FIC Mission
The Faculty Innovation Center (FIC) is dedicated to enabling exceptional engineering education at The University of Texas. The FIC provides media, instructional, and faculty development services to support faculty in enhancing their teaching, both with and without technology.
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Faculty Innovation Center
University of Texas at Austin
Cockrell School of Engineering
ETC 2.146, ETC 4.106 & ETC 5.154
Austin, TX 78712-0292
Phone: 512.471.3850
Fax: 512.232.1786
fic3@mail.utexas.edu
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December 2002 Faculty Spotlight  Learning is not a passive activity in Dr. Kara Kockelman’s transportation engineering classes. By combining instructional technology with an interactive style of regular questioning and traditional teaching methods, she expects her students to respond to questions, work in groups, and be constantly involved in the learning process. “Interaction is the key to student classroom learning,” believes Dr. Kockelman.
That concept has played a central role in Dr. Kockelman’s educational style since she first came to the University of Texas four and half years ago. She began teaching using only the chalkboard and overhead transparencies—just as professors did when she was a student—but relying only on these presentation tools prevented her from providing more realistic views of essential concepts to her students. Over time, Kockelman transitioned to an electronic delivery approach that has enabled her to sequence and visually enrich her presentations. With the assistance of the FIC’s animator, for example, Kara has incorporated a variety of 2D and 3D simulations into her lectures |
| Last Updated on Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
