Center for Advancing Student Learning

Inclusive Teaching Towards Justice (In-Person)
2024-08-07 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
This three-part workshop series is a professional development opportunity aimed at preparing instructors to effectively teach UWM’s diverse student body. Inclusive Teaching Toward Justice focuses on how inclusive teaching can contribute to UWM’s goal of becoming a more radically welcoming and equitable campus. Instructors who complete the workshop series will further their understanding of how to apply inclusive teaching practices in their course planning and design, classroom facilitation, and assessment of student learning.
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Session 1: Teaching and Learning through the Lens of Social Identities
This session offers a brief introduction to inclusive teaching goals and underlying values, emphasizing how this teaching approach benefits all students and especially those from groups historically underrepresented in higher education. Participants will leave able to:

Succinctly explain key components and principles of inclusive teaching
Define “social identity” and name examples
Describe and implement in a course at least one concrete way of valuing students’ identities

Session 2: Building Inclusive Classroom Communities
This session addresses why an inclusive classroom community (or its absence) matters to student learning. We will explore ways to foster students’ sense of belonging and to engage conflict constructively in the classroom. Participants will leave able to:

Name factors that contribute to belonging and a welcoming climate—and factors that impede this
Practice at least one concrete way of building class community
Describe considerations and strategies an instructor might use to handle conflict moments in the classroom

Session 3: Inclusive Course and Assignment Design
This session will focus on practical ways of designing both courses and specific assignments through an inclusive teaching lens. How do we provide students with, on the one hand, the structure and transparency they need to meet expectations, and on the other hand, enough flexibility to support their own agency and growth in learning?
Participants will leave able to:

Name (several) features of an inclusive course syllabus
Explain the three key elements of transparent assignment design
Describe an inclusive design practice they’d like to use (or strengthen) in upcoming course planning

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Note that each session is offered in both an in-person and a virtual format. You may choose to register for the session(s) of interest to you, in the format you prefer. Participants who attend all three sessions (in either format) and complete the post-session reflections are eligible to earn a digital badge of completion.
This event is partially funded via Academic Staff Group Professional Development awards.

Inclusive Teaching Towards Justice (Virtual)
2024-08-08 10:00 - 12:00 | WI

Ready, Set, TEACH! - Canvas Quick Start
2024-08-20 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Canvas Quick Start

The course covers the essential features of Canvas and is designed with the newer user in mind. Topics will include setting up the Canvas dashboard, copying content from another course, managing files, checking links, setting up the gradebook, and more.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Best Practices in Online Teaching
2024-08-20 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Best Practices in Online Teaching

In this session, we will explore best practices in online teaching, including tools and strategies you can use to build online community, increase student engagement, establish your online presence, foster student understanding, and ensure retention of course content.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Effective Online Meetings with Zoom
2024-08-20 15:00 - 16:00 | WI
Effective Online Meetings with Zoom

This session provides a quick overview of best practices when employing Zoom during remote instruction. We will cover how to create Zoom meetings directly in your Canvas course, configure your settings, locate recordings, use breakout rooms, take attendance, and more!

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Integrating Video in Canvas
2024-08-21 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Integrating Video in Canvas

One of the best ways to engage students in your course is through video. In this session, we will explore options available in Canvas to record, store, and integrate video. Additionally, we will explore how to use closed captioning to make your content accessible and analytics to understand how your audience is engaging with your videos.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Best Practices in Canvas Design
2024-08-21 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Best Practices in Canvas Design

Learn tools and techniques to design an inclusive Canvas course that engages all learners by employing best practices in user-centered design. Using such options as Modules, Pages, and banners to effectively organize content will allow students to easily navigate your course materials.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Leveraging Canvas Quizzes
2024-08-21 15:00 - 16:00 | WI
Leveraging Canvas Quizzes

This session focuses on how to leverage Canvas Quizzes to create assessments, with a comparison between New and Classic Quizzes. Topics will include how to create, moderate, and grade quizzes, including writing different question types, understanding banks vs. single questions, and creating question groups with randomization. The session also addresses re-grading quizzes and moderating accommodations for students with special needs.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Graded Assignments & Discussions
2024-08-22 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Graded Assignments & Discussions

An effective Canvas course includes multiple opportunities to evaluate and assess student performance. In this session, we explore Canvas assessment tools, including Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions. Additionally, we will explore how to create rubrics that can be used to provide feedback paired with Canvas assessment tools.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Ready, Set, TEACH! - Getting to Know the Canvas Gradebook
2024-08-22 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Getting to Know the Canvas Gradebook

The Gradebook in Canvas is an essential tool for instructors to monitor student progress and communicate with them about their grades. It is also a helpful resource for students, as they can view their grades and feedback from their instructors in real-time, providing them with a better understanding of their performance in the course. This session explores the Canvas Gradebook, including setup and organization, sorting and filtering, posting grades, using SpeedGrader, understanding a points-based vs. weighted gradebook, and more.

All sessions will be held online via Zoom. Join us with this Zoom link.
Registration is not required but please feel free to register and you will be sent the link via email.
All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this site: https://uws-td.instructure.com/courses/4354

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Active Teaching Lab – AI in Education
2024-09-11 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
AI in Education:

Latest Tools and Practical Strategies for Instructors

Explore the future of teaching with AI! On September 11, David Delgado will guide us through the latest AI innovations and their impact on education, helping you understand what’s new, what’s next, and what matters for instructors. Lane will then bring the conversation into the classroom, offering actionable strategies to help students ethically utilize AI, and explore how you might integrate AI into your course.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Lane in the Library
2024-09-11 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-09-18 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-09-25 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-02 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-23 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-30 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-06 10:30 - 12:00 and 6 more dates | Golda Meir Library, Golda Meir Library, 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, United States
Find CETL’s very own Lane Sunwall in the library every Wednesday for drop-in support with teaching, learning, and Canvas questions.

No Registration Needed for This Event

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Location

Golda Meir Library2311 E Hartford AveMilwaukee, 53211

EdTech Talks – New in Canvas: Making Screen Capture Videos in SpeedGrader
2024-09-12 12:00 - 12:30 | WI
30-minute online EdTech sessions to turbocharge your teaching!

Screen Capture Video Feedback in SpeedGrader

Discover how to use the new Screen Capture feature in SpeedGrader. This tool allows instructors to create narrated screen cast videos that can be submitted as feedback for students directly in SpeedGrader.

Join us for a monthly exploration of course design using EdTech tools and Canvas. We will explore topics covering a wide range of subjects that will leave you with applicable strategies and resources that will make a positive impact on your course design. In EdTech Talks we will present impactful ‘here and now’ subjects in a digestible manner and leave you with takeaway resources for use in your own courses.

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Departmental Series
2024-09-13 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-04 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-11-22 10:00 - 12:00 | WI
CETL offers a variety of departmental programming. These events are closed for registration and must be requested by scheduling a consultation first.

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Active Teaching Lab – Reimagining Assessments
2024-10-02 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Reimagining Assessments:

How AI can Improve Low-Stakes Assessment and Boost Student Learning

On October 2nd Mark Sullivan will share how – after some hesitation – he began to experiment with AI to help him quickly build reading comprehension questions. Mark found that by partnering with AI, the quality of his questions improved, the time he took to build these questions decreased, and he was able to do more low stakes assessments in his course, which together improved his student learning outcomes. Join us as we experiment with a variety of AI tools to create, edit, and improve low-stakes course activities!

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Conflict Transformation Circles | Division of Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity (CEII)
2024-10-02 12:30 - 14:00, 2024-10-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-16 12:30 - 14:00, 2024-10-17 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-10-30 12:30 - 14:00, 2024-10-31 12:30 - 14:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Conflict Transformation Circles provide space for UWM faculty and staff to reflect, explore and dialogue about ways you experience and respond to conflict. Participants will grow in self-awareness of your own conflict tendencies and will build skills and confidence to positively address conflict.

During October 2024, the Division of Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity (formerly Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) will offer the following three-session conflict transformation circle series:

Wednesdays, 12:30–2pm (Oct. 2, 16, 30) — focused on instructional contexts

Thursdays, 10:30am–12pm (Oct. 3, 17, 31) — focused on office/team contexts

Each circle series will address these three topics:

Conflict styles — Oct. 2/3

Responsive strategies — Oct. 16/17

Proactive strategies — Oct. 30/31

Circles will be held in-person in Engelmann Hall (ENG) B73 and are facilitated by Dr. Sarah MacDonald, Training and Dispute Resolution Specialist.

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG), B732033 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

Student Success in the Classroom Summit
2024-10-04 11:00 - 17:00 | WI
Event Overview

To purpose of this event is to discuss data and develop actionable strategies aimed at enhancing student success and learning outcomes at UWM by improving retention, graduation rates, and course outcomes through intentional action in the classroom. This summit will focus on integrating instructor driven high-impact practices and inclusive excellence strategies within the classroom, in alignment with UWM’s 2030 Strategic Plan, which prioritizes student success as a moral imperative and a critical pathway to generational change.

Event Outcomes

Participants, collaboratively with their teams, will discuss key barriers and opportunities related to student success in their units, identify a set of initiatives to enhance retention and graduation rates for students in their programs, and develop an action plan for incorporating high-impact, inclusive teaching practices into their curriculum. These outcomes will directly contribute to UWM’s mission to provide sustainable and impactful educational experiences that foster long-term success for our students and the broader community.

Please speak to you department or business unit to register for this event.

EdTech Talks – Improving Teaching and Learning Through Student Feedback
2024-10-10 12:00 - 12:30 | WI
30-minute online EdTech sessions to turbocharge your teaching!

Improving Teaching and Learning Through Student Feedback

Join us for a monthly exploration of course design using EdTech tools and Canvas focused this month on why and how you should solicit regular feedback from students. In this section we will explore the practice of transparency, student surveys, and what to do with survey feedback. EdTech Talks presents impactful ‘here and now’ subjects in a digestible manner and leaves you with takeaway resources for use in your own courses.

