Category: News

CTL will host Professor Keiko Ikeda, a global expert in Virtual Exchange/Collaborative Online International Learning, for a 1 p.m. workshop on March 6, 2025.  Ikeda, Executive Project Lead for the Japan Hub for Innovative Global Education (JIGE), has played a key role in expanding COIL across Asia and beyond, leading initiatives that connect faculty and […]

When social anxiety prevents students from forming connections with one another, it can have detrimental effects on their academic success and mental health. At the recent CTL Mini-Conference, Dr. Ben Porter, assistant dean of effective teaching in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, presented an approach that he is using to counter […]

To understand what the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) does at The University of Texas at Dallas, the first step is to understand what it does not do. It does not simply place highly regarded teachers in front of a group and anoint their proclamations as gospel, even if students sing their praises. “Understanding teaching and learning is not […]

CTL is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Provost’s Teaching Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. These faculty leaders will play a key role in planning and delivering high-quality programs and services with CTL, bringing their expertise to enhance teaching and learning across UT Dallas. The inaugural cohort of teaching fellows includes Sarah […]

UT Dallas has been chosen to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) inaugural Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum for the 2024-2025 academic year. A team from UT Dallas, which includes a CTL associate director, will join the fully online institute, which aims to equip educational institutions with strategies to […]

Call for Proposals: Instructional Improvement Awards  Applications are now being accepted for Instructional Improvement Awards (IIA) for 2024-2025. Faculty members are encouraged to submit their innovative ideas by July 15, 2024, to enhance teaching and learning on campus. These awards, typically under $7500 each, support projects that innovate and improve instructional practices across disciplines. Don’t […]

Dr. Ishak-Boushaki Wins 2024 Piper Award Dr. Ishak-Boushaki, professor of physics in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, specializes in theoretical astrophysics and has mentored numerous graduate and undergraduate students. His research focuses on the origin and evolution of the universe, including cosmic acceleration, dark energy, gravity, and gravitational lensing, and their influences on […]

Grant Funds Expansion of Short-Term Working Group Program  The Short-term Working Groups (SWG) program at UT Dallas will be funded by a $20,000 grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, allowing it to expand to a national level. The grant was awarded to Salena Brody, Professor of Instruction in Psychology and Associate Director of the Center […]

Microsoft Copilot Now Available to Faculty and Staff Faculty and staff at UT Dallas now have access to an enterprise version of Microsoft Copilot, which provides a secure and efficient way to use generative AI on campus. Users can log in at copilot.microsoft.com using their NetID and password. This tool has been engineered to deliver […]

CTL Associate Director Selected as a Fulbright Specialist   Carol Cirulli Lanham, associate director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, has been chosen as a Fulbright specialist by the U.S. State Department to work on a project called “Co-operative Virtual Learning Across Borders” at Deakin University in Australia. This initiative focuses on Virtual Exchange (VE)/Collaborative […]