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| Imagining, Creating, Innovating the Future
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| | CRTLE NEWSLETTERNEWS 119, October 22, 2025
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UTA FacultyJoin us for more tips and practical uses of AI in your course and your life!
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| Demystify AI in teaching! This beginner-friendly workshop offers hands-on strategies, practical prompts, and a community to help you innovate and personalize learning.
Thursday, October 23
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Microsoft Teams
Leave with confidence, a community of peers, and a clear plan for making AI a productive and transparent part of your teaching practice.
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| Faculty and Graduate Students, join this CIRTL Network Session!
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AGILITY: Superpower of Teaching and Beyond
Friday, October 24
Online Only via Microsoft Teams
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Change brings uncertainty but adaptability turns it into an opportunity! As technology accelerates, adaptability will be a vital skill for the 2030 workforce. Join this session to explore what an agility mindset is, why it matters in teaching and beyond, and how to develop it.
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Friday, October 24
Trinity Hall, Room 104
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMPresentations by Shelby Boseman, UTA Chief Legal Officer, and Gilbert Banda, Homeland Security Officer FWPD
In this workshop, you will learn to recognize non-verbal cues and signs of stress, use active listening, empathy, and calm communication to defuse tense situations. Develop a safety plan and understand when and how to respond. Practice real-life scenarios to build confidence in handling disruptive or crisis moments. This workshop is in-person only. Registration not necessary.
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If you cannot make it to the faculty workshop, visit our blog!Post written by Shelley Wigley, Peggy Semingson, and Shelby Boseman (Legal Affairs)
How to Keep Classroom Debates from Boiling Over!
Fostering Meaningful Dialogue on Controversial Topics (and What to do if Things Get Heated)
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Become a Certified Peer Observer!
Thursday, October 30
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Trinity Hall, Room 105 or via Microsoft Teams
This training is designed to equip faculty with the skills and tools needed for effective peer observation. Participants will learn how to observe colleagues’ teaching practices constructively, provide meaningful feedback, and foster a collaborative culture of continuous improvement. The training includes best practices, observation frameworks, and reflective techniques to enhance teaching effectiveness. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a certificate recognizing their commitment to academic excellence and peer support. This session is hybrid. Light refreshments for in-person attendees.
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| | In case you missed it! Back by popular demand!
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| Friday, October 31
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Trinity Hall, Room 104 or via Microsoft Teams
The AI Course Redesign Institute offers a workshop-style hands-on experience for UTA faculty interested in integrating Artificial Intelligence into their courses. This one-day institute provides faculty with the tools, resources, and frameworks needed to redesign and enhance their curricula with AI, creating more engaging, effective, and inclusive learning environments. Participants will explore the latest AI technologies and pedagogical strategies from peers and resources, gaining the skills to integrate AI tools into their teaching practices. There will be time provided to work on developing your own course or courses. By the end of the institute, participants will leave with actionable next steps to incorporate AI into their teaching, fostering an innovative and forward-thinking classroom environment. Ideas for how to prepare students for the ever-changing workforce with AI will be explored. You must be teaching a course or courses next academic year (2025-2026).
In-person capacity has been reached! You can still join via Microsoft Teams.
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Become a Student Experience Project (SEP) Fellow! Join a Community Focused on Student Success
Are you passionate about creating a more supportive learning environment for your students? Would you like to connect with other educators across the UTA to apply research-based strategies that foster student success intentionally?
Consider becoming a Student Experience Project (SEP) Fellow and joining a dynamic community of practice focused on the deliberate integration of student success elements into teaching.
Deadline to apply is November 21st!
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| Tips from the Student Experience Project
Feeling the Midterm Malaise?Here are three easy-to-implement teaching practices to improve student experience!
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Did you miss a CRTLE Session? Don't worry! We have recaps of all CRTLE sessions on our blog!
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| Reflecting on Exploring Open Educational Resources: Adopting, Adapting, and Creating for the Classroom
Facilitated by: Megan Zara, OER Librarian, UTA Libraries
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| October Faculty Voices Session. From Passive to Participatory: Implementing Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in Large Asynchronous Online Courses
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| OFFICE OF THE PROVOST - CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON TEACHING AND LEARNING EXCELLENCE
PEGGY SEMINGSON, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND INTERIM DIRECTOR
SUSAN DEQUEANT, M.ED., ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR SERVICE LEARNING
BETH FLEENER, PH.D., SENIOR TEACHING INNOVATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
NAKESHA BROWN, M.ED., COORDINATOR II, SPECIAL PROGRAMS
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