Active learning classrooms are gradually being added to buildings around campus, which is exciting news for those instructors who would like to explore teaching in a more collaborative learning environment instead of a traditional lecture hall. Space Management has designed three new spaces in Sterling Hall that will be available starting in Spring 2014 Each Sterling Hall Collaborative Learning Classroom (CLC) has six teaching and learning pods
(large tables with moveable seating).
Year: 2013
Introducing our Teaching with Technology workshop website!
Our 2012-2013 Teaching with Technology online workshop is now its own website, and we can’t wait for you to take a look (we’re pretty excited about it ourselves). Find it here: teachingwithtech.lss.wisc.edu
University Resources for Teaching
Teaching with Technology Website
In 2011, L&S Learning Support Services’s Instructional Technology Consulting team created a faculty development workshop series, which began as face-to-face sessions before transitioning into an innovative, non-credit, online-only self-registration course in Desire2Learn for the 2012 academic year. …
Developing your Professional Web Presence
In today’s digital age, the internet is a screening tool of choice for
employers, grant committees, potential students, and others. Taking proactive steps to ensure
that the online material potential employers and funders find is professional
and advances your career is not only recommended, it’s becoming
increasingly essential.
Episode 13: Active Learning Case Study
Steel Wagstaff (LSS) talks with Takako Nakakubo (East Asian Languages & Literature) about a very successful active learning assignment she has used in a Japanese language course that she teaches. They discuss instructional design, what students learned from the assignment, and the insights that these student projects gave her into the benefits of using active learning in her teaching. This podcast was initially produced for the Special Topics in Teaching with Technology course.
Episode 12: Active Learning in Blended and Online Courses [part 2]
Steel Wagstaff (LSS) continues his conversation about active learning in blended and online courses with Greg Downey (Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Information Studies) and Brad Hughes (UW-Madison Writing Center). Brad and Greg detail several practical ideas for incorporating active learning into blended and online courses, with a special emphasis on writing and reflection activities. This podcast was initially produced for the Special Topics in Teaching with Technology course.
Episode 11: Active Learning in Blended and Online Courses [part 1]
Steel Wagstaff (LSS) talks with Greg Downey (Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Information Studies) and Brad Hughes (UW-Madison Writing Center) about how their experiences with blended and online courses have impacted their views of student engagement, the importance of active learning, and the power of connection. This podcast was initially produced for the Special Topics in Teaching with Technology course.
Episode 10: Active Learning in Large Lecture Courses
Steel Wagstaff (LSS) talks with Janet Batzli (Biocore), David Baum (Botany), and David Zimmerman (English) about active learning strategies and practical ideas for large lecture courses and laboratory settings. This podcast was initially produced for the Special Topics in Teaching with Technology course.
Episode 9: Learning to Draw [Active Learning Profile]
In this special video podcast, Steel Wagstaff (LSS) interviews UW undergraduate Bill Costello about his active learning experiences as a student and learns to make a charcoal drawing of a lightbulb with hands-on instruction from Bill. The film was photographed and edited by David Macasaet (LSS) and was initially produced for the Special Topics in Teaching with Technology course.