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TEK Announces 2023-24 Faculty Fellows Cohort

Susan Cantrell, Camille Harmon, and Trey Conatser
 May 30, 2023

A critical part of TEK is the development of new transdisciplinary courses as well as the revision of current courses to integrate transdisciplinary skills and learning outcomes. To accomplish this, TEK is engaging the expertise of faculty in the inaugural cohort of the TEK Faculty Fellows program this fall semester.

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CELT Forum on AI in Teaching and Learning

Jill Abney
 May 8, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Assessment, Assignment Design

CELT closed out the semester with a session exploring the future of AI in higher education. The session included conversation around the lingering questions about AI, responsible use, and its impact on assignment design strategies. The forum also included a brief demo of Bing AI's chatbot powered by GPT-4 with example uses for instruction. You can view the recording here.

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UK Honors Outstanding Teaching Award Winners

UKNow
 May 4, 2023

The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and graduate teaching assistants with the Outstanding Teaching Awards during the Faculty Awards Ceremony held Wednesday, April 26. As the state’s flagship, land-grant university, our teaching mission is critical to the success and well-being of the Commonwealth. This year’s winners—and the UK teaching community broadly—continue to inspire us with their ingenuity and commitment to student success.

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TEK Faculty Fellows Call for Applications

Trey Conatser
 Mar 29, 2023

TEK (Transdisciplinary Educational Approaches to Advance Kentucky), the University of Kentucky's new Quality Enhancement Plan, and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching are pleased to invite applications for the first cohort of TEK Faculty Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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UK Libraries accepting faculty proposals for 2023 Alternative Textbook Grants

Jennifer Hootman
 Mar 8, 2023

UK faculty who would like to replace a traditional textbook with alternative course content in the academic year 2023-24 are welcome to submit a proposal to UK Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grant Program. The grants support adoption, adaptation or revision of existing open textbooks and creation of new course content. The deadline is March 31.

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The Ongoing Conversation about ChatGPT and Higher Education CELT's Trey Conatser shares some early thoughts

Jill Abney
 Jan 25, 2023

On Friday, January 20, 2023 Dr. Trey Conatser, director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, was interviewed about the emergence of ChatGPT and its potential impact on higher education by a local WVLK radio station. 

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UK College and Career Studies Program Finishes 1st Semester

Lindsay Travis
 Jan 9, 2023

Led by the Human Development Institute, UK’s new College and Career Studies (CCS) program supports students with intellectual disabilities who want to continue academic, career and technical, and independent living instruction to prepare for competitive integrated employment. CELT is proud to be a supporting partner for this program.

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CELT-P20 Team Presents on "Silver Lining" of Pandemic Teaching at Lilly Conference

Anastacia Cole, Mike Wallace, and Trey Conatser
 Dec 31, 2022

Beginning in 2020, CELT began a fruitful collaboration with the P20 Motivation and Learning Lab in the College of Education. Analyzing instructors' reported challenges and successes during the Fall 2020 semester, a research team comprised of CELT and P20 staff presented "A Silver Lining: Instructional Successes in College During COVID-19" at the Lilly Conference in Traverse City, Michigan. In this brief, two of the team members discuss their project as we look ahead to the future of teaching and learning at UK.

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ASPIRE Workshops Help Faculty Make Labs More Inclusive

Audrey Kirby
 Oct 31, 2022

Established by CELT in collaboration with the College of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, ASPIRE’s interactive and dynamic module provides thoughtful and practical approaches to optimize research settings so that all colleagues are welcomed and have equitable opportunities to engage in the research community. This summer, the first cohort of researchers engaged in the program, including Dr. Jessica Blackburn, whose ongoing efforts are featured.

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CELT and Health Sciences Collaborate on Faculty Learning Community to Develop Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Ryan Clark
 Oct 6, 2022

Two professors in the College of Health Sciences are collaborating with CELT to present the College’s first interprofessional Faculty Learning Community for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The goals are to help establish a core knowledge in SoTL and facilitate collaboration whereby SoTL research can be pursued within the College, with the ultimate goal of continuous improvement of teaching and learning.

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