Tag: Student Engagement

ChatGPT: Optimizing Artificial Intelligence for Education

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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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Presenters:

  • 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
       

Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement

Written by Tom Laughner

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Library

Authors: Christine Harrington, Melissa Thomas Published: May 17, 2018 UTHSC Library Advice for New Faculty Members: Nihil Nimus is a unique and essential guide to the start of a successful academic career. As its title suggests (nothing in excess), it advocates moderation in ways of working, based on the single-most reliable difference between new faculty who… Read More

Emphasize Why the Course is Relevant: Anne Zachry, College of Health Professions

Written by Tom Laughner

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Five Minute University

  Additional Information Resource Pages Student Engagement Getting to Know Your Students Attending to Student Well Being Active Learning Teaching Strategies in the Clinical Setting Experiential Learning TLC Medallions Paradigms of Education Art of Teaching Webinars Quick and Easy Strategies Faculty Can Use to Improve Student Learning. Dr. Todd Zakrajsek. April 2023. Reimagining Engaging Learnings.… Read More

Engaged Teaching: A Handbook for College Faculty

Written by Tom Laughner

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Library

Authors:  Claire Howell Major, Elizabeth F. Barkley Published: February 24, 2002 UTHSC Library Teaching today can be tough, but when done effectively, it can also be a deeply rewarding profession. To become an effective teacher is to begin by being an engaged teacher—intellectually, emotionally, and conatively grappling with the art and craft of teaching. Engaged Teaching:… Read More

February 2019

Written by Tom Laughner

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iMPACT

Volume 2, Issue 1 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Expanding Your Reach: Engaging Learners on Multiple Campuses in Active Learning Teacher’s Toolbox: Mind Maps to Reinforce Learning Pedagogy Podcast: Accessibility: Team-Based Learning (TBL): A Practical Approach… Research Bytes: Health science students in TBL had higher…  

How to Engage Your Students’ Minds Without Losing Yours

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Faculty are so busy with didactic, lab, clinical, meetings, research, curriculum changes and their own personal lives that integrating active learning within a class seems like an insurmountable task. Don’t fret! There is hope! During our time together, we will discover how active learning differs from passive learning and just how easy it is to… Read More

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Presenters:

  • Christie Cavallo, EdD, College of Nursing
  • Christie Manasco, PhD, College of Nursing
    

Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education

Written by Tom Laughner

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Library

Authors: Jeremy T. Murphy and Meira Levinson Published: March 7, 2023 UTHSC Library Based on work conducted through the Instructional Moves project at Harvard University, Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education outlines the many ways in which good college and graduate school teaching is rooted in deliberate pedagogical choices that support active learning. Jeremy T.… Read More

Interactive Lecturing: A Handbook for College Faculty

Written by Tom Laughner

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Library

Author:  Elizabeth F. Barkley, Claire H. Major Published: February 28, 2018 UTHSC Library Have you ever looked out across your students only to find them staring at their computers or smartphones rather than listening attentively to you? Have you ever wondered what you could do to encourage students to resist distractions and focus on the information… Read More

Leveraging Case-Based Learning to Increase Learner Engagement with Materials

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Dr. Jackson will discuss his strategies to engage students through the use of case-based learning. During this session, participants will: Define case-based learning  Distinguish case-based learning from problem-based learning Identify features of effective case-based learning sessions Review strategies to enhance case-based learning sessions

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  • Chris Jackson, MD, College of Medicine
    

Making PowerPoint Interactive

Written by Tom Laughner

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Tech Tips

April 2024   NOTE: The following feature is only available on PowerPoint for Windows.  There are times when giving a PowerPoint presentation that you want to ask a question of your audience and record key points of a discussion. Typically, presenters will switch to another application such as Word, or pull out a flip pad to… Read More