Tag: Amy Hall


Grit and Academic Perseverance

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July 15, 2024 Anne Zachry, PhDCollege of Health Professions Stephanie Lancaster, EdDCollege of Health Professions April HilsdonCollege of Health Professions Amy Hall, EdDTeaching and Learning Center The panel discusses their research on grit and other factors that may affect academic success.

Teaching With AI: Friend? Foe? Frenemy?

Educators have been grappling with how to approach artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, such as ChatGPT. This webinar considers some of the ups and downs of AI in educational spaces. Participants will learn techniques for using AI to support their teaching and learning goals. Participants will also consider how educators can frame assignments to a) discourage students… Read More

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  • Amy Hall, EdD
  • Devin Scott, PhD
  • Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua, PhD

Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions

Writing effective multiple-choice questions (MCQ) for exams, quizzes, or practice that assess student learning can be challenging but is essential to the learning process. This workshop focuses on how faculty can implement best/effective practices for writing MCQs including aligning questions with learning objectives/outcomes, appropriately using question components, and integrating varied cognitive skills. Participants will have the… Read More

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  • Amy Hall, EdD, Teaching and Learning Center
  • Devin Scott, PhD, Teaching and Learning Center

ChatGPT: Optimizing Artificial Intelligence for Education

A panel of faculty, staff, and students will discuss ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool that can automatically write a paper on any topic. The group will discuss the tool and how it is used, the implications for UTHSC’s honor code and academic integrity, and strategies and ideas for how to incorporate the tool into your… Read More

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  • Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua, PhD, Teaching and Learning Center
  • Amy Hall, EdD, Teaching and Learning Center
  • Tom Laughner, PhD, Teaching and Learning Center
  • Ted Cory, PhD, College of Pharmacy
  • Chance Arnold, College of Health Professions
  • Bailey Floyd, College of Health Professions
  • Elizabeth Tobener, College of Graduate Health Sciences

July 2022

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Volume 5, Issue 2 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Using ePortfolios to support student learning Teacher’s Toolbox: Digital Whiteboards Did You Know?: Evaluating Course Workloads Pedagogy Podcast: How to Engage on Social Media Research Bytes: Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda  

Turning Teaching Activities into Educational Scholarship

Have you ever wondered if the teaching activities you implement are effective in improving student performance? Are you interested in developing a research project to study these activities and disseminate the results to the world? This session focuses on the steps necessary to turn your teaching activities into educational scholarship. Participants will explore what makes… Read More

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  • Amy Hall, EdD, Instructional Consultant, Teaching and Learning Center

Effective Feedback and Evaluation: Best Practices for Improvement

Providing meaningful feedback to learners is essential for performance improvement. Feedback culture also plays a significant role in learner growth. In this session, we discussed best practices for improving feedback and feedback culture. Participants applied the ask-tell-ask model of feedback to relevant scenarios and shared their assessment and feedback top tips.

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  • Amy Hall, EdD, Instructional Consultant, TLC
  • Devin Scott, Instructional Consultant, TLC

Active Learning Strategies in Remote and Face-to-Face Courses

Active learning strategies in clinical and didactic settings will be discussed. Participants learn case based and didactic active learning techniques that can be used in remote or face-to-face courses. Additionally, participants discuss the benefits of active learning and develop a plan to implement active learning in their courses.

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Presenters:

  • Amy Hall, EdD, Instructional Consultant, TLC
  • Devin Scott, Instructional Consultant, TLC