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Introduction to Teaching and Thinking with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
2024-10-11 14:00 - 15:30 | WI
Introduction to Teaching and Thinking with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 – 120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

This introduction will preview later topics and also give you a chance to frame how you think about AI. AI is rapidly changing how humans work, think and communicate: it could improve or destroy human relationships. AI is also changing how we think about average. If AI can produce consistent “C” work than we need to update our policies and grading. AI is even changing creativity. Courses, learning goals and curriculum will need to change in this new age.

Register to get the Zoom link.

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Workshop 1 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy & Prompt Engineering
2024-10-18 14:00 - 16:00 | WI
Workshop 1 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy & Prompt Engineering

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 – 120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

Both faculty and students needed a new digital literacy to apply the increased critical thinking needed in the internet age, and AI literacy is a critical new skill every teacher and graduate needs. The two largest complaints about AI responses are that they are either wrong or boring, but both are often the result of poor or bland prompting. AI prompts need to provide more human context and be more literal than the ones we tend to use with a search engine. Since AI uses natural human language, it also needs human-level communication precision: asking your AI to slow down and think more carefully can greatly improve results! The features of better prompts– task, format, voice and context–are direct extensions of the critical writing and thinking skills we already teach and value. In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to find the right AI tool for your task and get to compare and practice with different AIs.

Register to get the Zoom link.

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Proposal Preparation Workshop | Teaching & Learning Symposium
2024-10-23 13:00 - 14:30 | WI
Interested in presenting at the 2025 Teaching and Learning Symposium but have questions about the process? Join the Proposal Preparation Workshop on Wednesday, October 23, from 1:00–2:30 p.m. in Engelmann Hall B73 or on Zoom.

This workshop will cover the application process, session options, and presentation expectations. You’ll also get tips for crafting strong proposals and creating engaging presentations. A Q&A session with Symposium selection committee members will address any remaining questions.

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Location

VirtuallyOREngelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Embedding High Impact Practices (HIPs) Key Elements in Your Course
2024-10-24 12:30 - 14:00 | WI
High-Level Performance Expectations

This is a face-to-face workshop only. These concepts are applicable to any course format and type!

Our courses are the one place all students have the opportunity to experience the Eight Key Elements of High Impact Practices. These eight elements are what will leverage the “high impact” that increases achievement, graduation, retention, and learning. In this first session we will introduce tools and practices designed to help set and efficiently scale the use of high-level performance expectations for students across courses and curricula. To increase the sustainability of this practice, we will introduce several strategies to maintain high-level performance expectations for students over time, changing TAs, adjunct and new instructors, GER courses, across multiple multiple sections, and throughout your curriculum in both online and face-to-face courses.

Please register and encourage colleagues from your unit or department to attend. Participants will be encouraged to share their successful and challenging course applications and in a Canvas Discussion between meetings.

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Event Location

Engelmann B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Proposal Submission Deadline | Teaching and Learning Symposium
2024-11-05 00:00 - 23:59 | WI
Proposal Submission Deadline | Teaching and Learning Symposium

The Teaching & Learning Symposium is a virtual one-day event that takes place every January; offering a platform for campus colleagues to engage in meaningful discussions about teaching and learning strategies, course design, technological tools, and initiatives that support student success. The event features a keynote address and a series of 1-hour sessions where educators can share best practices, celebrate achievements, and explore new theories and methods. Each year, the symposium focuses on a specific theme related to a different aspect of Teaching & Learning. This year’s theme is “Year of High Impact Practices (HIPs).”

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) invites UWM faculty, academic staff, and graduate teaching assistants to submit proposals for the symposium and are especially interested in sessions sharing how High-Impact Practices and/or their associated Eight Key Elements are embedded into teaching and learning at the department, program, or college level. Submit your proposal by Tuesday, 5 November 2024 at 4:30pm.

Submit Your Session Proposal

Active Teaching Lab – AI as Catalyst
2024-11-06 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
AI as Catalyst:

Empowering Students to Focus on What Really Matters

Are your students spending too much time on tasks that don’t meaningfully enhance their learning? Join us November 6th to learn how instructors Cynthia Brinich-Langlois and Joseph Mougel harnessed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their classes to enhance student creativity and efficiency. By asking students to utilize AI tools in course work, Dr. Brinich-Langlois and Mougel allowed students to focus more on core learning objectives, spend less time on extraneous work, all the while producing higher-quality material faster. This workshop will provide hands-on opportunities to incorporate AI into course activities within any discipline, helping us see how AI technology can enhance rather than distract from our teaching goals.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Proposal Submission Deadline | 2025 Regents' Teaching Excellence Awards
2024-11-13 00:00 - 23:59 | WI
Proposal Submission Deadline | Teaching and Learning Symposium

The Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award recognizes outstanding teaching in the UW System. The award is made to faculty and instructional academic staff in recognition of outstanding career achievement in teaching. Please nominate your colleagues for recognition. The award guidelines are available at:

Faculty Call for Nominations

Instructional Academic Staff Call for Nominations

Nomination materials must be submitted electronically to the Secretary of the University at secofunv@uwm.edu by 11:59 pm on November 13, 2024.

No registration is needed for this event.

EdTech Talks – Personalized Learning Strategies in Canvas
2024-11-14 12:00 - 12:30 | WI
30-minute online EdTech sessions to turbocharge your teaching!

Personalized Learning Strategies in Canvas

Join us for a monthly exploration of course design using EdTech tools and Canvas. We will explore topics covering a wide range of subjects that will leave you with applicable strategies and resources that will make a positive impact on your course design. In EdTech Talks we will present impactful ‘here and now’ subjects in a digestible manner and leave you with takeaway resources for use in your own courses.

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Student Success in the Classroom Summit Follow Up
2024-11-15 13:30 - 15:30 | WI

Active Teaching Lab - Building Courses Faster
2024-12-04 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Building Courses Faster

How AI Supports, But Doesn’t Replace, Instructor Expertise

Curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can lighten your workload without cutting corners?

Join us on December 4th as David Parks shares how he leveraged AI to build a course in just three weeks. AI helped David generate slides, create sample datasets, and build homework questions. AI was instrumental towards building his course, yet Dr. Parks found that his subject expertise was essential to steering AI and helping it overcome its frequent hallucinations. This session will delve into how AI can accelerate course creation without sacrificing quality, followed by an interactive activity to help you implement these strategies in your own teaching.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Scaling Transparency: Purpose Statements in Assignment
2024-12-05 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-06 10:00 - 12:00 | WI
Purpose Statements in Assignment

Join us in departmental teams as we experiment with tools, templates, and technologies like generative AI to revise or draft purpose statements in assignments. Please come prepared with an existing assignment that presents challenges for students, as you will collaborate with your peers to review and provide feedback on your revised purpose statements.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

EdTech Talks – Review Your Canvas Course for Accessibility
2024-12-12 12:00 - 12:30 | WI
30-minute online EdTech sessions to turbocharge your teaching!

Review Your Canvas Course for Accessibility

Join us for a monthly exploration of course design using EdTech tools and Canvas. We will explore topics covering a wide range of subjects that will leave you with applicable strategies and resources that will make a positive impact on your course design. In EdTech Talks we will present impactful ‘here and now’ subjects in a digestible manner and leave you with takeaway resources for use in your own courses.

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Conversation with Jose Antonio Bowen: Teaching With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Book Discussion
2024-12-13 14:30 - 15:30 | WI
Conversation with Jose Antonio Bowen: Teaching With Artificial Intelligence (AI) Book Discussion

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 – 120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

This is an opportunity to have an informal, yet informative, conversation with the lead co-author of Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. You may pose questions or comments to Jose about current challenges facing higher education, teaching & learning, and generative AI.

Register to get the Zoom link.

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Zoom Training for Session Presenters | Teaching & Learning Symposium
2025-01-07 10:00 - 10:30, 2025-01-08 14:30 - 15:00 | WI
This Zoom training session will provide presenters to the teaching and learning symposium with the following:

Basic overview of Zoom and best practices

How to prepare for your presentation

How to access your Zoom session

What to expect before and during your presentation

How to get help

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Location

Virtually on Zoom

Workshop 2 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Grading, Detection and Policies
2025-01-08 11:00 - 13:00 | WI
Workshop 2 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) Grading, Detection and Policies

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 – 120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

AI is also changing how we think about average. If an AI can produce consistent “C” work than we need to update our policies around grading: why would an employer hire a “C” student if AI can do that level of work? Together, we will design new rubrics for an AI era that articulate how human ‘quality’ goes beyond AI. We will discuss what policies and practices improve motivation and decrease cheating, and why.

Register to get the Zoom link.

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2025 Teaching & Learning Symposium
2025-01-09 00:00 - 23:59 | WI
10th Annual Teaching & Learning Symposium

The Teaching & Learning Symposium is a virtual one-day event that takes place every January; offering a platform for campus colleagues to engage in meaningful discussions about teaching and learning strategies, course design, technological tools, and initiatives that support student success. The event features a keynote address and a series of 1-hour sessions where educators can share best practices, celebrate achievements, and explore new theories and methods. Each year, the symposium focuses on a specific theme related to a different aspect of Teaching & Learning.

Theme of 2025: “The Year of High Impact Practices (HIPs)”

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) invites UWM faculty, academic staff, and graduate teaching assistants to attend the 10th Annual UWM Teaching and Learning Symposium to be held on Thursday, January 9, 2025. The keynote speaker of the year will be Dr. Ashley Finley.

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Workshop 3 - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assignments and Assessments
2025-01-14 11:00 - 13:00 | WI
Workshop 3 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assignments and Assessments

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 – 120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

All assignments are now AI Assignments. In the same way that the ease of finding information on the internet forced faculty to rethink what homework students did and how we wanted them to do it, we will all need an AI strategy for assignments and assessment. We will cover both ways to force students to write and alternative creative assignments that incorporate AI. Through a wide diversity of examples, we will also discuss how we can reduce cheating and rise standards.

Register to get the Zoom link.

