for Designers, General Contractors, and MEP Subcontractors
PTF Fernanda Leite authored the academic text BIM for Design Coordination: A Virtual Design and Construction Guide for Designers, General Contractors, and MEP Subcontractors. Leite's book includes a chapter specifically about teaching Building Information Modeling (BIM) in college courses titled "BIM Teaching Considerations," which is directly related to the work done in her PTF Initiative.
View the chapter here, or read the summary below.
UT Provost’s Teaching Fellows Initiative (De Lange Conference, Rice University)
More than a dozen of the country’s leading education experts met at Rice University October 13-14, 2014 for the biennial De Lange Conference, “Teaching in the University of Tomorrow.” This conference was presented in collaboration with Scientia, an institute for the history of science and culture, and the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University.