The End is Nigh! As we draw closer to the end of this uniquely challenging semester, we hope you find time to read and enjoy this month’s newsletter, which includes updates, and multiple ways of …
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Winter Retreat Rewind (Jan 31, 2020)
Thank you to all of the people who joined us from across campus for the Teaching Academy’s Winter Retreat on January 31, 2020. Warren Scherer and Tiffany Lee from the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center …
January 2020 Newsletter
New this month: Read responses from Academy members in the Academy Forum! Upcoming Events | What’s happening in the Academy? Teaching and Learning Symposium: Last chance! Call for proposals due Sunday, Jan 26 | Lifelong Learning (and Unlearning) as …
U-CLaSS: What facilitates student learning? (Sep 2019)
September 2019’s U-CLaSS (Undergraduate Chat, Learn, and Share Space) featured students sharing ways to improve faculty-student relations at UW-Madison. The topic: “What best facilitates your learning in the classroom?” The students: ~120 Student tutors and mentors. Thoughts on …
Members Only: “The Teaching Professor” (Jul 25, 2019)
Please see the notes from this discussion below. [pdf-embedder url=”https://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Teaching-Professor-Discussion-August-25-2019.pdf” title=”The Teaching Professor Discussion August 25, 2019″] Teaching Academy Fellows, Future Faculty Partners, Affiliates, and Clinical Affiliates are invited to the Members Only …
Updated Executive Committee
Changes to the UW-Madison Teaching Academy Executive Committee are as follows: Adrian Treves will begin another term as faculty co-chair Catalina Toma has joined the committee Cecelia Klingele, John Martin, and Jamie Henke will serve …
U-CLaSS October 2018 Notes
Our first fall 2018 U-CLaSS meeting addressed the topic “grading on a curve.”Here are the student responses in their own words: Students identified three ways that grades are curved: Instructors provide a fixed threshold and …
2018-19 Call for New Fellows and FFPs
Call for Applications and Nominations! Application links -> Faculty/Staff-FELLOW | Graduate Student/Post Docs-FFP (Future Faculty Partner) | Application Checklist Apply to become a member of the UW-Madison Teaching Academy, or nominate a colleague who has demonstrated excellence in …
Events of Interest – Professor Jay Dolmage visiting campus
The Composition & Rhetoric Colloquium, Disability Studies Initiative, and McBurney Disability Resource Center are pleased to co-sponsor a number of events next week with Professor Jay Dolmage, associate professor of English at the University of …
Registration open for 2018 Fall Kickoff
Register Now – https://goo.gl/forms/aqmCebWk6oa1FqVu1 Fostering the Wisconsin Experience: Intellectual Confidence, September 28, 8:30am-12pm, Varsity Hall, Union South Open to all! Fall in Madison is absolutely beautiful, and the Teaching Academy celebrates this time of year in Wisconsin with a …