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Active Teaching Lab - AI in Education
2025-02-05 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Latest Trends and Practical Strategies for Instructors

February 5 | David Delgado

Explore the future of teaching with AI! On February 5th, David Delgado will guide us through the latest AI innovations and their impact on education, helping you understand what’s new, what’s next, and what matters for instructors. We’ll then bring the conversation into the classroom, exploring actionable strategies to utilize the newest tools to help integrate AI into your classroom.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

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Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

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Strategies for Embedding HIPs Elements into Courses
2025-02-05 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-04 09:00 - 11:00 | WI
Overview

Our courses are the most equitably accessed place where all students can experience the High Impact Practice Eight Key Elements. These eight elements of quality leverage the “high impact” that increases achievement, graduation, retention, and learning. We will begin with an overview of the HIPs Eight Elements with UWM examples of embedding them in assignments, activities, and outcomes.

We will break into pairs to practice embedding the Eight Elements into your course assignment. Please be sure to bring or be able to access a course assignment for the exercise.

We will close with a brief review of strategies and tools for departments to scale and sustain HIPs in their department and curriculum based on the fall Success Summit Action Plans. Please register and encourage colleagues from your unit or department to attend.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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M³ – Professional Development (PD) Day: Incorporating AI in the Curriculum
2025-02-18 08:00 - 11:00 | WI
Join us for an engaging session on leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance teaching and learning practices. Collaborate with colleagues across institutions to align curriculum and share innovative strategies. Leave with a ready-to-use AI-infused lesson plan to implement in your classroom!

Details:

Location: Alexander Hamilton High School. 6215 W Warnimont Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53220What to Bring: Your electronic device and course outlineTakeaway: A lesson plan incorporating AI, ready to use in your classDate and Time: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 8:00–11:00 AM

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M³ (pronounced M-Cubed)

TA Focus Group - In-Person
2025-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, 2100 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, United States
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting the professional development and success of our teaching assistants. To better understand your experiences, needs, and how we can enhance our support, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for teaching assistants.

If you are interested in participating, please either join the Zoom session or stop into one of the in-person sessions, there is no need to RSVP or register. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping future initiatives and support systems for teaching assistants at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, Rm 2032100 E Kenwood Blvd,Milwaukee, 53211United States

TA Focus Group - Virtual
2025-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting the professional development and success of our teaching assistants. To better understand your experiences, needs, and how we can enhance our support, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for teaching assistants.

If you are interested in participating, please either join the Zoom session or stop into one of the in-person sessions, there is no need to RSVP or register. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping future initiatives and support systems for teaching assistants at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom

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TA Focus Group - In-Person
2025-02-20 17:00 - 18:00 | Student Union E250, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Rm E250, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting the professional development and success of our teaching assistants. To better understand your experiences, needs, and how we can enhance our support, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for teaching assistants.

If you are interested in participating, please either join the Zoom session or stop into one of the in-person sessions, there is no need to RSVP or register. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping future initiatives and support systems for teaching assistants at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Student Union (UN) E2502200 E Kenwood Blvd,Milwaukee, 53211United States

A Hands-On Workshop for Digital Accessibility
2025-02-21 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our sessions on Feb. 21, March 14, April 4, or May 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Registration Form

Active Teaching Lab - Beyond Right and Wrong
2025-03-05 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Cultivating responsible AI use through guided practice

March 5 | Itziar Lazakano

How can we teach students to use AI effectively before they develop problematic habits? On March 5th, Itziar Lazakano will demonstrate how she transformed this challenge into an opportunity through weekly current events discussions that make AI interaction an explicit part of the learning process. By requiring students to document their AI prompts alongside their work, Lazakano created a structured environment for students to experiment with and reflect on their AI use. Join us to explore how this approach not only improves students’ AI literacy but also strengthens their engagement with course content.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

Facilitators

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

Registration Form

AAC&U Webinar: Institutional Transformation to Support VITAL Faculty
2025-03-11 14:00 - 15:00 | WI
This webinar explores innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives aimed at the equitable recognition and support of VITAL (Visiting, Instructors, Temporary, Adjuncts and Lecturers) faculty. Campus leaders from Michigan State University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recipients of the 2024 Delphi Award, discussed the policies, practices, and programs their institutions have implemented to advance the recognition, status, and participation of VITAL faculty. The presenters addressed core principles that guide their collective work, implementation challenges, and the transferable lessons that can help support VITAL faculty as essential educators on any campus.

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Enhancing GER Assessments: TILTing to Align with GER Outcomes
2025-03-12 13:00 - 14:30 | WI
Overview

Join us for a 90-minute workshop to transform assignments. This session introduces the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework as a transformative tool to redesign assignments that not only clarify learning expectations but also align with General Education Requirements (GER) outcomes.

Throughout the workshop, participants will:

Walk Away with Practical Tools: Receive templates, examples, and resources that can be immediately implemented in your courses to drive student success.

Explore TILT Principles: Gain an understanding of how clear learning goals, transparent criteria, and supportive scaffolding can enhance student performance.

Align Assessments with GER Outcomes: Learn strategies to map assignment components directly to GER objectives, ensuring that every assignment promotes measurable learning outcomes.

Revise Assignments: Bring an assignment with you to collaborate in small groups to re-imagine current assessments using TILT guidelines, share feedback, and refine approaches.

This interactive workshop offers a blend of brief presentations, collaborative activities, and reflective discussions, empowering you to create assessments that are transparent, student-centered, and aligned with your institution’s GER outcomes. Whether you’re looking to revamp a single assignment or overhaul your assessment strategy, this session provides insights and tools necessary for transparent change in GER courses.

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Registration Form

Using Hypothesis in Your Course: Using Social Annotation to Support OER and Open Pedagogy
2025-03-13 13:30 - 15:00 | WI
Explore how Open Educational Resources (OER) and social annotation support open pedagogy by fostering collaboration, critical thinking, and student-driven learning. This session will introduce strategies for integrating OER and interactive annotation tools to create engaging, participatory course experiences. Leave with practical, adaptable techniques to empower learners as knowledge creators.

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A Hands-On Workshop for Digital Accessibility
2025-03-14 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our sessions on March 14, April 4, or May 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Registration Form

Civil Dialogue Grant Proposals Due
2025-03-15 00:00 - 23:59 | WI
The Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue (WICCD) invites faculty, staff and students at all UW campuses to apply for grants that enhance democracy through civil dialogue in a robust marketplace of ideas.

WICCD offers grants each fall and spring in four areas: research, events and related activities, assessment, and curriculum and professional development. A total of $90,000 is budgeted for the spring 2025 grant cycle.

Applications for the spring 2025 grant cycle are due by 5 p.m. on March 15. Applications are now being accepted. A funding decision will be communicated no later than April 15, 2025.

Find More Details at the WICCD Grant Program Webpage

Using Hypothesis in Your Course: Modeling Annotations for Your Students
2025-03-20 13:30 - 15:00 | WI
The Hypothesis team will share how instructors are using collaborative annotation to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and critical thinking. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for social annotation, we will demonstrate how Hypothesis is used with course readings in Canvas. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to start incorporating social annotation into their courses to improve student outcomes.

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EdTech Talks | Canvas Gradebook: Tips, Tricks, and Policies
2025-03-26 12:00 - 12:30 | WI
Overview

Join us for an exploration of course design using EdTech tools and Canvas. In this section we will be exploring Canvas Gradebook functions, structures, and settings. We will start with an overview of grading and attendance policies for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before moving into utilizing and setting up Gradebook in Canvas.

Facilitators

Event Location

This event will be held virtually, please register to receive the Zoom link.

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Adjunct Faculty Focus Group - Virtual
2025-03-27 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting the professional development and success of all instructors. To better understand your experiences, needs, and how we can enhance our support, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for adjunct or part-time instructors.

If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to join the Zoom or in-person sessions. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping future initiatives and support systems for adjuncts at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom

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Using Hypothesis in Your Course: Social Annotation in the Age of AI
2025-03-27 13:30 - 15:00 | WI
The rise of generative AI has sparked essential conversations in education. In this workshop, the Hypothesis team will demonstrate how to use social annotation to encourage authentic, process-oriented engagement with course materials—whether you’re incorporating AI tools or not. They’ll also share best practices for using social annotation with AI writing tools and demonstrate how to set up Hypothesis-enabled readings in your LMS. Participants will leave with practical, ready-to-use assignments to implement in their courses right away.

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Adjunct Faculty Focus Group - Virtual
2025-03-27 17:00 - 18:00 | WI
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting the professional development and success of all instructors. To better understand your experiences, needs, and how we can enhance our support, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for adjunct or part-time instructors.

If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to join the Zoom or in-person sessions. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your feedback will play a crucial role in shaping future initiatives and support systems for adjuncts at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom

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Active Teaching Lab - Partnering with AI
2025-04-02 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Building sustainable research workflows

April 2 | Benjamin Gautsch

How can researchers harness AI to enhance their scholarly work without compromising academic integrity – and help students do the same? On April 2nd, Benjamin Gautsch will guide us through the strategic integration of AI tools across the research lifecycle. From synthesizing complex academic literature to refining research questions and improving scholarly writing, learn how AI can serve as a powerful assistant in academic endeavors. This workshop will provide hands-on experience with AI tools specifically suited for scholarly work, helping you and your students develop workflows that boost productivity while maintaining the highest standards of academic excellence.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Given the active nature of this workshop and opportunity to work with other faculty, we encourage you to attend in person. If you are unable to attend in person, please Join us via this link!

Facilitators

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

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Embedding HIPs Real-world Application into your Course
2025-04-02 11:00 - 12:30 | WI
Overview

Real-world Application is one of the High Impact Eight Quality Elements to leverage student learning and success. This session provides an overview and UWM examples of embedding real-world application in several course locations, followed by time to begin embedding real-world application into your course. Participants will have options to use the HIPs Assignment Builder, HIPs Group Assignment Guide, HIPs Low Stakes Guide, and other tools to efficiently jump start embedding HIPs real-world application into your course.

Please bring or have access to your course, an assignment, or activity for the hands-on portion. If you have real-world HIPs already embedded, bring your examples!

