Program
UT Austin Faculty Orientation Seminar
Helping You Succeed at UT Austin
August 18 – 21, 2009
Avaya Auditorium, ACES Building
| 8:00 | Registration, Campus Resource Fair & Continental
Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | We're Glad You're Here! Judy C. Ashcroft, Dean, Continuing and Innovative Education |
| 8:45 | Welcome to UT Austin William C. Powers, President of UT Austin |
| 9:00 | Why Students Don't Learn What We Think We Teach Robert Duke, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Butler School of Music |
| 9:50 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in ACES Connector Lobby) |
| 10:10 | Why Teaching Matters Steven W. Leslie, Executive Vice-President and Provost |
| 10:25 | Faculty Panel: What I Wish I Had Known
This panel of faculty from the “class of 2008” will discuss some of the things that helped them and some things they wish they had known when they started teaching at UT Austin. |
| 11:10 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in the ACES Connector Lobby) |
| 11:30 | Supporting Teaching & Research:
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| 12:00 | Meet Your Vice Provosts
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon technology workshops are available. Workshops will continue on Wednesday and Thursday of this week and periodically throughout the semester. Registration is strongly advised due to the hands-on nature of the sessions. Seating is limited. |
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| 2:00 | Teaching with PowerPoint – GSB 2.130 As PowerPoint has become the standard presentation software used at UT Austin, many students find the presentations boring and accuse some teachers of becoming note-dependent while using it. We will demonstrate effective ways to use PowerPoint, covering techniques for increasing student participation, maintaining students’ attention, and branching presentations to enable student interaction. Providing images, slides, or graphics during class helps students link content with the “big picture” of the course and with their prior knowledge about the topic. Visual materials can also serve as memory cues for later recall and may also pique the interest of students in exploring content further. |
| 8:00 | Registration, Campus Resource
Fair & Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Welcome Robert Bruce, Associate Dean, DIIA |
| 8:45 | Undergraduate Studies at UT Austin Paul Woodruff, Dean of Undergraduate Studies |
| 9:00 | Diversity & Community Engagement at UT Austin Gregory Vincent, Vice President for Diversity & Community Engagement |
| 9:15 | Student Panel: What Makes a Good Class?
This undergraduate student panel will share their insights about the environment, strategies, and teaching techniques that facilitate their learning. |
| 10:00 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in the ACES Connector Lobby) |
| 10:20 | The Syllabus: Course Design and a Contract With Your Students
Designing your course is a creative act–it is an expression of what you desire for your students before you ever meet them. Good course design involves more than just what “content to cover,” it involves careful thought about what you want your students to be able to do with the content and how you plan to give them practice doing it. In this session, we’ll discuss some practical course design strategies, as well as ways to write your syllabus and build your class around it as a living, information-rich resource. Important information that should be in every UT Austin syllabus will be provided. |
| 11:10 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in the ACES Connector Lobby) |
| 11:30 | Using Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning
At some point, you may ask yourself, “Are my students really learning? Does my teaching help them to meet the learning goals and objectives that I have for them?” The use of practical assessments in teaching and learning can be extremely helpful in the quest to answer such questions. This session will introduce various techniques and tools to help you find the answers throughout the entire semester, and not just at the end of class with the Course Instructor Survey. |
| 12:30 | Lunch (Walk to the Games Room in Gregory Gym) |
Afternoon technology workshops are available. Workshops will continue on Thursday of this week and throughout the semester. Registration is strongly advised due to the hands-on nature of the sessions. Seating is limited. |
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| 2:00 | Blackboard: An Introduction for Faculty New to UT – Welch 2.306 Blackboard enables educators to enhance in-class instruction by providing Web access to course materials along with a variety of tools to ease course management. In this introductory course, you can learn the basic skills to manage a Blackboard course site by uploading course documents, posting assignments, managing the gradebook, and using the communication tools. |
