The Wisconsin Union Directorate is hosting a screening of Kevin Shaw’s 2022 film, “Let the Little Light Shine,” on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m., as part of the Havens Wright Center’s 2023 Social Cinema Series. The film will be followed by a discussion with Shaw and UW–Madison’s Erica Turner, an associate professor in the …
In a recently published op-ed in Newsweek, School of Education professor David Williamson Shaffer argues the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT could have a positive impact on our education system — but only if educators approach the new technology a certain way. Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement …
UW–Madison faculty and staff who are past winners of a School of Education Seed Grant have published a paper about their important work, titled “Learning how to teach Indigenous history and culture,” in the December 2022 edition of The Learning Professional. The paper had its genesis several years ago as part of the School of …
A recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education highlighted a working paper by a UW–Madison faculty member that found Black and Hispanic students are less likely than white students to be taught by instructors of the same race in higher education settings. Taylor Odle, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of …
A UW–Madison School of Education faculty member recently lent his expertise on the role of technology in education to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on how Wisconsin college students and professors are responding to the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. David Williamson Shaffer, the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor …
Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita with the School of Education and the former Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is featured in an Al Jazeera segment that is headlined, “Are conservatives trying to erase and rewrite U.S. history?” Interviewer Marc Lamont Hill for Al Jazeera’s “Up Front” …
Professor Chris Walker and alumna Shasparay Irvin of the UW–Madison School of Education will be spotlighted in three Badger Talks LIVE Quick Picks throughout the month of February. Quick Picks are a new, short-form version of Badger Talk LIVE, featuring brief talks ranging from 10 to 15 minutes. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 12 p.m., …
U.S. News & World Report ranked the UW–Madison School of Education’s online master’s degree programs among the very best in the nation. According to the news organization’s 2023 Best Online Master’s in Education Programs rankings released in January, UW–Madison is No. 4. “These rankings are another example of the range of high-quality programs across our …
By Kari Dickinson First they run the stairs and work their quads and core. Then they move on to a ball passing drill called the “spiderweb.” You might think this is an athletic team warming up for practice. But these are not athletes, they are actors — and these kinds of drills have become routine …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts and the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI) welcome writer, performer, and playwright Porsha Olayiwola to campus Feb. 24 to March 4 through the Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program. An academic year-long partnership between the Division of the Arts and OMAI, the collaboration presents a series of short-term residencies with interdisciplinary artists. …