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Facilitator

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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A Hands-On Workshop for Digital Accessibility
2025-04-04 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our sessions on April 4, Sep. 12, Oct. 17, or Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Registration Form

Engaging Students in Group Work or Teams
2025-04-10 09:00 - 11:00 | WI
Overview

Register today for a workshop designed specifically for instructors interested in increasing student engagement through group work and team activities. This interactive session will share practical strategies to create, manage, and assess group work or team-based learning experiences. Participants will try out different techniques to foster collaboration, encourage active participation, and enhance critical thinking among students.

Through guided discussions and hands-on activities, attendees will learn how to structure group assignments to ensure equitable participation, maintain accountability, and achieve clear learning outcomes. Special attention will be given to overcoming common challenges such as uneven student contribution.

By the end of this workshop, instructors will have a list of best practices for implementing collaborative activities in their classrooms, as well as tools and resources to support ongoing group or team development. Whether you’re new to team-based learning or looking to refine your existing approach, this session will provide insights and practical steps to support your students’ group interactions as meaningful learning opportunities. Come prepared to collaborate, reflect, and leave with ways to boost student success in teamwork.

Facilitator

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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A Practical Workshop on Generating an Assessment
2025-04-14 13:00 - 15:00 | UWM Chemistry Building, 2000 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, 53211
Overview

We regularly need to write assessments (and perhaps this is not something we always enjoy). This hands-on workshop will provide you with a structure for planning, writing and evaluating your assessments. The goal is to leave the workshop with a completed plan for one of your next assessments as well as a start on creating it.

Please bring your course learning outcomes/objectives. We will work together to develop an assessment plan and start drafting questions (on paper); however, if you would like to do this digitally, please bring your laptop. (No loaners will be available.)

Facilitators

Event Location

Chemistry (CHEM) 1602000 E Kenwood BlvdMilwaukee, 53211United States

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Student Focus Group - Virtual
2025-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting a positive learning experience for all students. To better understand your experiences in the classroom and in Canvas, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for undergraduate and graduate students.

If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to join the Zoom or in-person sessions. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your perspectives and experience will play a crucial role in shaping teaching and learning at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom

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Student Focus Group - In-Person
2025-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Golda Meir Library, Golda Meir Library, 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, United States
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting a positive learning experience for all students. To better understand your experiences in the classroom and in Canvas, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for undergraduate and graduate students.

If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to join the Zoom or in-person sessions. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your perspectives and experience will play a crucial role in shaping teaching and learning at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Golda Meir Library, W1112311 E Hartford AveMilwaukee, 53211United States

Student Focus Group - In-Person
2025-04-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, 2100 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, United States
Overview

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to supporting a positive learning experience for all students. To better understand your experiences in the classroom and in Canvas, we are organizing a series of focus groups specifically for undergraduate and graduate students.

If you are interested in participating, you are welcome to join the Zoom or in-person sessions. Your participation is invaluable to us, and we believe your perspectives and experience will play a crucial role in shaping teaching and learning at UWM. The sessions will be informal, and all responses will be kept confidential.

Event Location

Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center (LECWC), Rm 2032100 E Kenwood BlvdMilwaukee, 53211United States

Student Success in the Classroom: Department Teams Follow-up
2025-04-25 12:30 - 14:00 | UWM Chemistry Building, 2000 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, 53211
The purpose of this event is to provide space for departmental teams to come together and share their efforts from the Spring semester as well as look to strategies for Fall 2025. The Student Success in the Classroom department teams were created to support the discussion of data and development of actional strategies aimed at enhancing student success and learning outcomes at UWM by improving retention, graduation rates, and course outcomes through intentional action in the classroom. The work has focused on integrating instructor driven high-impact practices and inclusive excellence strategies within the classroom, in alignment with UWM’s 2030 Strategic Plan, which prioritizes student success as a moral imperative and a critical pathway to generational change.

Please speak to your department or business unit to register for this event.

Event Location

Curtin Hall (CRT) 1753243 N Downer AveMilwaukee, 53211United States

Looking to Fall: Embedding HIPs Real-world Application into your Course
2025-05-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Real-world Application is one of the High Impact Eight Quality Elements to leverage student learning and success. This session provides an overview and UWM examples of embedding real-world application in several course locations. Participants will have options to use the HIPs Assignment Builder, HIPs Group Assignment Guide, HIPs Low Stakes Guide, and other tools to efficiently jump start embedding HIPs real-world application into your course.

Please bring an assignment or an activity that you are considering for the Fall or want to modify from the Spring semester. If you have real-world HIPs already embedded, bring your examples!

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Event Location

Teams Only

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TILTing for Fall: Aligning Course Outcomes to Assignments
2025-05-06 10:00 - 11:30 | WI
Overview

Join us for a 90-minute workshop to transform assignments for the Fall semester. This session introduces the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework as a transformative tool to redesign assignments that not only clarify learning expectations but also align with course and program learning outcomes.

Throughout the workshop, participants will:

Walk Away with Practical Tools: Receive templates, examples, and resources that can be immediately implemented in your courses to drive student success.

Explore TILT Principles: Gain an understanding of how clear learning goals, transparent criteria, and supportive scaffolding can enhance student performance.

Align Assessments with Learning Outcomes: Learn strategies to map assignment components directly to course or program objectives, ensuring that every assignment promotes measurable learning outcomes.

Revise Assignments: Bring an assignment with you to collaborate in small groups to re-imagine current assessments using TILT guidelines, share feedback, and refine approaches.

This interactive workshop offers a blend of brief presentations, collaborative activities, and reflective discussions, empowering you to create assessments that are transparent, student-centered, and aligned with your learning outcomes. Whether you’re looking to revamp a single assignment or overhaul your assessment strategy, this session provides insights and tools necessary for transparent change in your Fall courses.

Facilitator

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Registration Form

Active Teaching Lab - AI in First-Year Courses
2025-05-07 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Building Student Research Skills Through AI Analysis

May 7 | Gillian Rodger

What happens when we treat AI-generated content as a starting point for teaching research skills? Join us as music professor Gillian Rodger shares how she transformed potential challenges with AI into opportunities for developing critical information literacy. Through a carefully designed unit that combines AI experimentation with library research skills, Rodger demonstrates how analyzing AI’s strengths and limitations can enhance students’ understanding of academic research. This workshop will explore how intentional engagement with AI tools can help students develop stronger research skills, better source evaluation abilities, and a deeper appreciation for authentic academic work.

This session will be held both in-person and online via Zoom. Registration is not required. However, if you plan to attend in-person please register below – so we know how many much food to order

Can’t make it to campus? No problems – Join us via this link!

Facilitators

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211

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HIPs in Course Outcomes
2025-05-22 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Did you know that using HIPs Element language in your online or f2f course outcomes is one way to increase transparency for your colleagues and help you build course activities, assessments, and assignments embed HIPs Elements? HIPs in your course outcomes is one step toward sustaining HIPs over time. Don’t skip this crucial starting point for scaling HIPs in your courses and curricula.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Hypothesis Academy: 101
2025-05-26 00:00 - 2025-06-10 23:59 | WI
Hypothesis Academy: Social Annotation 101 is a two-week course designed to teach you not only how to use the Hypothesis tool, but how to design social annotation assignments to best support your students’ learning.

By the end of the course, you’ll have set up a Hypothesis-enabled assignment in your course site, complete with instructions for your students and a grading plan.

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Assignments & Aligning HIPs
2025-06-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

We now have a sizable collection of UWM examples of HIPs online and f2f assignments. Become acquainted with the essential features of an assignment that easily ensure equitable HIPs access and impact. Identify the HIPs already present, and increase HIPs presence, alignment, and transparency for students, yourself, colleagues, and program reviews. Review how AI embedded real-world application as a starting point.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Curricular Mapping: Basic Steps, Tips, and Examples
2025-06-12 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

What happens when a program maps their required courses to their program outcomes? Tour the basic steps of curricular mapping your program and HIPs Elements that will increase alignment, transparency, HIPs access for all students, and identification of curricular gaps or overlap. Leave with a customizable step by step guide CETL has used to facilitate curricular mapping and engage in critical department and school conversations.

Facilitator

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Hypothesis Summer Intensive
2025-06-18 10:00 - 13:30, 2025-07-23 10:00 - 13:30 | WI
This 3.5-hour comprehensive session includes everything you need: Activating Annotation, Annotating Your Syllabus, Modeling Annotations—plus workshop time to apply what you’ve learned. Summer Intensive sessions require registration with a minimum of eight participants.

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Hypothesis for Instructional Designers and Technologists
2025-06-24 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-16 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
This workshop for instructional designers and technologists explores how Hypothesis social annotation supports learning objectives through meaningful peer and instructor interaction. We’ll examine social annotation through design and pedagogy frameworks, then cover key technical considerations like course copy, annotation transfer, and use in blueprint shells.

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HIPs Scaffolded Assignments (VIRTUAL)
2025-06-26 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Breaking larger assignments down into parts based on specific outcomes per step can raise the level of learning and create multiple opportunities for embedding HIPs Elements. and is one of the easiest places to place HIPs Elements in your online or f2f assignment designs. Efficient steps can reduce workload worries and engage your students!

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VIRTUAL

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Department Strategies for Scaling and Sustaining HIPs in Courses
2025-06-27 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

What can your department and program do to scale and sustain the great work being done and make online and f2f HIPs courses transparent to all instructors? A silo-ed and individual course mindset limits the broader impact and equitable HIPs access needed. Review and discuss department stated strategies and goals for maintaining HIPs impact on student success.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 1 (In-person)
2025-07-09 12:00 - 14:00 | WI
Overview

Co-sponsored by CETL and the Division of Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity (CEII), this three-part workshop series is a professional development opportunity aimed at preparing instructors to effectively teach UWM’s changing student body. Instructors who complete the workshop series will further their understanding of how to apply inclusive teaching practices in their course design and classroom management.

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Session 1: Teaching and Learning through the lens of Social Identities
This session offers a brief introduction to inclusive teaching goals and underlying values, emphasizing how this teaching approach benefits all students. The session also focuses on social identities and how identity is relevant to teaching and learning for both instructors and students.

