The Winter Retreat is a half day event, sponsored by UW-Madison Teaching Academy, and its partners, the Vice-Provost Office for Teaching and Learning, Office of Professional & Instructional Development, Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence Program, and DoIT Academic Technology. Right before the Spring semester starts, we meet for a morning to share ideas on teaching and learning topics that have been creating a buzz on campus. If you are interested in helping to plan or facilitate the Winter Retreat, please contact dan.pell@wisc.edu.
Recaps of Past Winter Retreats
Retreat Recap | AI: Teaching & Tools (Feb 2, 2024)
On February 2, 2024 over 230 instructors, staff, and graduate students gathered in the DeLuca Forum and on Zoom for the Teaching Academy’s 2024 Winter Retreat – AI: Teaching & Tools. Seventeen speakers from a wide range of disciplines …
Retreat Recap | Confronting Burnout, Rekindling Wellbeing, and Rebuilding Connection (Feb 3, 2023)
Winter Retreat Recap | Confronting Burnout, Rekindling Wellbeing, and Rebuilding Connection Raquel Tatar, Sarah Webber, Abby Letak and Wei-Chiao Hsu shared insights and inspiration on burnout, wellbeing and connection at our Winter Retreat, on February 3 in the DeLuca Forum. …
Retreat Recap: Fostering Belonging through Equitable Assessment (Feb 04, 2022)
More than 140 campus members joined us at the 2022 Winter Retreat, which featured Dr. Shobhina Chheda (Associate Dean for Medical Education of SMPH), Prof. Jerome Camal (Anthropology), Dr. Angela Zito (Writing Across the Curriculum), …
Retreat Recap: Supporting Student Mental Health (Feb 05, 2021)
Supporting Student Mental Health in Times of Covid and Beyond Friday, February 5, 9-11am, featured undergraduate student videos of what supported them during this past year of remote instruction followed by a panel (Sarah Nolan, Director …
Retreat Recap: Inclusive Teaching – Gender Inclusivity (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 …
Retreat Recap: Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Purposeful Action (Jan 25, 2019)
Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Purposeful Action Friday, January 25th, 8:30am-11am, DeLuca Forum, WID. Over 70 attended our fourth and final deeper dive considering ways to foster the elements of the Wisconsin Experience, “Purposeful Action.” Andrea …
Retreat Recap: Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Empathy and Humility (Jan 26, 2018)
Fostering the Wisconsin Experience: Empathy and Humility January 26th, 8:30am-12pm, DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The 2018 Winter Retreat dug into how to foster Empathy and Humility in our work and teaching. With a …
Retreat: Teaching in Divisive Times (Feb 15, 2017)
Teaching in Divisive Times In an increasingly-polarized culture, teaching and learning are being framed as ideological actions. How do we navigate this in our course spaces? Is discussion an important part of learning? What are best practices for having …
Retreat Recap: Beyond Rate My Professors — Course and Instructor Evaluation (Jan 21, 2016)
Beyond Rate My Professors: The Future of Course and Instructor Evaluation Thursday, January 21st from 8–1:00pm in Union South. At a time of increased accountability, universities are under pressure to build effective methods for evaluating courses …
Retreat Recap: Identifying Communities of Practice (Jan 16, 2015)
Identifying Communities of Practice The UW-Teaching Academy presented its Winter Retreat for 2015 on Friday, January 16 at Union South. Over 50 participants from across campus gathered to share their thoughts, experiences, and visions about …
Retreat Recap: Learning Matters (Jan 17, 2014)
RELATE: Rethinking Effective Learning and Teaching Engagement Why Does the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Matter? The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is the process of asking ‘what should I do to enhance learning in …
Retreat Recap: Peer-Review and Evaluation of Teaching (Jan 16, 2013)
Peer-Review and Evaluation of Teaching January 16th, 2013. Richard Halverson, from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, gave a keynote on Learning to Notice in a College Classroom, sharing strategies for constructing peer groups for ongoing teaching improvement, and using data …
Retreat Recap: Community Service and the Wisconsin Idea (Jan 18, 2012)
Using Community Service Learning to Integrate the Wisconsin Idea into Our Teaching and Learning Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Intro slides. Agenda. Speakers: Does the Wisconsin Experience Lead to the Wisconsin Idea? Aaron Brower, PhD, UW-Madison …
Retreat Recap: Academic Integrity (Jan 13, 2011)
Keeping academic integrity alive and well Thursday, Jan 13, 2011. Speakers: Keeping academic integrity alive and well, Yolanda Garza. Plagiarism and Copyright: some of what you need to know but were afraid to ask, Phyllis …
Retreat Recap: Internationalizing the Curriculum (Jan 14, 2010)
Internationalizing the Curriculum January 14, 2010 at R2120 Grainger Hall. The theme was “Internationalizing the Curriculum” in which we partnered with the Division of International Studies (agenda). Over 90 participants from a cross section of …
Retreat Recap: Engaging the Diverse Classroom (Jan 16, 2009)
Engaging the Diverse Classroom Data from UW-Madison Gateway Classes: Jeffrey Henriques. How can I use data to think about changes in my classroom environment? Erica Halverson & Richard R. Halverson. Hearing the Voices of Students: …
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Less-Recent Winter Retreats
Details pulled from less-than-perfect archives—
2016: Beyond Rate My Professors: The Future of Course and Instructor Evaluation. Thursday, January 21st from 8–1:00pm in Union South. At a time of increased accountability, universities are under pressure to build effective methods for evaluating courses and instructors and to make data available to faculty, academic planners, students, and other stakeholders. The UW Teaching Academy 2016 Winter Retreat will tackle these thorny issues. A white paper authored by David Baum and the Teaching Academy Executive Committee for developing a supplemental course evaluation system built around the established UW-Madison Essential Learning Outcomes was presented, and a panel discussed broader issues of the design, implementation, and interpretation of evaluations of student learning, including departmental course/instructor evaluations.
2015: Identifying Communities of Practice. Friday, January 16th from 8:30–noon in Union South.
2014: RELATE: Rethinking Effective Learning and Teaching Engagement. Friday, January 17th, 8:00–1:00 in Union South. Program.
2013: Learning to Notice Professor Richard Halverson, from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, gave a keynote on Learning to Notice in a College Classroom, sharing strategies for constructing peer groups for ongoing teaching improvement, and using data about student learning and behaviors to inform changes in our teaching. Mr. Christopher Carlson-Dakes also gave a talk on The Peer Review Process: What’s in it for me?
2012: Using Community Service Learning to Integrate the Wisconsin Idea into Our Teaching and Learning. Wednesday, January 18, 2012
2011: Keeping academic integrity alive and well
2010: Internationalizing the Curriculum, January 14
2009: The Performance Gap at UW-Madison
2008: What’s Right in Teaching? Exercises in Appreciative Inquiry to enrich teaching and learning.
2007: The Heart of a Teacher