Category Archives: Success Stories

Encouraging Social Connections in an Online Setting
As UT transitioned to online courses in response to the devastating effects of the pandemic, I discerned general anxiety among […]

Video Editing
“Don’t be afraid to learn something new”—we ask this of our students all the time. I teach large (>100) classes […]

Online Layout, Pacing, and Feedback
During the fall 2020 semester, the online classes I teach with a graduate teaching associate, […]

Online Experiential Learning
In my other life, I developed some expertise in email marketing and managing professional newsletters. This academic year, I’ve been […]

Remote Service Learning in Spanish
I was pleasantly surprised to have my service learning students in Spanish 494S do really meaningful service remotely. Some of […]

Hybrid Experiential Lab-based Learning
Karen Tobias teaches Principles and Practices of Surgery, which has a lecture component, a lab component, and in-class hands-on experiential […]

Online Group Work
During fall 2020, I continued what is normally a semester-long experiential learning group project where graduate audit students are assigned a […]

Technology & Group Work
I am the lead teaching assistant for BioLit 150 (organismal and ecological biology literacy). BioLit is a compliment to the lecture portion of […]

Digitized Objects, Videos & Images
I am the Curator of Academic Programs at the McClung Museum and my job is, in part, to help faculty […]

Self-Introduction Videos & Canvas
Prior to the pandemic, I used to ask my students to take out a piece of paper and write down […]