Welcome to the Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center! Our primary mission is to support the university’s commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. Whether you’re an advisor looking for professional development workshops, a faculty member interested in talking about your teaching or considering how to implement service learning in your course, or a graduate student looking for resources and ways to improve your teaching, we can help!
Please click on the session title to see a description and to register for the event. If you have a remote appointment and want to join an in-person session, please reach out to Molly Jacobs for a Zoom link.
- Jun20Tue
The Instructor as Facilitator: Reframing Controversy in the Classroom – (June 20, 2023 12:00 PM – 02:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 44
Regardless of the subjects we teach, there are times when interactions among our students may become contentious due to the different experiences and perspectives they bring into the learning environment. In such moments, our students look to us to model strategies for negotiating conflict, such as practicing a posture of curiosity about others’ experiences and demonstrating respect for the inherent dignity of others in our community, even when we disagree. This summer, the TLPDC will host two screenings of the PBS documentary “Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy”, which was released on April 30, 2020 and is available to watch on Vimeo. The goal of the screening and subsequent discussion is to learn from the techniques the facilitators employ in this documentary to build trust and respect among participants, help them negotiate differences, and transform conflict to strengthen the community. By the end of the screening and discussion of “Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy”, faculty participants will be able to employ similar facilitative techniques to enrich their teaching practice and transform conflicts that may arise in the learning environments they design.
Please note that these film screenings will be held in person in the TLPDC, Room 150, and lunch is only available to in-person attendees who register by the dates listed above. Faculty who are working remotely or at regional or global campuses are encouraged to watch the film on their own and then join the group discussion at 1:00 pm Central Time via Zoom. A link will be provided upon request. Lunch will be provided for all who register by 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 15.
- Jun28Wed
What’s Happening Now with ChatGPT and AI in Higher Education – (June 28, 2023 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room:
Available Seats: 299
Do you feel like you need to catch up on ChatGPT? Maybe you were frustrated after grading your spring papers or projects? In a recent article in the Chronicle, a student writes that “there’s a remarkable disconnect between how professors and administrators think students use generative AI on written work and how we actually use it.” Perhaps you were feeling this as well and wondering exactly how much students are using these tools as you examine your own beliefs about their usefulness (or lack thereof!). In this flexible conversation, we will give a quick overview of AI generator tools like ChatGPT/GPT-4, share some examples of how we purposefully used these tools in our classes and how students responded, and then think together about possible responses and university processes when we believe that students have submitted uncredited AI work, and more! Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/96278401902
- Jul5Wed
The Instructor as Facilitator: Reframing Controversy in the Classroom – (July 5, 2023 12:00 PM – 02:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 44
Regardless of the subjects we teach, there are times when interactions among our students may become contentious due to the different experiences and perspectives they bring into the learning environment. In such moments, our students look to us to model strategies for negotiating conflict, such as practicing a posture of curiosity about others’ experiences and demonstrating respect for the inherent dignity of others in our community, even when we disagree. This summer, the TLPDC will host two screenings of the PBS documentary “Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy”, which was released on April 30, 2020 and is available to watch on Vimeo. The goal of the screening and subsequent discussion is to learn from the techniques the facilitators employ in this documentary to build trust and respect among participants, help them negotiate differences, and transform conflict to strengthen the community. By the end of the screening and discussion of “Divided We Fall: Unity Without Tragedy”, faculty participants will be able to employ similar facilitative techniques to enrich their teaching practice and transform conflicts that may arise in the learning environments they design.
Please note that these film screenings will be held in person in the TLPDC, Room 150, and lunch is only available to in-person attendees who register by the dates listed above. Faculty who are working remotely or at regional or global campuses are encouraged to watch the film on their own and then join the group discussion at 1:00 pm Central Time via Zoom. A link will be provided upon request. Lunch will be provided for all who register by 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 30.
