UK Teaching Excellence Symposium Oct 13, 2023

As with research, we advance our knowledge and practice of teaching when we have opportunities to share and learn from the expertise, experiences, and scholarly activity of colleagues. The teaching mission of our University depends on a dynamic, engaged community of educators who seek innovative and inclusive ways of enabling student learning and success. To recognize the critical work of instructors and to offer an institution-wide venue for the advancement of teaching at the University of Kentucky, the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the Office for Faculty Advancement will host the UK Teaching Excellence Symposium.

The symposium will provide a space for UK educators to share examples of exceptional teaching and explore critical issues in teaching and learning through lightning talks and longer presentations. Faculty, part-time instructors, postdocs, graduate students, teaching assistants, and instructional staff are invited to submit proposals for both lightning talks and longer presentations. All in the UK community are invited to register for the symposium, and we invite you to attend as your schedule allows—stay for the whole day, drop in for a single session, and anything in between!

10/13 Gatton College of Business & Economics Building

250 registrations

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Program

Keynote and Workshop

A keynote and workshop will be given by Dr. Michelle D. Miller, professor of psychological sciences at Northern Arizona University and author of Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World (WVU Press, 2022).

Keynote: "Realizing the Promise of Teaching with Technology: Insights from Learning Sciences”—In this address, Dr. Miller will explore key principles about how the mind works and how instructors can use technology to create learning experiences that are memorable, compelling, and effective.

Workshop: "Using AI Tools for Faculty Work”—The workshop will explore important capabilities of AI tools and frameworks with hands-on work and brainstorming. The workshop will also consider the problem of academic integrity by discussing and experimenting with different ways to design effective assignments. Participants are invited to bring their own device to engage.

52 presenters from

14 colleges and

31 departments, schools, or other units

Schedule at a Glance

8:15 — Check-In Opens (Kincaid Auditorium Lobby)

Coffee/tea and pastries served in lobby

9:00 — Opening Address (Kincaid Auditorium)

Dr. Jennifer Greer, Acting Vice Provost
Dr. Trey Conatser, Director of CELT

9:30 — Break

9:45 — Concurrent Sessions (BE 157, BE 165, BE 131)

10:45 — Break

11:00 — Keynote: "Realizing the Promise of Teaching with Technology: Insights from Learning Sciences" (Kincaid Auditorium)

Dr. Michelle D. Miller, Professor of Psychological Sciences at Northern Arizona University and Author of Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World (WVU Press, 2022)

11:45 — Lunch (Kincaid Auditorium Lobby and Atrium)

12:45 — Concurrent Sessions (BE 157, BE 165, BE 131)

1:45 — Break

2:00 — Concurrent Sessions and Workshop with Dr. Miller: "Using AI Tools for Faculty Work" (BE 157, BE 165, BE 131)

3:00 — Break

3:15 — Concurrent Sessions (BE 157, BE 165, BE 131)

4:15 — Reading Group Discussion with Dr. Miller (BE 165)

5:00 — Conclude