Session 2: Building Inclusive Classroom Communities
This session addresses two components of how instructors can foster inclusive classroom communities. First, building on the previous session’s focus on identities, we consider how each student’s sense of belonging (or not) in the classroom can impact their engagement and learning. Second, we consider the significance of conflict in the classroom and discuss proactive and responsive ways of engaging conflict constructively.

Session 3: Inclusive Course and Assignment Design
This session focuses on practical ways of implementing inclusive and universal design for learning—which can range from course planning and syllabus creation, to designing specific assignments or classroom learning activities. How do we provide students with, on the one hand, the structure and transparency they need to meet expectations, and on the other hand, enough flexibility to support their own agency and growth in learning?

Facilitator

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 1 (Virtual)
2025-07-10 10:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

Co-sponsored by CETL and the Division of Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity (CEII), this three-part workshop series is a professional development opportunity aimed at preparing instructors to effectively teach UWM’s changing student body. Instructors who complete the workshop series will further their understanding of how to apply inclusive teaching practices in their course design and classroom management.

Learn More about the Series

Expand All
Session 1: Teaching and Learning through the lens of Social Identities
This session offers a brief introduction to inclusive teaching goals and underlying values, emphasizing how this teaching approach benefits all students. The session also focuses on social identities and how identity is relevant to teaching and learning for both instructors and students.

Session 2: Building Inclusive Classroom Communities
This session addresses two components of how instructors can foster inclusive classroom communities. First, building on the previous session’s focus on identities, we consider how each student’s sense of belonging (or not) in the classroom can impact their engagement and learning. Second, we consider the significance of conflict in the classroom and discuss proactive and responsive ways of engaging conflict constructively.

Session 3: Inclusive Course and Assignment Design
This session focuses on practical ways of implementing inclusive and universal design for learning—which can range from course planning and syllabus creation, to designing specific assignments or classroom learning activities. How do we provide students with, on the one hand, the structure and transparency they need to meet expectations, and on the other hand, enough flexibility to support their own agency and growth in learning?

Facilitator

Event Location

This event will be hosted Virtually on Zoom.Please register to receive the link.

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HIPs Group Assignments Maximize HIPs Presence?
2025-07-10 12:30 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Group assignments can expand learning opportunities and create ideal conditions for more HIPs Elements for all students to experience. When well-crafted online or f2f group work addresses imbalanced contributions, weak leadership, and missed deadlines, the HIPs Elements can occupy the prime real estate group assignments provide. This quick guide features an easy HIPs group assignment guide and links to further group assignment design.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Hypothesis Academy: Student Success
2025-07-14 00:00 - 2025-07-29 23:59 | WI
Explore how Hypothesis supports class engagement and student voice. Learn to design annotations that align with your learning goals and boost student success.

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Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 2 (In-person)
2025-07-23 12:00 - 14:00 | WI

Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 2 (Virtual)
2025-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 | WI

Do Your Low Stakes Assessments & Grading Schemes Have HIPs?
2025-07-24 12:30 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

HIPs Elements can span the continuum from large, multi-week and complex to incremental, brief, and basic learning through well-crafted online or f2f low stakes assessments with efficient feedback options. These quick gems can translate into student success, modify your approach, and create the glue that engages your students by signaling confusion or disengagement early on.

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Getting Started with Hypothesis in Canvas
2025-07-29 11:00 - 11:30 | WI
This workshop will focus on how collaborative annotation with Hypothesis can be used to make student reading active, visible, and social. Participants can expect to come away from this session with a clear idea of how to start incorporating collaborative annotation into their courses to improve student outcomes

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Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 3 (In-person)
2025-08-06 12:00 - 14:00 | WI

Inclusive Teaching Series: Session 3 (Virtual)
2025-08-07 10:00 - 12:00 | WI

Measuring and Tracking HIPs Course Impact
2025-08-14 12:30 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

You’ve got f2f or online courses well on their way with great design and HIPs Elements. What is your course and curricular plan for assessment impact and change? What is your goal and what metrics can you use or create to show change? Plan assessment on the front end of redesign and change or show gains and improvement and inspire more instructors to scale effective HIPs strategies. Capture the impact and difference at the course and curricular level!

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Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Canvas Quick Start | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-19 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

The course covers the essential features of Canvas and is designed with the newer user in mind. Topics will include setting up the Canvas dashboard, copying content from another course, managing files, checking links, setting up the gradebook, and more.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Best Practices in Online Teaching | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-19 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Overview

In this session, we will explore best practices in online teaching, including tools and strategies you can use to build online community, increase student engagement, establish your online presence, foster student understanding, and ensure retention of course content.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Effective Online Meetings with Zoom | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-19 15:00 - 16:00 | WI
Overview

This session provides a quick overview of best practices when employing Zoom during remote instruction. We will cover how to create Zoom meetings directly in your Canvas course, configure your settings, locate recordings, use breakout rooms, take attendance, and more!

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Integrating Video in Canvas | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-20 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

One of the best ways to engage students in your course is through video. In this session, we will explore options available in Canvas to record, store, and integrate video. Additionally, we will explore how to use closed captioning to make your content accessible and analytics to understand how your audience is engaging with your videos.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Best Practices in Canvas Design | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-20 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Overview

Learn tools and techniques to design an inclusive Canvas course that engages all learners by employing best practices in user-centered design. Using such options as Modules, Pages, and banners to effectively organize content will allow students to easily navigate your course materials.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Leveraging Canvas Quizzes | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-20 15:00 - 16:00 | WI
Overview

This session focuses on how to leverage Canvas Quizzes to create assessments, with a comparison between New and Classic Quizzes. Topics will include how to create, moderate, and grade quizzes, including writing different question types, understanding banks vs. single questions, and creating question groups with randomization. The session also addresses re-grading quizzes and moderating accommodations for students with special needs.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Graded Assignments & Discussions | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-21 11:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

An effective Canvas course includes multiple opportunities to evaluate and assess student performance. In this session, we explore Canvas assessment tools, including Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions. Additionally, we will explore how to create rubrics that can be used to provide feedback paired with Canvas assessment tools.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Getting to Know the Canvas Gradebook | Ready, Set, TEACH!
2025-08-21 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
Overview

The Gradebook in Canvas is an essential tool for instructors to monitor student progress and communicate with them about their grades. It is also a helpful resource for students, as they can view their grades and feedback from their instructors in real-time, providing them with a better understanding of their performance in the course. This session explores the Canvas Gradebook, including setup and organization, sorting and filtering, posting grades, using SpeedGrader, understanding a points-based vs. weighted gradebook, and more.

All session resources, recordings, and virtual sessions can be accessed via this Canvas site.

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Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Vevox/UWM - Getting Started Session
2025-08-28 11:00 - 11:55, 2025-09-05 14:00 - 14:55 | WI
Overview

In this session, attendees will be introduced to Vevox, the university’s new real-time polling and student response system. The training will cover how to create and launch polls, quizzes, and Q&A sessions, as well as how to integrate Vevox into presentations and the learning management system. Participants will gain hands-on experience setting up their first polls, explore best practices for engaging students or meeting attendees, and learn where to access ongoing support and resources. By the end of the training, attendees will be ready to start using Vevox to make classes, meetings, and events more interactive and engaging.

Location

This event will be held virtually on Teams.

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A Workshop on Teaching Transferable Skills and Work integrated Learning from Middle School to College
2025-09-02 08:00 - 2025-09-19 17:00 | WI
Learn techniques for teaching transferable skills (e.g., teamwork, critical thinking) and work-integrated learning through re-imagining the nature of human competency, how people best learn complex skills, and how to re-design teaching activities accordingly. After a brief introduction to sociocultural learning theory and limitations with the dominant notion of generic “soft skills” you will learn how to articulate and then teach key skills relevant to your courses that are embedded in disciplinary content and cultural contexts. Strategies for incorporating work-integrated learning (WIL) via authentic workplace problems, job search strategies and career exploration will also be discussed. This 3-week course is designed for educators teaching grades 6-12 and instructors at the college or university level.

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Digital Accessibility in Microsoft Word
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round One sessions on Sep. 3, Sep. 10, Sep. 17, Sep. 24 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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TA Orientation
2025-09-05 09:00 - 12:00 | Bolton Hall (BOL) 150, 3210 North Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

The Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation is held each fall for all new TAs. The orientation is designed to inform new TAs of their duties and responsibilities, provide instruction on teaching and learning tools (i.e., Canvas), and essential shared resources. Participation is mandatory for new teaching assistants to fulfill training requirements set by their respective academic units.

Location

Bolton Hall (BOL), RM 1503210 North Maryland Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

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General Education Support Hours
2025-09-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-09-11 13:00 - 15:00, 2025-09-16 10:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

CETL staff are pleased to offer open support hours for faculty revising and resubmitting general education courses for consideration in the Fall 2026 general education roll out. These are “open” hours, meaning you are welcome to stop in and out as schedules allow to receive personalized support on general education course proposal(s).

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Video
2025-09-10 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round One sessions on Sep. 10, Sep. 17, Sep. 24 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Active Teaching Lab - AI in Education
2025-09-10 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
AI in Education: Latest Trends and Practical Strategies for Instructors

David Delgado

Explore the future of teaching with AI! On September 10th, David Delgado will guide us through the latest AI innovations and their impact on education, helping you understand what’s new, what’s next, and what matters for instructors. We’ll then bring the conversation into the classroom, exploring actionable strategies to utilize the newest tools to help integrate AI into your classroom.

This session will be held online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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Location

Virtually on Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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A Hands-On Workshop for Digital Accessibility
2025-09-12 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our sessions on Sep. 12, Oct. 17, or Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint
2025-09-17 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round One sessions on Sep. 17, Sep. 24 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Conflict Transformation Workshop | Conflict Styles | In-person
2025-09-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Conflict Transformation Workshops provide space for UWM faculty and staff to reflect, explore and dialogue about ways you experience and respond to conflict. Participants will grow in self-awareness of your own conflict tendencies and will build skills and confidence to positively address conflict.

