What I wanted: Research suggests that connected learners are more successful in school. I wanted to create a trusting community in the class, where students felt comfortable opening up to each other, and would begin …
Month: October 2014
October 7, 2014 Executive Committee Meeting Agenda
Location: Room 302 Middleton Building, 9:00-10:30 New Business: Co-hosting a campus retreat with Delta: Don Gillian-Daniel (invited guest) Theme: Addressing the academic achievement gap for URM and 1st generation college students. Time: 7:30AM-2:00PM, Tuesday, November 18. …
UW-Branded Open Textbook Publishing Platform
What I wanted: How do I publish an OER (open-educational resource) open textbook at UW-Madison? Furthermore I wanted it to meet these requirements: Requires no technical expertise to revise and maintain the content. Allows for …
Students and Seniors at Camp Randall
What I wanted I wanted to connect nursing students from UW with seniors from the community, so that both would benefit. I learned that my community partner Waterford in Fitchburg, was offering a tour of …
Automated attendance system to promote timeliness and focus
What I wanted: Students who arrive late to class, leave early, or do not show up altogether are disruptive to the classroom environment as well as their own learning. In addition, without being held accountable …
Interprofessional Team Based Learning in
What I wanted: Bring students together to develop effective interprofessional team skills in a clinical health care setting to improve quality care of and outcomes for patients. What I tried Work with faculty members from …
Active Learning for SoTL
What we wanted: The Teaching Academy wanted to engage the campus Teaching & Learning community in active, constructive and interactive learning (Chi, 2009) by creating an environment where they could : reflect on their teaching to come to deeper …