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School of Education’s Román, Shaffer honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards

Posted on February 16, 2023

Twelve UW–Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. Those honored have been selected for their distinguished teaching …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

UW–Madison’s David Williamson Shaffer, YJ Kim to tour Asia and offer research ‘master class’

Posted on February 16, 2023

Two faculty from the UW–Madison School of Education are heading Asia to offer “master classes” on an innovative research methodology developed at UW–Madison.  In a series of seven workshops and lectures across Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

David Williamson Shaffer interviewed by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about ChatGPT and education

Posted on February 16, 2023

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 …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

ChatGPT could help improve our education system, David Williamson Shaffer argues in Newsweek op-ed

Posted on February 16, 2023

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 …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

Shaffer named Sears Bascom Professor

Posted on November 18, 2022

David Williamson Shaffer has been appointed the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics in the UW–Madison School of Education. The honor acknowledges Shaffer’s decades of exemplary teaching, mentorship, and research, which includes establishing the field …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

Tan recieves Best Student Paper Award at international conference

Posted on November 18, 2022

UW–Madison’s Yuanru Tan received the Best Student Paper Award at this year’s International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 15-19. Tan is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology’s Learning …

Posted in Learning Sciences, Spotlight News, Student

Nathan Shares Tips for Effectively Teaching and Learning in Daily Cardinal Q&A

Posted on November 18, 2022

The Daily Cardinal sat down with UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan recently for a conversation about his research, effective teaching, and study techniques. Nathan Nathan, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s top-ranked Department of …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

New study identifies problems with diagrams commonly used by chemistry teachers

Posted on September 23, 2022

Diagrams commonly used to teach chemistry concepts sometimes do more harm than good in students’ learning experiences, according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Martina Rau. The study, published in Journal of Chemical Education, found that …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

UW–Madison educational psychology faculty member, department ranked among most productive in the world for research

Posted on September 23, 2022

A faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology is one of the most productive researchers in the world in her field, according to an analysis just published in Educational Psychology Review. The analysis …

Posted in Faculty, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

‘If we could learn to not be fooled’: Educational psychology professor wins grant to fight misinformation

Posted on August 1, 2022

By Laurel White Teaching people how to spot and outsmart a particularly tricky form of misinformation online is at the heart of new UW-Madison research recently funded by the National Science Foundation. The research, led by …

Posted in Faculty, General, Learning Sciences, Spotlight News

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