University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Instruction

December 18 Update

Greetings Spring 2021 Instructors, Today, we are reaching out with support available for your spring courses. We will be sending semi-regular emails prior to the spring semester with tips, resources, and reminders. These messages will be archived on the MERIT Instructional Support page. The MERIT Instructional Support page also contains other helpful resources. Additionally, the …

November 24 Update

Greetings Spring 2021 Instructors, Today, we are reaching out with support available for your spring courses. We will be sending semi-regular emails prior to the spring semester with tips, resources, and reminders. They will be archived here: Instructional Support. Please know that the campus instructional continuity page offers many resources as well. Let us know if we can …

MERIT Welcomes New Staff!

MERIT is pleased to welcome Bill Weber & Jackson Kestner to the UW-Madison School of Education– we are so happy to have you part of the MERIT team! Bill Weber (Instructional Technologist): Bill brings 12 years of experience as an Instructional Designer and Technologist. He joins UW-Madison from UW Colleges Online, where he supported instructors …

Fall 2020 Instructional Support

Opportunities are available to support the instructional needs of School of Education instructors for Fall 2020 Please visit our site for more information.  

Faculty Development Opportunities – 2018/2019

School of Education instructors are invited to apply to participate in a number of upcoming faculty development programs. Blend@UW Summer 2018 Blend@UW helps faculty and instructional staff design blended courses that foster deeper, more active learning for students. Week-long series of half-day sessions are offered between semesters. These intensive series are the ideal way to …

Canvas Support – Spring 2018

MERIT staff are available to provide one-on-one support with the Canvas learning management system (LMS). We will be offering additional support through office hours during the weeks of April 16 – April 20, 2018 and May 14 – May 18, 2018. Office hours will take place at the following times and locations: Tues. 4/17 – …

Blended Learning Fellowships – Spring 2018

DoIT Academic Technology’s Faculty Engagement service is accepting applications for two new Blended Learning Fellowships for Spring 2018. School of Education instructors who have experience using active learning classrooms and who are interested in evidence-based teaching are invited to apply. To apply: go.wisc.edu/apply-fellowship Active Learning Classrooms Mondays, February 5 – April 30 | 2:30pm-4:00pm | …

MERIT Welcomes New Instructional Technologist

Please join MERIT in welcoming our newest staff member, Anjali Bhasin! Anjali joins MERIT as an Instructional Technologist. Anjali comes to MERIT after spending the last five years serving as Library Director of the iSchool Library at UW-Madison. Anjali is a familiar face for many in the School of Education community, having previously worked as …