Register for Conflict Transformation Workshop

During Fall 2025, the Division of Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity (CEII) will offer the following three-session conflict transformation circle series:

Conflict Styles: Tues., Sept. 23 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Sept. 24 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Responsive Strategies: Tues., Oct. 7 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Oct. 8 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Preparing for Conflict: Tues., Oct. 21 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Oct. 22 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG), B732033 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

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Digital Accessibility in Canvas
2025-09-24 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our session on Sep. 24 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Conflict Transformation Workshop | Conflict Styles | Virtual
2025-09-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Conflict Transformation Workshops provide space for UWM faculty and staff to reflect, explore and dialogue about ways you experience and respond to conflict. Participants will grow in self-awareness of your own conflict tendencies and will build skills and confidence to positively address conflict.

Register for Conflict Transformation Workshop

During Fall 2025, the Division of Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity (CEII) will offer the following three-session conflict transformation circle series:

Conflict Styles: Tues., Sept. 23 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Sept. 24 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Responsive Strategies: Tues., Oct. 7 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Oct. 8 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Preparing for Conflict: Tues., Oct. 21 (11am–12pm, ENG B73) or Wed., Oct. 22 (12–1pm, via Zoom)

Location

Virtually on Zoom, please register for link.

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HIPs in Course Outcomes | Virtual
2025-09-24 14:00 - 14:30 | WI
Overview

Using HIPs Element language in your online or F2F course outcomes is a great way to embed the High Impact Practice Elements in your course? As you create outcomes for your course activities, assessments, and assignments, you can align them with your course outcomes to foreshadow the HIPs Elements that will be embedded in your course. This is an excellent way to make HIPs visible to students and colleagues in your program, increasing transparency, scalability, and greater sustainability. A HIPs brief HIPs recap is provided. Don’t skip this crucial starting point for scaling HIPs in your courses and curricula. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Virtually, register for the link.

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HIPs in Course Outcomes | In-person
2025-09-25 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Using HIPs Element language in your online or F2F course outcomes is a great way to embed the High Impact Practice Elements in your course. As you create outcomes for your course activities, assessments, and assignments, you can align them with your course outcomes to foreshadow the HIPs Elements that will be embedded in your course. This is an excellent way to make HIPs visible to students and colleagues in your program, increasing transparency, scalability, and greater sustainability. A brief HIPs recap is provided. Don’t skip this crucial starting point for scaling HIPs in your courses and curricula. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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UW OPLR 2025 Faculty Symposium
2025-09-29 13:00 - 16:30 | WI
Overview

A professional development opportunity for faculty teaching in online collaborative programs administered by Office of Online and Professional Learning Resources.

Network and engage with faculty, instructional designers, and media staff to share and discuss best practices in online teaching and learning.

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Virtually

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Please reach out to Inga Dilla at Inga.Dilla@uwex.wisconsin.edu.

Active Teaching Lab - Preparing UWM Students for Careers in an AI-enabled World
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Preparing UWM Students for Careers in an AI-enabled World – a Perspective from Strategic Partnerships

Brian Thompson

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact the careers of UWM graduates, whether they are directly involved in technology implementation or experiencing AI as it complements and reshapes roles in the workforce. UWM instructors are the front line – adapting their course to best prepare our students in a rapidly changing environment with skills in technology and critical thinking. Brian Thompson, UWM Chief Innovation & Partnership Officer will offer perspectives from partner and community organizations – including Northwestern Mutual, Rockwell Automation, Microsoft, Direct Supply, Harley Davidson and Milwaukee Bucks – on how they’re implementing AI and how it impacts their hiring and opportunities for continuing education of their workforce.

This session will be held online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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Location

Virtually on Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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Tools to Design and Align HIPs Assignments to Increase Student Success | In-person
2025-10-01 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Examine the essential features of a HIPs assignment using the HIPs Assignment Builder. Identify the HIPs already present in your assignments using a simple HIPs Taxonomy and easily add more HIPs Elements to increase student learning, engagement, and success. Review multiple UWM examples of multi-HIPs assignments and an AI designed HIPs assignment. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Grading Survival Kit | TA Professional Development
2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

October’s session will give you practical grading tools to save time, reduce stress, and improve grading fairness. You’ll learn to use: Canvas rubrics, batch grading, as well as time and workload management strategies. In addition, the Academic Success Center will join us to help you better understand the academic progress report.

Location

Bolton Hall, RM 1503210 North Maryland Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Conflict Transformation Workshop | Responsive Strategies | In-person
2025-10-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Tools to Design and Align HIPs Assignments to Increase Student Success | Virtual
2025-10-07 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Examine the essential features of a HIPs assignment using the HIPs Assignment Builder. Identify the HIPs already present in your assignments using a simple HIPs Taxonomy and easily add more HIPs Elements to increase student learning, engagement, and success. Review multiple UWM examples of multi-HIPs assignments and an AI designed HIPs assignment. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Virtually, register for the link.

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Conflict Transformation Workshop | Responsive Strategies | Virtual
2025-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Scaffolding HIPs Assignments for Powerful Impact | Virtual
2025-10-09 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Breaking larger assignments down into parts based on specific outcomes per step can raise the level of learning, on time completion, and quality, as well as reduce student stress and your workload at the end. “Scaffolding” assignments already creates the HIPs Element Investment over Time and is the perfect opportunity to embed multiple HIPs Elements in your online or F2F course. Doing scaffolding well can transform your course and recalibrate success for your students. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Virtually, register for the link.

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Scaffolding HIPs Assignments for Powerful Impact | In-person
2025-10-10 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Breaking larger assignments down into parts based on specific outcomes per step can raise the level of learning, on time completion, and quality, as well as reduce student stress and your workload at the end. “Scaffolding” assignments already creates the HIPs Element Investment over Time and is the perfect opportunity to embed multiple HIPs Elements in your online or F2F course. Doing scaffolding well can transform your course and recalibrate success for your students. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Microsoft Word
2025-10-15 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Two sessions on Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtual on Zoom, register for link.

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Conflict Transformation Workshop | Preparing for Conflict | In-person
2025-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

HIPs Real World Application | In-person
2025-10-21 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Real-world Application is one of the High Impact Eight Quality Elements to leverage student learning and success and highly effective in increasing engagement, motivation, and life skills. This session provides an overview and UWM examples of embedding real-world application as well as additional HIPs Elements that easily accompany real-world application assignments. Participants will receive tools to efficiently jump start embedding HIPs real-world application into their courses. Please bring or have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Please bring or have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Video
2025-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Two sessions on Oct. 22, Oct. 29, or Nov. 5 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Conflict Transformation Workshop | Preparing for Conflict | Virtual
2025-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

HIPs Real World Application | Virtual
2025-10-24 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Real-world Application is one of the High Impact Eight Quality Elements to leverage student learning and success and highly effective in increasing engagement, motivation, and life skills. This session provides an overview and UWM examples of embedding real-world application as well as additional HIPs Elements that easily accompany real-world application assignments. Participants will receive tools to efficiently jump start embedding HIPs real-world application into their courses. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Virtually, register for the link.

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AI in Higher Ed: A Dialogue Across Perspectives
2025-10-24 13:00 - 14:30 | WI
Overview

AI is rapidly transforming higher education—but how we understand and respond to these changes varies widely. As artificial intelligence becomes more present in our classrooms, offices, and daily work, many of us are navigating uncertainty, curiosity, and concern. Some feel excited by the possibilities, while others feel unprepared or left out of the conversations shaping its future on our campus.

This session offers a space to come together and talk about it. Join colleagues from across UWM for a dialogue-focused event where we’ll explore our diverse experiences with AI, share perspectives, and build skills for engaging in thoughtful, inclusive conversations about the technology. You’ll observe a structured dialogue among UWM colleagues representing different viewpoints, then participate in guided table discussions to reflect on how AI is showing up in your work—and what it means for your role moving forward.

This session is designed for faculty, instructors, students, grad students, and staff. All perspectives welcome—no AI experience or expertise required.

Location

Student Union Ballroom2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Rm 351Milwaukee, WI 53211

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Co-sponsored by

Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)

Division of Community Empowerment & Institutional Inclusivity (CEII)

University Information Technology Services (UITS).

Embedding Group Assignments With Multiple HIPs Elements | In-person
2025-10-28 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Group assignments can expand the potential learning for all students if designed carefully. See UWM examples of how minimal tweaking can bring HIPs Elements into your group projects. The HIPs Group Assignment Builder and Checklist can help you diminish imbalanced contributions, weak leadership, and missed deadlines while giving prime real estate for multiple HIPs Elements to occupy in your course. Ramp up the impact of your group assignments or start creating one! Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Two sessions on Oct. 29, Nov. 5 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Embedding Group Assignments With Multiple HIPs Elements | Virtual
2025-10-30 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Group assignments can expand the potential learning for all students if designed carefully. See UWM examples of how minimal tweaking can bring HIPs Elements into your group projects. The HIPs Group Assignment Builder and Checklist can help you diminish imbalanced contributions, weak leadership, and missed deadlines while giving prime real estate for multiple HIPs Elements to occupy in your course. Ramp up the impact of your group assignments or start creating one! Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Virtually, register for the link.

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Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Instructors | In-person
2025-11-04 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
As a follow-up to a UWM survey on Academic information technology usage and services, you are invited to participate in a focus group to dive deeper into your experiences. This session is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share feedback on the digital tools and platforms that support academic work—from course management systems and research software to administrative technologies.

Your insights will help guide improvements and ensure that IT services align with the needs of our academic community. All voices are welcome!

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B592033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Instructors | Virtual
2025-11-04 13:00 - 14:00 | WI
As a follow-up to a UWM survey on Academic information technology usage and services, you are invited to participate in a focus group to dive deeper into your experiences. This session is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share feedback on the digital tools and platforms that support academic work—from course management systems and research software to administrative technologies.

Your insights will help guide improvements and ensure that IT services align with the needs of our academic community. All voices are welcome!

Location

Virtually on Zoom

Digital Accessibility in Canvas
2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our session on Nov. 5 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Active Teaching Lab - Building Your AI Teaching Team
2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Building Your AI Teaching Team: Experimenting with Custom Assistants for Learning and Scholarship

Stuart Moulthrop

What happens when a graduate seminar builds its own AI collaborator? In this session, we’ll explore how Stuart Moulthrop designed and introduced a custom GPT to support reading-based discussion and scholarly experimentation in a theory course. The project began as a practical test—what could AI do with a semester’s worth of readings—but evolved into a reflection on what it means to be a scholar, teacher, and creator alongside AI. Join us to discuss how custom assistants can support learning, reveal the limits of current tools, and spark new conversations about co-creation, resistance, and the future of academic work.

This session will be held online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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Location

Virtually on Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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HIPs in Low Stakes Assessments & Grading Schemes | Virtual
2025-11-05 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Low stakes assessments are brief and vital turning points for your teaching and student success. Although they are worth “low points,” they can help you check student grasp of higher-level concepts or lower-level knowledge. Student learning, confusion, and disengagement will become evident much earlier and inform your teaching before higher stakes assessments weigh students down. Infused with the HIPs Elements, these quick low stake assessments can become fun, relevant, and pivotal gems that will increase student success and signal confusion or disengagement. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

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HIPs in Low Stakes Assessments & Grading Schemes | In-person
2025-11-06 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Low stakes assessments are brief and vital turning points for your teaching and student success. Although they are worth “low points,” they can help you check student grasp of higher-level concepts or lower-level knowledge. Student learning, confusion, and disengagement will become evident much earlier and inform your teaching before higher stakes assessments weigh students down. Infused with the HIPs Elements, these quick low stake assessments can become fun, relevant, and pivotal gems that will increase student success and signal confusion or disengagement. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Feedback that Helps Students Learn | TA Professional Development
2025-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

November’s session focuses on feedback that will help students grow. You’ll learn: feedback strategies to foster student development and learning, Canvas audio/video tools, and course assignment wrappers. In addition, resources for supporting struggling students, preparing for mid-terms, and work-life balance will be shared.

Location

Bolton Hall, RM 1503210 North Maryland Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Students | In-person
2025-11-07 15:00 - 16:00 | WI
As a follow-up to a UWM survey on Academic information technology usage and services, you are invited to participate in a focus group to dive deeper into your experiences. This session is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share feedback on the digital tools and platforms that support academic work—from course management systems and research software to administrative technologies.

Your insights will help guide improvements and ensure that IT services align with the needs of our academic community. All voices are welcome!

Location

Golda Meir Library, W1112311 E Hartford AveMilwaukee, WI 53211

Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Students | Virtual
2025-11-07 15:00 - 16:00 | WI

Spring 2026 Textbook Submission Deadline
2025-11-10 00:00 - 23:59 | WI
All course material adoptions should be submitted to the eCampus Bookstore so that students know what the course texts will be for their courses.

First Day HIPs Activities, Engagement Strategies | In-person
2025-11-12 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

What if you started your course or module first day with a concrete, captivating, and relevant experience that evoked questions about the main ideas of your course? Kolb’s Experiential Cycle can be used to frame online or F2F sessions or modules by using controversy, ambiguity, uncertainty, students’ existing knowledge, and surprise to draw them into the bigger questions underlying and driving your course. begin setting the norm for interaction, higher level learning, real-world application, and diverse encounters. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity. Course conversation time available following session.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Staff | In-person
2025-11-13 10:00 - 11:00 | WI

Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Staff | Virtual
2025-11-13 10:00 - 11:00 | WI

First Day HIPs Activities, Engagement Strategies | Virtual
2025-11-13 12:30 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

What if you started your course or module first day with a concrete, captivating, and relevant experience that evoked questions about the main ideas of your course? Kolb’s Experiential Cycle can be used to frame online or F2F sessions or modules by using controversy, ambiguity, uncertainty, students’ existing knowledge, and surprise to draw them into the bigger questions underlying and driving your course. begin setting the norm for interaction, higher level learning, real-world application, and diverse encounters. Please have access to your course, an assignment, or activity.

Access KnowledgeBase Article on HIPs

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Event Location

Virtually, register for the link.

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Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Researchers | In-person
2025-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 | WI

Academic IT User Experience Focus Group | Researchers | Virtual
2025-11-14 15:00 - 16:00 | WI

Digital Accessibility in Microsoft Word
2025-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Three sessions on Nov. 19, Dec. 3, Dec. 10, Dec. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtual on Zoom, register for link.

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Digital Accessibility in Video
2025-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Three sessions on Dec. 3, Dec. 10, or Dec. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Active Teaching Lab - Vibe Coding
2025-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Vibe Coding for Teaching and Research: Building AI Workflows that Work TBA

Lane Sunwall

As AI tools grow more capable, they can also become overwhelming—especially for complex tasks. This session introduces vibe coding, a method for collaborating with AI step-by-step to create usable tools, activities, or digital resources. We’ll examine what happens when prompts are too broad (AI burnout and hallucination) versus when they’re structured as a series of build-and-refine steps. You’ll leave with practical models for guiding AI through multi-stage academic projects.

This session will be held online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

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Virtually on Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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Getting Started with Vevox Polling
2025-12-03 14:00 - 15:00 | WI
Overview

This introductory workshop will guide participants through the essentials of using Vevox, UWM’s supported student response and engagement system. We will begin by demonstrating how to log in using UWM’s Single Sign-On and how to create and manage a Vevox session. Participants will learn how to build common poll types (multiple choice, word cloud, rating, and open text) and how to use them to support active learning in class. The session will also cover how to install and use the Vevox PowerPoint add-in, enabling polls to run seamlessly during live presentations. Finally, we will walk through the Canvas integration, including how to sync sessions and enable grade passback so student responses can be recorded and transferred directly into the Canvas Gradebook.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to confidently create and run live polls in their course, integrate them smoothly into lectures, and link results with their Canvas courses.

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Event Location

Virtual on Zoom, register for link.

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Spring Success Planning | TA Professional Development
2025-12-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

December’s session helps you finish strong and prepare for spring success. You will learn more about end of course evaluations from the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (OAIR) as well as updates on digital accessibility. You’ll reflect upon this semester and create: your spring semester action plan, foundations to your teaching portfolio and teaching statement, and a lesson plan built upon proven teaching strategies.

Location

Bolton Hall, RM 1503210 North Maryland Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Digital Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint
2025-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for one of our Round Three sessions on Dec. 10, Dec. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

Facilitators

Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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Digital Accessibility in Canvas
2025-12-17 12:00 - 13:00 | WI
Overview

Prepare for the April 2026 accessibility deadline to ensure all your Canvas courses, videos, files, and digital teaching materials meet accessibility standards. This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical strategies to create accessible videos, Canvas pages, Word documents, and more, while deepening your understanding of key accessibility concepts and standards.

Join us for our session on Dec. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register for a session and set your students up for success!

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Event Location

Virtually on Zoom, register for link.

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2026 Teaching & Learning Symposium
2026-01-15 09:00 - 12:00 | WI
Overview

The symposium includes a keynote and a series of presentations where the teaching and learning community shares best practices and celebrates accomplishments. The return of the in-person Teaching and Learning Symposium offers faculty, staff, and graduate students a valuable opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share effective teaching and learning practices.

Theme of 2026: Engaging Today’s Students

This year’s symposium addresses the pressing challenge of how to meaningfully engage students who arrive each semester with unique expectations, experiences, and needs. Whether seeking to engage students in class activity, readings, discussions, or the learning process, together we will share evidence-based strategies to advance student learning.

Location

Lubar Hall N1463202 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211

Registration Form

To account for accommodation requests, registration for this event is now closed.

New TA Orientation
2026-01-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

The Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation is held each semester for all new TAs. The orientation is designed to inform new TAs of their duties and responsibilities, provide instruction on teaching and learning tools (i.e., Canvas), and essential shared resources. Participation is mandatory for new teaching assistants to fulfill training requirements set by their respective academic units.

Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG), RM B732033 E Hartford Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

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Returning TA Professional Development Community
2026-01-30 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-02-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-13 12:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Join our monthly hybrid professional development community designed exclusively for teaching assistants! This space is all about collaboration, support, and growth. Each session provides:

Peer Problem-Solving: Bring your challenges and questions to a supportive group of colleagues who understand your role. Together, we’ll brainstorm practical solutions.

Community Support: Connect with other TAs, share experiences, and build a network that strengthens your teaching practice.

Skill Building: Learn a new teaching strategy or explore an educational technology tool each month to enhance your classroom impact.

Sessions are offered in person and online for maximum flexibility. Whether you’re looking for advice, new ideas, or just a sense of community, this is your space to learn and grow.

Location

Engelmann Hall, RM B732033 E Hartford Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

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Grading Survival Kit | New TA Training Session
2026-02-06 08:00 - 09:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

This session will give you practical grading tools to save time, reduce stress, and improve grading fairness. You’ll learn to use: Canvas rubrics, batch grading, as well as time and workload management strategies. In addition, the Academic Success Center will join us to help you better understand the academic progress report.

Location

Engelmann Hall, RM B732033 E Hartford Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Active Teaching Lab - AI in Education
2026-02-11 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
AI in Education: Latest trends and practical strategies for instructors

David Delgado

Explore the future of teaching with AI! In this first Active Teaching Lab of 2026, David Delgado will guide us through the latest AI innovations and their impact on education, helping you understand what’s new, what’s next, and what matters for instructors. We’ll then bring the conversation into the classroom, exploring actionable strategies to utilize the newest tools to help integrate AI into your teaching.

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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M-cubed Professional Learning Event
2026-02-17 08:00 - 11:30 | UWM Union Ballroom, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Join educators from UWM, MATC, and Milwaukee Public Schools for an M‑Cubed professional learning event focused on strengthening aligned, connected pathways that support students as they move from high school into and through college. Building on the M‑Cubed partnership’s mission to create clear educational bridges and ensure smooth, well‑supported transitions for Milwaukee’s learners, faculty and instructors in ELA, Science, and Math will work in subject‑area teams to examine learning progressions, identify key readiness skills, and enhance the coherence of “learning ladders” that prepare students for postsecondary success. This collaborative day reflects the broader M‑Cubed commitment to helping students progress with purpose and confidence through coordinated efforts across partner institutions.

