Department Name Change
UWM's Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) has changed its name to the Center for Advancing Student Learning (CASL), learn more about it in our official statement. Alongside the name change, our website's url has changed to uwm.edu/advancing-learning/. Please update any bookmarks or links to point to our new url!

Custom AI Agents for Learning and Scholarship 

In November’s Active Teaching Lab, Stuart Moulthrop shared his experience using a custom GPT “agent” to support reading-based discussion and scholarly experimentation in a graduate-level theory course. What began for Stuart as a practical test – “What could AI do …

Generative AI Tools Available at UW-Milwaukee

Enterprise Tools Available to Everyone To take advantage of these services, login with your UWM Digital Identity (your @uwm.edu email address and password).  UWM Services and Software with Generative AI Features  This is a sample of UWM services which offer …

Preparing UWM Students for Careers in an AI-enabled World 

In October’s Active Teaching Lab, Brian Thompson from the Office of Strategic Partnerships shared how regional partners – Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell Automation, Microsoft, Direct Supply, Harley-Davidson, and the Milwaukee Bucks – are actually using AI, what they expect from new …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Teaching

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) innovations since 2022 have spurred new opportunities to make education more engaging and self-driven. Simultaneously, Generative AI has disrupted existing practices by acting as a catalyst to rethink the ways we teach and learn. Rapid …

Flipped Classroom

What is a Flipped Classroom? A flipped classroom is an instructional approach that reorders the traditional sequence of teaching and learning. Instead of using class time for delivering lectures followed by assigning homework for independent practice, students engage with core …

NotebookLM’s “Audio Overview” Feature: A Powerful Learning Tool

NotebookLM’s Audio Overview is an innovative AI-powered feature that transforms uploaded documents, such as research papers, articles, or presentations, into engaging, podcast-style audio summaries. Rather than simply converting text to speech, it simulates a conversation between two AI hosts who discuss the main ideas …