Apply now for Blend@UW Summer 2018. Blend@UW supports Educational Innovation by helping faculty design blended and online courses that foster deeper, more active learning for students. The program is offered in a five-day series of …
Month: March 2018
Early-career faculty fellowship – MTLE call for applications
Early-career faculty teaching undergraduate courses are invited to apply for the next cohort of Faculty Fellows in the Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence (MTLE) program. Apply now, for fall 2018. Applications will be accepted through …
Workshop and lecture feature research on how students learn
The College of Engineering is excited to host a workshop with Peter C. Brown, lead author of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, on Monday, April 16, from noon-2pm in Union South. The workshop …
Why mentoring matters
A UW–Madison professor of medicine leads a new ad hoc committee studying whether mentoring can increase diversity in STEMM fields. The National Academy of Sciences study focuses on undergraduate and graduate mentoring of individuals traditionally …
2018 Distinguished Teaching Awards
Twelve faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators. Among the recipients are two REACH faculty members, Professor Thomas …
EI Small Grants continue to support grassroots, instructor-driven innovations
From blended and active learning strategies, to Open Educational Resources (OER) and course assessment practices, the EI Small Grant Program continues to support grassroots, faculty and staff-lead innovations and advancements in teaching and learning. The …
Canvas course development support for Blend@UW participants
An important element in blended courses is instructor presence and messaging, and many of these challenges can be addressed within Canvas. The Blend@UW program is offering all Blend@UW participants who have completed a course map …
Blend@UW summer 2018 dates announced
This summer, the Blend@UW Course Design Program will be offering sessions each month. Each series offering will take place over five days of half-day sessions, and will provide guidance on how to design blended and …