Parking

We encourage MPS/MATC colleagues to park in the free UWM UPARK Commuter Lot (Humboldt Blvd & Capitol Dr) and take the campus PROWL LINE shuttle to the main campus – exiting at the Library stop and walking through Spaights Plaza to the Union. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes, with pick ups at the UPARK lot at :00 and :30, and drop offs on campus at :15 and :45. If you prefer to park closer to the Union, limited street parking and the Union Parking Garage are available, though both require payment.

Event Location

UWM Student Union Ballroom2200 E Kenwood BlvdMilwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Video
2026-02-20 09:00 - 12:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Under a 2024 rule from the U.S. Department of Justice, public colleges and universities must ensure their digital content is accessible to people with disabilities by April 24, 2026. Prepare for the upcoming accessibility deadline by learning how to make your videos accessible. In this hands-on, in-person workshop, participants learn core accessibility principles and practice identifying and correcting common accessibility issues in video content.

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Digital Accessibility in Canvas
2026-02-27 09:00 - 12:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Under a 2024 rule from the U.S. Department of Justice, public colleges and universities must ensure their digital content is accessible to people with disabilities by April 24, 2026. Prepare for the upcoming accessibility deadline by learning how to make your Canvas class accessible. In this hands-on, in-person workshop, participants learn core accessibility principles and practice identifying and correcting common accessibility issues in Canvas.

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Active Teaching Lab - Rehumanizing Student Engagement
2026-03-04 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Rehumanizing Student Engagement: Building Empathy, Trust, and Connection in the Age of AI

Sarthak Singh and Lin Deng

AI and technology dominate the learning landscape, however, human connection remains essential for engagement. Join us as Sarthak Singh and Lin Deng share “rehumanizing” teaching strategies that integrate AI tools with empathy, trust, and storytelling. They will demonstrate how to design AI-supported lessons that teach students to ask meaningful questions and connect authentically with each other.

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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Location

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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Feedback that Helps Students Learn | New TA Training Session
2026-03-06 08:00 - 09:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

This session focuses on feedback that will help students grow. You’ll learn: feedback strategies to foster student development and learning, Canvas audio/video tools, and course assignment wrappers. In addition, resources for supporting struggling students, preparing for mid-terms, and work-life balance will be shared.

Location

Engelmann Hall, RM B732033 E Hartford Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Digital Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint
2026-03-20 09:00 - 12:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Under a 2024 rule from the U.S. Department of Justice, public colleges and universities must ensure their digital content is accessible to people with disabilities by April 24, 2026. Prepare for the upcoming accessibility deadline by learning how to create accessible PowerPoint presentations. In this hands-on, in-person workshop, participants learn core accessibility principles and practice identifying and correcting common accessibility issues in PowerPoint slides.

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Summer 2026 Textbook Submission Deadline
2026-03-23 00:00 - 23:59 | WI

Active Teaching Lab - Reading and AI Literacy
2026-04-01 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Connecting Critical Reading and AI Literacy

Shevaun Watson and Cassandra Phillips

Generative AI is transforming college students’ literacy development, and understanding these challenges is important at this critical juncture. This session will discuss key findings from the presenters’ research on the relationships between reading and AI and share effective strategies for supporting both critical reading and AI literacy in your classrooms. Participants will gain insight into students’ experiences with expanding literacy demands and how these new challenges are impacting their ability to succeed in reading- and writing-intensive courses.

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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Location

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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End of Year Success Planning | New TA Training Session
2026-04-03 08:00 - 09:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

This session helps you finish strong and prepare for spring success. You will learn more about end of course evaluations from the Office of Assessment and Institutional Research (OAIR) as well as updates on digital accessibility. You’ll reflect upon this semester and create: your spring semester action plan, foundations to your teaching portfolio and teaching statement, and a lesson plan built upon proven teaching strategies.

Location

Engelmann Hall, RM B732033 E Hartford Ave,Milwaukee, WI 53211

Fall 2026 Textbook Submission Deadline
2026-04-06 00:00 - 23:59 | WI

Gen Ed Charette | Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning
2026-04-06 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-06 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Teaching a General Education course? Join us for a collaborative General Education assignment charette, where faculty will exchange peer feedback on course assignments focused on refining course assignments to enhance clarity, alignment, and student learning.

Please come prepared to engage in small‑group discussions (in‑person or online) and bring the assignment(s) you indicated are assessing the approved General Education student learning outcomes, as required for UWM’s Gen Ed assessment reporting.

This workshop not only supports strong alignment between General Education learning outcomes, assignments, and student transparency about their learning, but also helps ensure UWM is prepared to meet HLC accreditation expectations.

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Gen Ed Charette | Communication & Literacy
2026-04-07 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Gen Ed Charette | Social & Behavioral Science
2026-04-08 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Gen Ed Charette | Humanities & Arts
2026-04-09 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Gen Ed Charette | Natural Science & Wellness
2026-04-10 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-10 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Gen Ed Charette | Civics & Perspectives
2026-04-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-04-13 15:00 - 16:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States

Digital Accessibility in Microsoft Word
2026-04-24 09:00 - 12:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Under a 2024 rule from the U.S. Department of Justice, public colleges and universities must ensure their digital content is accessible to people with disabilities by April 24, 2026. Prepare for the upcoming accessibility deadline by learning how to create accessible Microsoft Word documents. In this hands-on, in-person workshop, participants learn core accessibility principles and practice identifying and correcting common accessibility issues in Microsoft Word.

Facilitators

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Active Teaching Lab - Custom AI Without the Cloud
2026-05-06 09:00 - 10:00 | WI
Custom AI Without the Cloud: Privacy and Power for Every Instructor

Joseph Retzer

While off-the-shelf AI like ChatGPT are popular, many instructors worry about data privacy and generic “one-size-fits-all” limitations. In this session, Joseph Retzer will demonstrate how he created a secure, custom AI assistant that runs entirely offline to keep sensitive student and research data private, while still being able to summarize complex data and generate professional reports. Following Dr. Retzer’s session we’ll explore ways to build your own specialized AI tools, and move from being an AI consumer to an AI creator.

This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom. Registration is not required but helps us prepare.

Join us via this link!

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This session will be held in Engelmann Hall (Room B73), and online via Zoom, please register to receive an email with the link.

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Open House Retirement Party for Connie Schroeder
2026-05-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

After more than two decades of dedicated service to UW–Milwaukee and a remarkable forty-year career in higher education, CASL’s very own, Connie Schroeder will be retiring in May.

We invite all faculty, staff, and students that have known or worked with Connie to join CASL for a celebratory Open House Retirement Party on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Engelmann Hall B73 from 12:00–2:00 p.m.

Regardless of whether you are able to join us in person to celebrate Connie, we invite you to take a moment to share words of appreciation on her impact on UWM’s teaching and learning.

Since joining UWM in 2002, Connie has been a foundational force in shaping the university’s culture of teaching excellence, equity, and student success. As the Senior Consultant for Instructional and Organizational Development, her influence has reached every corner of campus, where she has mentored generations of instructors and partnered with various departments to embed high-impact, evidence-based practices into the UWM curriculum.

Connie’s impact extended well beyond the boundaries of our campus as a recognized consultant, speaker, and scholar. Her 2011 book, Coming in from the Margins, helped redefine the strategic role of teaching centers in higher education transformation, while her leadership within the POD Network earned her the prestigious Robert Menges Award on two separate occasions. At UWM, she was instrumental in leading signature professional development programs, including the creation of the Course Design Institute, Educators’ Institute, multiple certificate programs, and heralding the Active Learning Classroom Initiative on campus, leaving behind valuable institutional infrastructure that will benefit the university for years to come.

What truly distinguishes Connie is the combination of professional depth and personal warmth she brought to her work every day. Whether spearheading campus-wide initiatives or providing thoughtful one-on-one consultations, she has always remained a steadfast advocate for faculty and student engagement. Her colleagues at CASL and throughout the university will remember her tireless work ethic and the mentorship she has extended to everyone she encountered. As Connie moves into this next chapter, we celebrate a legacy of service that fundamentally improved the learning experiences of countless students and wish her the very best in her retirement.

Event Location

Engelmann Hall (ENG) B732033 E. Hartford Ave.Milwaukee, 53211United States

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Scantron is Sunsetting: What Comes Next?
2026-05-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

As university-wide Scantron support winds down, many instructors are facing a crossroads in their assessment strategy. This 60-minute “Lunch and Learn” provides a space to discuss and prepare for the transition. From 12:00–12:30, we will address departmental licensing options for alternative scanning software, how to maximize Canvas Quizzes for high-stakes testing, and digital “paper-to-cloud” tools that replicate the Scantron experience. We will also provide resources and options to modify exams in the age of generative AI—including “AI-resistant” question design, digital proctoring, and alternative question design. The remaining 30 minutes will be for questions and discussions among current Scantron users.

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Gen Ed Charette | Make-up Session
2026-05-14 09:00 - 10:30 | Engelmann B73, 2033 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Overview

Teaching an approved General Education course in the Fall? Join us for an additional date and time, make-up session to participate in a collaborative General Education assignment charette, where faculty will exchange peer feedback on course assignments focused on refining course assignments to enhance clarity, alignment, and student learning.

If you participated in the April workshops, we thank you for your engagement, and you are not required to attend this make-up session. This is for those who were unable to attend the prior sessions due to scheduling conflicts.

Please come prepared to engage in small‑group discussions (in‑person or online) and bring the assignment(s) you indicated are assessing the approved General Education student learning outcomes, as required for UWM’s Gen Ed assessment reporting.

This workshop not only supports strong alignment between General Education learning outcomes, assignments, and student transparency about their learning, but also helps ensure UWM is prepared to meet HLC accreditation expectations.

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