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As the focal point for teaching and learning within the Cockrell School of Engineering, we provide resources that support the “signature pedagogies” used to deliver engineering instruction. These “signature pedagogies” (a term defined by Lee S. Shulman of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) are the specialized forms of instruction that will promote in engineering students the knowledge base, creative thinking, and practical skills they are to acquire. Over the years we’ve compiled a collection of documents and links that address an array of pertinent instructional issues. Our collection, focused on practical ideas for your teaching, is growing all the time, so check back in the future.

Teaching and Learning

Academic Integrity Achieving Higher Order Thinking Skills Active Learning New Applying Memory Principles to Your Teaching New Classroom Assessment Techniques Deeper Learning Principles Developing Lectures Does the First Class Day Make a Lasting Impression? Enhancing Lectures Forgetting Curve How People Learn (HPL) HPL Legacy Cycle Improving Course Evaluations Improving Team Productivity with Six Thinking Hats Instructional Objectives and Levels of Thinking New Keeping Students' Attention in Lectures

Kolb's Learning Style Model Learning Style Resources (including Felder) Memory and Teaching Mid-course Evaluations Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Professor Grade Data and Reviews New Socratic Questioning Strategies for Facilitating Student Learning Student Evaluations of College Teaching Successful New Faculty Teaching Engineers New Tips on Testing Using Student Feedback What the Best College Teachers Do Working in Groups

 

Teaching with Technology
Assuring Quality Online Chat Guidelines Classroom Performance System (CPS) Creating Streamlined Audio for PowerPoint Facilitating Online Discussions	Intellectual Property Online Group Discussions Technology Tools and Instructional Applications Using PowerPoint New Writing for the Web

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Best Practices for Videoconferences

Best Practices for Delivering Online Course Material (video)

FIC Distance Learning Facilities New

NetMeeting Instructions

Tandberg Instructions

 

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Blackboard is the web-based course management system used at UT Austin. A Blackboard course shell is created for every course scheduled each semester. Access is protected by UT EID and all registered students are automatically enrolled in the appropriate Blackboard courses. Students, in many cases, are expecting a Blackboard component to their classes and without considerable time and effort, you can utilize this resource in various ways. Blackboard allows you to post announcements and files, allow students to view their grades, send group email messages, post lectures, and administer online surveys. Explore the following links for more information.

Quick Start Guide Tutorials FAQs for Instructors and TAs Strategies Adding a TA

Combining Courses Copying Course Material Central Campus Blackboard Support Resources Using Blackboard to Improve Course Efficiency

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Members of the Faculty Innovation Center regularly publish and present at engineering education conferences, often in conjunction with engineering faculty. Recent journal articles and conference proceedings are listed here.

2005

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
An Instructional Toolkit for New Engineering Faculty
Kathy J. Schmidt and Mary Crawford

Project TILE: It’s Not Just About Solving Problems, It’s About Recognizing Opportunities
Kathy J. Schmidt and Ofodike A. Ezekoye

Educating the Global Engineer: A New International Program at The University of Texas at Austin
Janet L. Ellzey, Ted A. Aanstoos, & Kathy J. Schmidt

Developing an Instructional Technology Scaffold for Reinforcing Learning and Statistics
Mia K. Markey, Kathy J. Schmidt and M. G. Saldivar

Incorporating Open-Ended Projects into a Machine Elements Course
Matthew I. Campbell and Kathy J. Schmidt

ASEE- Gulf Southwest Region
PVT Simulation: An Innovative Approach to the Traditional Laboratory Experience
Emee Ermel and Mary Crawford

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Business Skills For Young Engineers
Ofodike Ezekoye and Kathy J. Schmidt

Challenges and Considerations of Women in Moving Ahead in the Corporate World
Jan Davis, Betsy Boettner, Kathy J. Schmidt, and Sue Skemp

 

2004

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
Early Reflections on Engineering Web-Based Portfolios
Matthew I. Campbell and Kathy J. Schmidt  

INTICE- Interactive Technology to Improve the Classroom Experience
Jeffrey A. Siegel , Kathy J. Schmidt, & Justin Cone

