Three projects led by faculty members from the College of Letters & Science have been selected to receive Educational Innovation funding based on their commitment to advance teaching and learning innovations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Overall, 17 campus projects received funding, with the aim of promoting sustainability and scaling of best practices in educational innovation. To foster this goal, applicants were encouraged to outline scaling efforts that aligned with their school or college’s strategic priorities in the area of teaching and learning.
"We are very excited about the breadth and depth of the projects this year," says Christopher Olsen, interim vice provost for teaching and learning and EI Core Team co-lead. "From blended and online course redesign to service learning capstone courses, interprofessional and integrated learning experiences, and departmental curriculum redesign, the projects offer more flexibility and access for students and have great potential to enhance deeper learning while increasing student engagement."
The funded projects will build on the momentum of the past two years by continuing to enhance student learning, build capacity to reach more learners, create cross campus partnerships and generate new resources.
The three projects led by L&S faculty members are:
- "Art History 202: Renaissance to Modern, Blended and Online Redesign," project lead, Professor Anna Andrzejewski, Department of Art History
- "Theory and Practice of Persuasion," project lead, Professor Lyn Van Swol, Communication Arts
- "Statistics Curriculum Modernization for Data Science Needs," project lead, Chair and Professor Brian Yandell, Department of Statistics
To see the full list of EI funding recipients, read this story from University Communications.