University of Wisconsin-Madison

Summer Institute

[ 2007 Program |Participants | | | ]

Each day of the 2007 Summer Institute has a theme. Amongst the presentations scheduled for the Summer Institute were the following:

• Monday - Learning Based Teaching
  • The Wisconsin Experience - Aaron Brower, Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
  • Applying Research in How People Learn to the Design of e-Learning Materials - Les Howles
• Tuesday - Innovations in Teaching
  • eTEACH: Replacing Lectures with Group Interactions - Greg Moses, Engineering Physics
  • The UW Techie Underground – ComETS Panel Session
  • Web-based Instruction: Venturing Beyond Syllabus and Slides - Jane Terpstra, Office of Education Outreach
• Wednesday - Learner Centered Teaching
  • Teaching Diversity - Will Clifton
  • Student Panel: “What I Wish I could Tell my Professors”
  • Breakout Sessions with staff from
    • The Writing Center
    • The Morgridge Center for Public Service
    • Testing & Evaluation
    • Library Information & Literacy Instruction Program
• Thursday - The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • The Role of Teaching in Promotion and Retention - Panel Discussion
  • The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Nick Balster, Soil Science
  • "Taste of UW" - Meet and Eat with representatives of teaching resources, programs, and support services.
  • Connecting Teaching, Learning & Research - Jay Martin

The 2007 Teaching Academy Summer Institute is made possible through the support of

The Office of the Provost	Academic Technology