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Learning SciencesTeaching Initiatives
Office of the ProvostProject 2021
Phillip D. Long, Ph.D.,Assoc. Vice Provost Learning Sciences
Clinical Prof. Ed Psych & the iSchool
Learning SciencesThe CTL for the 21st Century
Faculty Dev &
Learning Design
Research, Evaluation & Learning Analytics Learning
Tools
LearningTechnology
Architecture
Project Mgmt
Learning Sciences
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The Current Landscape
Learning Sciences
Canvas by Instructure is the UT at Austin’s primary LMS
The CIGs support faculty enhancing the quality of student learning experiences across UT.
UT Austin’s 15 MOOCs on edX are an pilot in learning @ scale sharing the quality UT courses & faculty to the world
Enhance inter-disciplinary faculty collaboration & support faculty-led projects to improve teaching & learning.
Learning Sciences
Engagement with the New Faculty Orientation, CIS Working Group & Faculty Innovation Working Group
Becoming a College Teacher
The Graduate Student Initiative provides opportunities to advance graduate students’ pedagogical, academic & professional progress.
Teaching Discovery & Innovation
Faculty Support Faculty peer observation, peer & group assessment, blended/experiential learning …. & more
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The Road AheadLearning Sciences
Learning Analytics
Faculty Support
Adaptive Learning CMS infrastructure
Learning Sciences
• Canvas Data Warehouse• Learning Analytics Workbench (based on Project Jupyter)• Course Reports
• Personal learning pathways
• Learning design• Personal learning pathways
• Machine learning discovery/retrieval of faculty content
• Flexible content sharing
Tool Guides
OERs
Adaptive formative assessment
Learning Sciences
• What can I plug into Canvas?• Applications by function?
• Open textbooks w/ UTL• Open apps e.g, Scalar
(semantic web authoring)
• Adaptive spaced practice
New Academic LeadershipTuesday, January 12, 2016 at 10:01 AM
“Dear faculty, staff and students:I am pleased to announce that Dr. Maurie McInnis of the University of Virginia has accepted my offer to serve as UT's new executive vice president and provost. Dr. McInnis was clearly the top candidate in an extensive national search. She begins her appointment as provost-designate immediately and assumes the role of provost July 1, 2016...
Sincerely,Gregory L. FenvesPresident
http://provost.virginia.edu/people/mdm6n
WordPress Blog site
Upcoming Events
Year of Open, 2016A partnership between UT Libraries & Learning Sciences
Presentations:• Randy Bass, VPA Georgetown U• John Ionnidis, Stanford Med School• Clifford Lynch, Exec. Dir. CNI
Project 2021 – UT Future(s) a 5-year time-delimited project promoting change in the ways we connect with students in and out of the traditional classroom.
Led by Prof. James Pennebaker, Exec. Dir. & Special Advisor to the Provost on Educational Innovation
Learning design examples that provide more feedback than the ‘plural of anecdote’
Degree modernization
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Thank you
Email: [email protected]
Phil Long, PhDAssociate Vice Provost, Learning SciencesPhone: (512) 475-6702Office: SZB 450V
Contact for Canvas Support24x7 Phone Support with Canvas+1 512-475-9400 (select #1 Faculty, #1 Canvas LMS)+1 855-308-2494Pedagogical Support: [email protected]: http://canvas.utexas.edu/appointments/
Contact for Faculty Support:Josh Walker, Ph. D.Phone: +1 512 232 2651 Email: [email protected]
Karron Lewis, Ph.D.Phone: +1 512 232 1776Email: [email protected]
Contact for Graduate Students:Molly Hatcher , Ph.D., Phone: +1 512 232-5181Email:
