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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: phil.long@austin.utexas.edu

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: canvasid@utlists.utexas.eduAppointments: http://canvas.utexas.edu/appointments/

Contact for Faculty Support:Josh Walker, Ph. D.Phone: +1 512 232 2651 Email: josh.walker@austin.utexas.edu

Karron Lewis, Ph.D.Phone: +1 512 232 1776Email: kglewis@austin.utexas.edu

Contact for Graduate Students:Molly Hatcher , Ph.D., Phone: +1 512 232-5181Email: