Advance your teaching practice through professional development programs, learning communities, faculty workshops, and training opportunities designed to support instructional innovation, course design, student engagement, and student success at UT San Antonio.
Whether you're exploring evidence-based teaching strategies, emerging educational technologies, or ways to improve learning outcomes, Academic Innovation offers opportunities to help you grow as an educator and enhance the student experience.
Faculty Programs & Initiatives
Participate in faculty development programs that support innovative teaching, course transformation, digital learning, and student success. Many programs include incentives, collaborative learning experiences, and practical strategies you can immediately apply in your courses.
Fall & Spring Faculty Initiatives
Learn how to integrate Adobe Express into your courses to promote student creativity, communication skills, engagement, digital literacy, and authentic assessment.
Implement evidence-based teaching practices that foster belonging, student engagement, academic success, and improved learning outcomes.
Earn a nationally recognized credential while applying evidence-based teaching strategies that improve student learning and success.
Summer Initiatives
Explore emerging educational technologies and instructional strategies that support student engagement and course transformation.
Design industry-aligned digital microcredentials and digital badges that help students demonstrate workforce-ready skills and career competencies.
Faculty Learning Networks and Communities
Connect with Colleagues. Share Ideas. Enhance Teaching.
Advance your teaching practice through professional development programs, learning communities, faculty workshops, and training opportunities designed to support instructional innovation, course design, student engagement, and student success at UT San Antonio.
Whether you're exploring evidence-based teaching strategies, emerging educational technologies, or ways to improve learning outcomes, Academic Innovation offers opportunities to help you grow as an educator and enhance the student experience.
Connect with faculty colleagues around shared teaching interests and innovative instructional practices.
Learn from experienced faculty who model effective teaching practices and educational innovation.
Build your professional network and receive guidance from experienced faculty mentors.
Discover workshops, webinars, panel discussions, and hands-on training sessions focused on teaching strategies, instructional technology, assessment, course design, artificial intelligence in education, and student success.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Explore self-paced courses, on-demand resources, and professional learning opportunities that help you build new skills, discover emerging trends, and enhance your teaching practice on your schedule.
- Just-in-Time Teaching Guides: Quick tutorials for teaching, technology, and course design questions.
- UTSA Open Courses: Self-paced modules on pedagogy and educational tech.
- Microcredentials: Digital badges highlighting specialized skills.
- Graduate School Credly: Badges and credentials managed through Credly.
- Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), EDUCAUSE & Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL): Webinars, evidence-based teaching strategies, and higher ed tech resources.
- LinkedIn Learning: Online courses for technology, leadership, and professional skills.
- Institutional Memberships: Log in with your UTSA email to access The Chronicle of Higher Education, Digital Collegium Community (formerly Inside Higher Ed), Online Learning Consortium (OLC), The Online and Professional Education Association (UPCEA), and WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET).
Stay Updated on Faculty Development Opportunities
Keep up with faculty development programs, application deadlines, educational technology training, teaching resources, and upcoming events.
Read the latest updates on faculty success, instructional innovation, and professional development opportunities
Browse upcoming workshops, institutes, training sessions, and Academic Innovation events.
Frequently Asked Questions
Academic Innovation offers faculty development programs that help you implement evidence-based teaching practices, explore emerging technologies, improve course design, and increase student engagement.
Programs include:
Connect with colleagues through Peer Learning Networks, where faculty share teaching practices, discuss emerging trends, exchange ideas, and build professional connections across disciplines.
Take advantage of workshops, events, Faculty Center opportunities, and one-on-one consultations with Academic Innovation staff to discover new instructional approaches, enhance your teaching practices, explore educational technologies, and stay informed about emerging trends in higher education. Whether you're looking to solve a specific teaching challenge or explore new possibilities, our team can help you identify strategies and resources that support your goals.
Visit the Faculty Center calendar and Faculty News for information about upcoming workshops, institutes, learning communities, application deadlines, and professional development opportunities.
Email AcademicInnovation@utsa.edu for information about faculty development programs, workshops, learning communities, teaching resources, and upcoming opportunities.