- Jul17Mon
TTU Human Subject Training 1: Introduction to the IRB – (July 17, 2023 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 47
The Office of Human Research Protection Program is excited to announce that it will be offering training sessions for faculty, graduate students and any researcher engaged in human subject research this summer. The sessions will be for five consecutive days. Attendees will have the option to attend all five sessions or choose which ones will better fit their questions and or their research needs. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. However, they do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. For attendees that are unable to attend in-person, we will be providing zoom links to attend virtually: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93004936516?pwd=OG5iSS85TmNlcVl1YSsrZERhSm5qdz09
- Jul18Tue
TTU Human Subject Training 2: Navigating Cayuse IRB – (July 18, 2023 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
The Office of Human Research Protection Program is excited to announce that it will be offering training sessions for faculty, graduate students and any researcher engaged in human subject research this summer. The sessions will be for five consecutive days. Attendees will have the option to attend all five sessions or choose which ones will better fit their questions and or their research needs. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. However, they do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. For attendees that are unable to attend in-person, we will be providing zoom links to attend virtually: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93004936516?pwd=OG5iSS85TmNlcVl1YSsrZERhSm5qdz09
- Jul19Wed
TTU Human Subject Training 3: Data Collection and Privacy, Confidentiality & Security – (July 19, 2023 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 47
The Office of Human Research Protection Program is excited to announce that it will be offering training sessions for faculty, graduate students and any researcher engaged in human subject research this summer. The sessions will be for five consecutive days. Attendees will have the option to attend all five sessions or choose which ones will better fit their questions and or their research needs. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. However, they do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. For attendees that are unable to attend in-person, we will be providing zoom links to attend virtually: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93004936516?pwd=OG5iSS85TmNlcVl1YSsrZERhSm5qdz09
- Jul20Thu
TTU Human Subject Training 4: Recruitment and Consent Procedures – (July 20, 2023 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 46
The Office of Human Research Protection Program is excited to announce that it will be offering training sessions for faculty, graduate students and any researcher engaged in human subject research this summer. The sessions will be for five consecutive days. Attendees will have the option to attend all five sessions or choose which ones will better fit their questions and or their research needs. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. However, they do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. For attendees that are unable to attend in-person, we will be providing zoom links to attend virtually: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93004936516?pwd=OG5iSS85TmNlcVl1YSsrZERhSm5qdz09
- Jul21Fri
TTU Human Subject Training 5: After IRB Approval – Q&A – (July 21, 2023 01:30 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 47
The Office of Human Research Protection Program is excited to announce that it will be offering training sessions for faculty, graduate students and any researcher engaged in human subject research this summer. The sessions will be for five consecutive days. Attendees will have the option to attend all five sessions or choose which ones will better fit their questions and or their research needs. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. However, they do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. For attendees that are unable to attend in-person, we will be providing zoom links to attend virtually: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93004936516?pwd=OG5iSS85TmNlcVl1YSsrZERhSm5qdz09
- Aug15Tue
Lunch Break Conversation: What’s Happening Now with ChatGPT and AI in Higher Education – (August 15, 2023 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room:
Available Seats: 300
Do you feel like you need to catch up on ChatGPT? Maybe you were frustrated after grading your spring papers or projects? In a recent article in the Chronicle, a student writes that “there’s a remarkable disconnect between how professors and administrators think students use generative AI on written work and how we actually use it.” Perhaps you were feeling this as well and wondering exactly how much students are using these tools as you examine your own beliefs about their usefulness (or lack thereof!). In this flexible conversation, we will give a quick overview of AI generator tools like ChatGPT/GPT-4, share some examples of how we purposefully used these tools in our classes and how students responded, and then think together about possible responses and university processes when we believe that students have submitted uncredited AI work, and more! Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/93417714430
- Aug16Wed
AI, Academic Misconduct, and TTU Procedures – (August 16, 2023 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room:
Available Seats: 299
In this session, representatives from the Office of the Dean of Students, Student Conduct, and eLearning will discuss case studies to illustrate instances in which academic dishonesty could be successfully determined and instances in which a formal judgment could not be made. Participants will learn about the availability and efficacy of AI detection software and review procedures for reporting academic dishonesty at TTU. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to deal with instances of academic dishonesty involving unauthorized use of AI for course assignments. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/97244928739