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Mobile sustainability game spurs students to take environmental action
Traversing the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus while consulting iPads and smartphones, the students in Cathy Middlecamp’s introductory environmental studies course could have been mistaken for anyone checking social media en route to class. But for these students, class was already in session. Middlecamp, a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, partnered with the UW Mobile Learning Incubator to have students in Environmental Studies 126 playtest a new mobile game under development that explores sustainability features on the UW–Madison campus. Read More
UW-Madison links with New York museum to collect games and learning data
Leaning over a multitouch table, middle schoolers examine a digital underwater environment, shifting blocks across the screen and building lures to capture computerized fish. While the game introduces engineering principles and logic through an entertaining vehicle, the surface of the table is only half the story. Read More
Public presentations scheduled for vice provost positions
Candidates for the positions of vice provost for teaching and learning and vice provost for faculty and staff will give public presentations starting this week. Read More
Teaching and Learning Symposium focuses on transforming education
The 2014 Teaching & Learning Symposium, a two-day event taking place May 19-20 at Union South, will focus on “Transforming Education” as this year’s theme. Read More
Teaching and Learning innovation award winners named
Two teams have been selected to receive the inaugural UW–Madison Teaching and Learning Innovation Awards for their work to promote educational innovation on campus. Read More
New undergraduate Sustainability Certificate launching
A new certificate in sustainability will be available to undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison beginning this fall. Read More
Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the ‘Knowledge Economy’ pilot MOOC launches
With an ocean between them, connected via Skype, Kris Olds and Susan Robertson have spent the past year discussing the concept for their new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the 'Knowledge Economy.' Read More
Educational Innovation funding awarded for 17 projects
Seventeen projects have been selected to receive Educational Innovation funding based on their commitment to advance teaching and learning innovations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Educational Innovation director candidates to give public presentations
Three finalists for the newly created position of Educational Innovation director will give public presentations on campus next week. Read More
UW-Madison again cited as a ‘best value’ university
UW-Madison was named one of the nation's best values in higher education by the Princeton Review, placing in the top 75 of Best Value Public Schools. Read More
Update: UW classes resume
Classes at UW–Madison – called off for the morning due to the bitter cold temperatures – resumed at noon today, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Read More
Go Big Read seeks titles focused on service for 2014-15 program
Here at home and around the world, people are called to serve their countries, their communities and other missions. Some volunteer, some are drafted, and others find themselves pressed into service by their circumstances. Read More