Teaching and Presentation Skills
These resources, while developed with the postdoctoral trainee in mind, are useful to a broader group of individuals, including medical residents, study coordinators, and nursing or allied health students.
| On-campus Instructional Opportunities | Campus Resources | Online Resources |
On-campus Instructional Opportunities:
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ELPA 742: Facilitating Learning for Adults
3 credits; spring
Syllabus available at: http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/academics/syllabi.html
This course is also available at a distance via audioconferencing. Analysis of concepts and procedures for helping adults learn. Emphasis on the teaching-learning transactions that encourage and assist adults in their learning activities. As a result of this course, each participant should be better able to:
1. Understand and appreciate the range and variety of tasks entailed in effectively helping adults learn
2. Know about and learn how to locate major scholarly and professional writings aboutfacilitating learning for adults
3. Plan and conduct learning activities for adults
4. Analyze and strengthen aspects of continuing education teaching and learning
5. Analyze and develop strategies for resolving issues regarding helping adults learn
P: ELPA 746 or equiv background in the adult learning field.
ELPA 746: The Adult Learner: Implications for Curriculum and Instruction
3 credits; fall
Syllabus available at: http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/academics/syllabi.html
Analysis of the principles and instructional models applicable to the instruction of adults. Attention to the integration of research on learning and teaching in informal and formal educational settings.
Teaching and Learning Symposium at UW-Madison
http://learning.wisc.edu/tlsymposium
The annual Teaching & Learning Symposium brings together faculty, staff, post-docs, and graduate students to share best practices, celebrate accomplishments, discuss new teaching pedagogy, and explore themes of mutual interest.
ICTR Short Course in Clinical Research
Campus Resources:
The Delta Program
http://www.delta.wisc.edu/index.html
The Delta Program is a research, teaching and learning community for faculty, academic staff, post-docs, and graduate students that will help current and future faculty succeed in the changing landscape of science, engineering, and math higher education. Through three core ideas: teaching-as-research, learning-through-diversity, and learning community, the Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning (Delta) supports current and future science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) faculty in their ongoing improvement of student learning.You are invited to learn more about Delta and get involved in the many exciting opportunities that we offer. Choose the level of involvement that is right for you and your time constraints, whether it is one of our programs, graduate courses, internship and certificate programs, monthly roundtable dinners, workshops or other opportunities.
CIRTL Diversity Resources
http://www.cirtl.net/DiversityResources
Resources for inclusive teaching practices in science, technology, engineering and math
UW-Madison Teaching Academy
http://teachingacademy.wisc.edu/sotl
The UW-Madison Teaching Academy exists to promote and recognize excellence in teaching. The Teaching Academy encourages innovation, experimentation, dialogue, and scholarship around issues related to teaching and learning. We are composed of Fellows and Future Faculty Partners who provide leadership to strengthen undergraduate and graduate, and outreach education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Academy works with partners across campus, and sponsors a number of events aimed at fostering a high level of instructional excellence across campus.
Features Scholarship of Teaching and Learning discussion series. Also offers symposiums and institutes.
Online Resources:
Teaching and Learning Excellence @ UW Madison
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/tle
TLE@UW-Madison is an all-campus virtual center aimed at helping you enrich your courses and your teaching by providing a crossroads among the many campus and college organizations and services available at UW-Madison.
