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How Gamification Changed My Assessment Strategy

By Lorenzo Brancaleon, Ph.D. UTSA 2022-2023 Next-Gen Leadership Fellow Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy When I started writing this second blog post, I wanted...

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Ways to Promote Student Engagement

By M. Sidury Christiansen, PhD UTSA 2021-2022 Next-Gen Provost Fellow Associate Professor, COEHD Bicultural Bilingual STD This week our Teaching Tip comes from Alex Mejia,...

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Learning in Groups

February 27, 2018 Group work. The mere mention of it sends students off on a rant about unproductive peers, poorly crafted research papers, and time...

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Assigning Group Work (That Works)

February 19, 2018 Students hate group work. From meetings with no agendas to students who stop showing up and projects in which one person completes...

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Department Workshops

The Teaching & Learning Services team hosts a variety of in-person and online faculty development workshops throughout the year that generally fall within the five...

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Accessibility Quick Fixes

7 February 2023

Making your course content accessible benefits all learners in your course. Making quick changes to your course content are easier than it looks! Join us to learn more about the quick changes you can make to your content to improve the learning experience for your students. By attending this course, participants will be able [...]

Faculty Mini-Retreat: Learner Engagement

7 February 2023

Join Academic Innovation to chat about how you can engage your learners via active learning techniques and experiential learning. We will provide you with hands-on personal experiences and ask you to incorporate what you learned to apply to your classroom materials. As a result, we will create a welcoming classroom environment that is engaging [...]

Strategies for Inclusive Teaching Institute (SITI)

13 February 2023

This institute will run February 7 – April 4 and is taught in a hybrid format with sessions on February 7, 10am – 11am; February 15, 10am – 11am; February 21, 10am – 11am; March 1, 10am – 11am; March 21, 10am – 11am; March 29, 10am – 11am; & April 4, 10am – [...]

Pathways of intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education: A Conversation with Dr. Bettyjo Bouchey

16 February 2023

Join this practical and provocative conversation with Dr. Bettyjo Bouchey; one of the most active leaders in higher education who is exploring the use of ChatGPT to rethink curriculum and assessment design, optimize time for faculty, and promote new opportunities for creativity and innovation. Biography: Dr. Bouchey is Associate Professor and Dean of Online [...]

Celebrate Teaching Week: Teaching Showcase

21 February 2023

February 20-24, 2023 is UTSA’s inaugural Celebrate Teaching Week! Hosted by the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, celebrate the exceptional teachers that make our top tier university a place where students thrive. Sharpen your teaching tool kit by joining us for an open-house showcase highlighting Active Teaching Techniques. Light refreshments will also be provided [...]

Teaching Support Hours

27 February 2023

Academic Innovation will be providing office hours for faculty to help with any teaching support needs for midterms. Creating an inclusive learning environment is important to us. To request an accommodation, please email DigitalAccessibility@utsa.edu one week prior to your scheduled training. [...]

Teaching Support Hours

3 March 2023

Academic Innovation will be providing office hours for faculty to help with any teaching support needs for midterms. Creating an inclusive learning environment is important to us. To request an accommodation, please email DigitalAccessibility@utsa.edu one week prior to your scheduled training. Register and Join [...]

3 March 2023

This pilot will run March 9 – April 28 and is taught online with live Zoom sessions on: March 9, 1pm – 2pm, March 23, 1pm – 2pm, March 30, 1pm – 2pm, April 6, 1pm – 2pm, and April 13, 1pm – 2pm. To create a more inclusive learning environment and support UTSA’s [...]

Fostering Student Success with OER: A Conversation with Students, Faculty & Administrators

7 March 2023

In this UTSA Libraries & UTSA Academic Innovation sponsored panel, hear perspectives on open educational resources (OER) from a variety of UTSA stakeholders. UTSA Student Government will share the stresses of textbooks and why OER are a great fit for UTSA students. UTSA faculty will share how they are creating OER for their courses: [...]

Faculty Mini-Retreat: Student Persistence and Retention

6 April 2023

Join our team to reflect on the students’ achievements and challenges during the semester and explore techniques, strategies, and tools to address growth mindset, self-reliance, and what it takes to keep students committed and on the path to success. Bring your device and examples of both successes and challenges in your classes. Come ready [...]