In-Class Demonstrations to Make Electrical Circuits Easier to Understand
John A. Pearce, Kathy J. Schmidt, & S. Natasha Beretvas

AIM for Engineering: Lessons Learned from a K-12 Project
Mary Crawford and Kathy J. Schmidt

 

2003

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
Web-based Interactive EE Lesson Development: A Modular Approach
R. Gary Daniels, Mary Crawford, and Matt Mangum

Instruction and Technology: The Two Pillars of Our Success
Mary Crawford and Kathy J. Schmidt

Beyond Solution Fixation: A Short Course on Engineering and Business Concepts
Ofodike A. Ezekoye, Kathy J. Schmidt, Justin Cone, and Tushar Patil

Animation of Nuclear and Radiochemistry Processes
Sheldon Landsberger, Kathy J. Schmidt, and Efrat Strassberg

We’re Good, and We Can Be Better – Linking ABET EC2000 to Engineering Education Excellence
Sherry Woods , Neal Armstrong, and Kathy J. Schmidt

Frontiers in Education (FIE)
Student Generated Course Demos
Robert W. Heath, Jr. and Kathy J. Schmidt

Developing and Assessing an Online Portfolio Portfolio System
Matthew I. Campbell and Kathy J. Schmidt

 

2002

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
A Comparison of Two E-Learning Programs
Carolyn Stark and Kathy J. Schmidt

Frontiers in Education (FIE)
Creating e-Learning Programs: A Comparison of Two Programs
Carolyn Stark, Kathy J. Schmidt, Linda Shafer, and Mary Crawford

Do Mobile and Wireless Technologies Add Value to Higher Education?
Archie Holmes, Jr. and Kathy J. Schmidt

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Panel on Ethics: World Engineering Ethical Autonomy
Kathy J. Schmidt and Ted A. Aanstoos

ABET Annual Conference
ABET EC2000 and Learner-Centered Education
Kathy J. Schmidt, Neal E. Armstrong, and Sherry E. Woods

 

2001

American Association of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
Using PSI, Web-based Courses as a Way to Teach Professors the Fundamentals of Pedagogy
Kathy J. Schmidt, Thomas J. Connolly, and Billy V. Koen

ASEE- Gulf Southwest Region
Providing Inroads to Learning the Fundamentals of Pedagogy: Involving a Team in the Refinement of Web-based PSI Courses
Kathy J. Schmidt, Thomas J. Connolly, and Billy V. Koen

Frontiers in Education (FIE)
The Professor and the Media Lab: A Case Study in Web-based Course Creation
Kathy J. Schmidt and Billy V. Koen

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American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) http://www.asee.org/ Arizona State University Center for Research on Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (CRESMET) http://www.eas.asu.edu/~cresmet/ Auburn University Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education (LITEE) http://www.auburn.edu/research/litee/index.html Colorado School of Mines Center for Engineering Education (CEE) http://www.mines.edu/research/cee/ Foundation Coalition http://www.foundationcoalition.org/  Georgia Institute of Technology Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) http://www.cetl.gatech.edu/ Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI Engineering Education Excellence Center (E3C) http://www.engr.iupui.edu/edc/index.html Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) http://www.kettering.edu/acad/cetl/ Mercer University Center for Excellence in Engineering Education (CE 3) http://ce3.mercer.edu National Academy of Engineering Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) http://www.nae.edu/casee

Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) http://www.engr.washington.edu/caee/index.html Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) http://cirtl.wceruw.org/ Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice http://www.mines.edu/research/cee/ND.htm Pennsylvania State University Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education http://www.engr.psu.edu/LeonhardCenter/eec/lcabout3.htm Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) http://www.succeed.ufl.edu/default.asp University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) http://ae3.cen.uiuc.edu/  University of South Carolina Center for Engineering and Computing Education (CECE) http://cece.engr.sc.edu/  University of Washington Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) http://www.engr.washington.edu/celt/ University of Wisconsin-Madison Engineering Learning Center (ELC) http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/elc/

 

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