News about Committees & Groups
Communication Arts Course Redesigned as Part of REACH
In the spring issue of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program’s Time to Write newsletter, Professor Sara McKinnon was featured for her work with the REACH initiative. The article by Mike Haen described how Sara redesigned Communication Arts 260 (“Communication and Human Behavior”) with assistance from Theresa Pesavento from Strategic Learning Technology Consulting (SLTC). Since…
Read more...Team Presents on Engage eText, Online Learning & More at T&L Symposium
At this year’s Teaching & Learning Symposium on May 17, 2018, DoIT Academic Technology team members shared their expertise on online learning, Engage eText, Canvas, designing curriculum for high-enrollment courses, and learning analytics. In addition, Blaire Bundy, Service Leader of Strategic Learning Technology Consulting (SLTC), served on the planning committee for the event, which DoIT…
Read more...Collaborative Work Featured at Showcase
For the 20th year, hundreds of colleagues gathered for the annual UW-Madison Showcase in Union South on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. DoIT Academic Technology team members from multiple services presented posters with partners from across the campus. The “Collaborative Partnerships: From Prototype to Production” poster featured the Agefuly App that Teaching & Research Application Development…
Read more...Bundy, Jorn and Miller Present at ELI Annual Meeting
DoIT Academic Technology team members presented, networked and explored new developments in teaching and learning with technology at this year’s EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting. Held in New Orleans from January 29-31, 2018, the meeting featured presentations by Blaire Bundy, Service Leader of Strategic Learning Technology Consulting (SLTC), Linda Jorn, DoIT AT Director and…
Read more...Engage eText Pilot to Launch in Spring
An estimated 3,000 students across 16 courses will participate in a pilot this spring and pay approximately 40 to 80 percent less per textbook by using the Unizin Engage platform to access online text materials instead of traditional textbooks. In addition, they will benefit from the annotations feature that instructors and peers can use to…
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