Noon-1:15pm in Union South
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Learn how to identify, create and sustain successful, high-demand programs (certificates, degrees, and non-credit pathways) for new student audiences at UW-Madison. Growth of high-demand programs designed for non-traditional audiences allows you to:

• diversify your department’s academic program portfolio
• attract and serve new audiences of students
• strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce in a knowledge economy
• experiment with online teaching and learning
• build relationships with ...

Noon-1:15pm, Union South
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How do you know if your students are learning what you think they’re learning? What assignments, class discussions or assessments are most effective? How can you provide more useful feedback to individual students and yet have time for responses to many?

Join us as we discuss these questions and provide a hands-on demonstration on how faculty and instructors can digitally connect ...

Noon-1pm, Union South (TITU)

A Course-Level Dashboard is currently being developed by DoIT Academic Technology to help instructors learn more about their courses and their students. The project began last spring by working with instructors to identify their needs through  interviews and design prototype reviews. The dashboard is scheduled to launch in spring semester and provides several visualizations that can help instructors see how students are interacting with course materials, ...

Noon-1pm, Union South (TITU)

In this age of Big Data, how do we keep from being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of traditional qualitative and quantitative data? How can we use statistical methods to support grounded inquiry into human behavior?

This session will focus on how to take a critical step in the field of learning analytics; moving beyond looking for patterns in mountains of data, and instead, telling textured ...

Noon-1pm, Union South (TITU)

Why are people using learning analytics? What questions can learning analytics answer to help improve teaching and learning? What does learning analytics look like in actual courses?

Join us for an interactive session with Sara Hagen from the Collaborative for Engineering Education & Training (CEETE) and Sarah Traynor, from the School of Medicine and Public Health to discuss six learning analytics approaches. Hagen and Traynor will ...

10-11am, Union South (TITU)

Are you wondering what data you can see about your students in Canvas? Do you know where to view course-level analytics in Canvas? Have you found Canvas Context Cards where you can view a snapshot of a student’s recent activity? Are you wondering how you can use analytics in Canvas?

Join us for a discussion with three instructors as they share ideas and perspectives ...

Noon-1:15pm, Union South (TITU)

What are the similarities and differences between visualizations and infographics, and does it really matter? What do we need to pay attention to, in order to improve our understanding when we read data? What are some common traps and tricks that we need to beware of when we’re looking at visualizations?

Cid Freitag from DoIT Academic Technology will provide insight into ...

Noon-1:15pm, Union South
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What does learning science research tell us about personalized learning? How can emerging learning technology (e.g., learning analytics) enhance instruction and help students manage their own learning? This session will highlight current findings from two UW-Madison projects – one doing research on the regional and national movement toward personalized learning, the other focused on learning analytics – and ...

Noon-1:15pm, Union South (TITU)

Do you wonder how much time students invest in various course activities? If they are focusing on the most important activities to help them succeed in your course? Or, how you can encourage students to be more reflective about their learning.

Pattern is a tool that has been used by students and instructors to help answer these questions and more. Join us for a ...

Noon-1:15pm, Union South
Register now
Learn how to identify, create and sustain successful, high-demand programs for new student audiences at UW-Madison. Growth of high-demand programs designed for non-traditional audiences allows you to:

• diversify your department’s academic program portfolio
• attract and serve new audiences of students
• strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce in a knowledge economy
• experiment with alternative teaching and learning approaches
• diversify revenue streams in an ...