| 3:30 | Blackboard: Enhancing Communication – Welch 2.306 This hands-on session will focus on the effective uses of Blackboard's communication tools to connect instructors with students outside the classroom. We will learn how to use, facilitate, and manage these tools to elevate class communication online. Tools include:
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| 8:00 | Registration, Campus Resource
Fair, & Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Welcome Robert Bruce, Associate Dean, DIIA |
| 8:45 | Information Technology Services at UT Austin Bradley Englert, Interim Chief Operating Officer, Information Technology Services |
| 9:00 | Panel Session: Protecting and Running Your Research Data
Cyber security has become increasingly more important in the 21st Century. Protecting your valuable data and research, as well as knowing there is access to resources for you to securely run large data sets, should be a top concern. This session will focus on what you can do to protect both. |
| 9:45 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in the ACES Connector Lobby or tour the Visualization Lab) |
| 10:05 | Faculty Panel: Planning for Promotion and Tenure Today
Preparation for promotion and tenure should begin as soon as you arrive at UT Austin. This diverse panel of recently promoted faculty will share their insights on what they found especially helpful during their quest and how they overcame challenges to earn their place here at UT-Austin. |
| 10:50 | Break (Visit the Technology See & Touch in ACES 2.402 and the Resource Fair in the ACES Connector Lobby or tour the Visualization Lab) |
| 11:10 | Enhancing Your Teaching Repertoire
Instructors focus on their teaching for several reasons. Reasons often include the desire to learn new teaching strategies, to affirm presently used strategies, to improve student-teacher rapport, and to prevent burnout. This session will focus on opportunities available to faculty to support their teaching and student learning. |
| 12:15 | Faculty Council Initiatives at UT Austin Janet Staiger, Faculty Council Chair and Communication |
| 12:30 | Lunch (on site) |
Afternoon technology workshops are available. Workshops will be held throughout the semester. Registration is strongly advised due to the hands-on nature of the sessions. Seating is limited. |
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| 2:00 | Blackboard: An Introduction for Faculty New to U T – Welch 2.306 Blackboard enables educators to enhance in-class instruction by providing Web access to course materials along with a variety of tools to ease course management. In this introductory course, you can learn the basic skills to manage a Blackboard course site by uploading course documents, posting assignments, managing the gradebook, and using the communication tools. |
| 3:30 | Teaching with Wikis and Blogs – Welch 2.306 Have you heard of wikis and blogs, but aren’t sure where to begin searching for more information? This is the workshop for you! A wiki is a real-time, collaborative, Web page writing and editing tool, in which any number of people can participate. Blogging-a contraction of "Web logging"-is a method of posting information to an on-line diary. This hands-on session will focus on wikis and blogs available at UT and how to use them effectively in your class. |
| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Overview of the Office of the Vice President for Research, Ethics and Research, Technology Commercialization Robert Peterson, Associate Vice President for Reseach |
| 9:00 | Research Support and Opportunities Beth Dishman, Assistant Vice President for Research |
| 9:15 | Research Recognition Julian Vasquez Heilig, Educational Administration, Winner Best Research Paper Award 2008-09 |
| 9:35 | Faculty Development Program Dr. Marvin Hackert , Associate Dean, The Graduate School |
| 9:55 | Break |
| 10:15 | Support for Scientific and Scholarly Research John Ekerdt, Associate Dean for Research, Cockrell School of Engineering |
| 10:35 | Office of Research Support Wayne Patterson, Associate Vice President for Research, and Director of the Office of Research Support |
| 10:55 | Office of Sponsored Projects and Contracts and Grants Accounting Susan Sedwick, Associate Vice President for Research & Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects |
| 11:30 | Lunch (on-site) |
| 12:15 | Optional Retirement Program Fair (ACES Connector Lobby)
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| 1:30 | What Insurance Do I Need? |
| 3:30 | Benefits Resource Fair continues with ORP and UT Insurance (ACES Connector Lobby)
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| 4:00 | Adjourn |