The Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been awarded $1 million over five years by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to develop stronger support systems for …
Year: 2018
Another successful year for TeachOnline@UW
TeachOnline@UW just finished its fourth year of helping UW-Madison instructors design and teach fully online courses. Since its inception, 135 faculty and instructors have completed TeachOnline@UW, which combines online courses with discussions about implementing research-based …
Attend “The Future of Undergraduate Education” event – Thursday, May 31
The campus community is invited to attend a short program and discussion on “The Future of Undergraduate Education” on Thursday, May 31 from 11:30am-1:10pm at the Fluno Center, Skyview Room, cost-hosted by the College of …
Register now for Teaching Academy LEaP workshops
The LEaP programs are created, sponsored and taught by the UW-Madison Teaching Academy LEaP participants engage in a 2-day workshop designed to introduce them to the basic of teaching and learning using a curriculum developed …
Apply now for 2018-19 TeachOnline@UW Learning Community
Supported by the Educational Innovation (EI) Initiative, TeachOnline@UW will be offered again this upcoming academic year, beginning fall 2018. TeachOnline@UW is a unique learning community that provides faculty and instructional staff with support to make significant progress …
Teaching Academy Summer Institute now taking applications for course design bootcamp
Applications are now being accepted from individual instructors and instructional teams for the 2018 Teaching Academy Summer Institute (TASI). This year, TASI will be hosted on campus from June 4-7, 8:30am-4:30pm, at the WisCEL space in …
Blend@UW Summer 2018 registration now open
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 …
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 …