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Center for Advancing Teaching Excellence

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The Center for Advancing Teaching Excellence (CATE) supports holistic professional teaching development by augmenting faculty content knowledge with pedagogical and technological knowledge. Our adapted form of the Digitality-Related Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (DPACK) model usefully illustrates the intersections of your teaching practice needs with CATE services. To expand pedagogical knowledge, check out the Course Design and Active Teaching tabs. To build technological knowledge, the Educational Technology tab houses foundational and advanced teaching practices related to use of essential educational technology, AI tools, and digital accessibility. 
References
  1. Thyssen, Christoph, et al. “From TPACK to DPACK: The ‘Digitality-Related Pedagogical and Content Knowledge’-Model in STEM-Education.” Education Sciences [Basel], vol. 13, no. 8, no. 769, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13080769.
  2. Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 108(6), 1017-1054. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00684.x

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Canvas

Explore research-based practices for course organization and student engagement. Request a Moody College Canvas Course Template with essential course elements and built-in guidance to help you put these practices into action.

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UT Simple Syllabus

Access the platform in your Canvas course to take advantage of pre-populated language, help text, and consistent formatting to build an effective core course document.

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Digital Accessibility

The Digital Accessibility Checklist helps instructors quickly evaluate and improve course content to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The checklist provides clear, comprehensive guidance to ensure your course materials available to all students.
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Important Resources for Teaching

Access the Important Resources for Teaching document here.

CATE has complied this reference document with links to essential teaching resources for new and returning faculty. Access and bookmark this in your browser for handy reference when designing a new course, at the beginning of new semesters, or throughout an on-going semester. Updates are made periodically, so check back often to refresh your memory and stay up-to-date with the instructional practices that make Moody College an excellent place to learn! 

Learn more about graduate student Teaching Assistants! 

All departments, schools, and programs at Moody College employ Teaching Assistants (TAs) to help support faculty members and undergraduate students by crafting engaging learning environments and assisting with course materials and content.

Connect with CATE

Please email our Coordinator for Teaching Excellence,  Rachelle (Shelly) Furness, with questions, to request a training, or to make a consulting appointment! rachelle.furness@austin.utexas.edu