Webinar Archives
Using AI For SoTL: Emerging Opportunities, Responsible Use and Evolving Guidelines
As AI rapidly transforms higher education, new opportunities are emerging for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). This workshop explores how AI tools can support idea generation, study design, and literature reviews, while addressing evolving journal policies, ethical considerations, and responsible use. Faculty will gain practical strategies to thoughtfully and transparently incorporate AI into… Read More
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- Federico Gomez-Uroz Horst
- Devin Scott, PhD
The Power of Emotional Intelligence – Connecting, Leading, and Thriving In Health Sciences
Discover how Emotional Intelligence (EI) can transform your effectiveness as a healthcare educator, student, or provider. In this engaging and interactive virtual session, we will explore the five core domains of EI—self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills—and their direct impact on learning, collaboration, and leadership. Through real-world examples, reflection, and brief activities, participants will… Read More
Using Humor In Your Oral Presentations
Humor can be a powerful tool for enhancing communication, deepening audience connection, and advancing persuasive messages — if you’re intentional and conscientious about how you use it. Participants will learn basic humor theories and apply them to real-world examples and group exercises. We will consider how audiences will process each type of humor and how… Read More
The Evolution Of Simulation In Health Professions Education
The presenters will discuss the history of simulation education and how over the last 20 years we continue to improve, adapt and change to create safer health care providers and teams. The session will illustrate how new competency-based education in simulation is changing curricular design. Participants will gain insights into how to design more engaging… Read More
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- Tara Lemoine, DO, FAAP
- Amy Rush, MA
Accessibility Beyond Accommodations
Accessibility in higher education involves more than responding to accommodation requests—it’s about proactively creating inclusive learning experiences for all students. This webinar will explore common accommodation trends, emerging accessibility needs in higher education, and strategies for designing courses that align with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. Join us to learn how to build courses… Read More
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- Federico Gomez-Uroz Horst
- Keri Snyder
The Neurodiversity Supportive Classroom
An underlying principle of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) teaches that “what is necessary for one student is almost always beneficial for all.” This is especially true with neurodivergent students— they often have the same educational and personal needs as their neurotypical peers, but the consequences are much more obvious when those needs aren’t met. … Read More
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- Teresa Hooper, PhD
Neurodivergence and Neurodiversity: Changing Our Lenses
When discussing neurodiversity and neurodivergence in an educational setting, a medical model of neurodivergence has been the norm: from the IDEA and IEPs in elementary school to the ADAAA and accommodations in college, students’ cognitive differences are characterized “disorders” and “deficiencies,” and those assumptions can color how we welcome these students into our classes. But… Read More
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- Teresa Hooper, PhD
Lightning Talks: Engaged Teaching
This webinar features UT Health Science Center faculty sharing strategies for engaging learners. Each faculty panelist will share challenges they face with student engagement and then detail ways they have effectively kept students engaged in didactic and clinical settings. The session will include Q&A with the panelists. Participants will gain strategies they can implement in… Read More
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- Amy Hall, EdD
- Carlos Clardy, DPT
- Kelsey Frederick, PharmD
- Kim Kennel, PhD
- Aditi Kesari, MBBS, PhD
- Santosh Kumar, PhD
Teaching and Thinking With AI
Sponsored by the University of Tennessee Educational Developers Consortium, this practical session will help you discover what AI can do for you (grant applications, recommendation letters and faster grading?) and how students are already using it (sometimes to cheat). AI is already changing human working and thinking and it will be key to know which… Read More
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- José Bowen, PhD