The Teaching Professor-What does this title mean to you? Guest Facilitator: Dr. Steve Cramer, Vice Provost of Teaching and Learning The brief roundtable had 10 members participate to gain an understanding of what “the teaching …
Member Events
Member Events are open to all Fellows, Future Faculty Partners, and Affiliates
Member Event Recap: “Feedback on Teaching” (Apr 18, 2019)
The roundtable for 20 members began with a presentation by Academy Member Janet Batzli on the current status of peer evaluation, focusing on ongoing efforts to expand and enhance the processes for generating peer feedback …
Member Event Recap: “Inclusive teaching practices – What works and what doesn’t work” (Oct 17, 2018)
The October 17th, 5:-7pm Member Event featured Markus Brauer, Psychology, who explores how people’s thought processes, perceptions of others, and behaviors are affected by being members of social categories (e.g., African Americans, gender/sexual minorities). His …
Member Event Recap: “Stuck on how to Make it Stick?” (Apr 16, 2018)
The April 16th, 5:30-7pm event at Union South featured a relaxed conversation with Peter Brown, author of the influential, evidence-based book Make it Stick. All fellows and future faculty partners of the UW Teaching academy were invited …
Member Event Recap: “Balancing Teaching and Research: Career, Classroom, and Institutional Accountability” (Apr 18, 2017)
The event occurred on Tuesday April 18th, 2017 from 5:30 to 7:00pm in the Steenbock’s Private Dining area. The Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Dr. Jo Handelsman, and Associate Professor and MTLE Co-Director, Nick Balster, spoke on the …
Member Event Recap: “Future Directions of the UW-Teaching Academy” (Oct 26, 2016)
The first Members Only Event of the school year — and the first of this type of event that the Academy had done in many years — occurred on October 26, 2016 at the University …