Online Learning
In a world of technological innovation, online learning is increasingly becoming a top choice for nontraditional and undergraduate students alike. From accessing lectures-on-the-go to using mobile apps for submitting homework assignments, UW students benefit from the online and technologically advanced learning available at UW System institutions.
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UW-Eau Claire Blugold excited to begin teaching career despite ongoing pandemic
February 9, 2022
“I was around 5 years old, and I made my basement into my first classroom and taught silly little lessons to my stuffed animals and Polly Pockets,” says Holzmann, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in December 2021. “For as long as I’ve had a working memory, I’ve known I wanted to be […]
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UW-Platteville students prepare to meet the technology needs of K-12 classrooms
December 6, 2021
Building on its strong legacy of being the first teacher preparation institute in the state, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s School of Education has a long history of looking toward the future and anticipating and responding to the needs of the communities and schools it serves — and in recent years, those needs are increasingly revolving […]
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UWO’s new 100% online associate degree preps students for dozens of career options
September 7, 2021
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is launching a new 100% online associate of arts and sciences (AAS) degree program this fall to prepare students for careers that require more education than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree. UW Oshkosh’s online AAS program will feature affordability, flexibility and transferability while helping students […]
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From the other side of the world, girl in Kenya learns computer coding at UW-Milwaukee
August 30, 2021
The pandemic and a year of virtual schooling had an unexpected benefit for a little girl in Kenya who connected with Girls Who Code at UWM. “I use the computer for school, and I wanted to understand more about how they work,” said Elsie Maingi, who is 10 years old and lives in Nairobi. However, […]
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Resilient researchers: UW-La Crosse students adapt their research amid COVID-19
August 6, 2021
A pair of UW-La Crosse biochemistry students didn’t let COVID-19 stand in the way of their research. Cullen Schull and Nico Lang, who each graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in May, had spent the past couple years researching “greener” routes of synthesis for high-purity curcumin, a powdery orange chemical produced by certain plants. Curcumin, the […]
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UW-Whitewater grad students boost the morale, academics of school children
June 23, 2021
Affirmation comes in many forms. For Remi Larson, a graduate student in school psychology at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, it came when the fourth grader she was working with called out to his teacher, “Come here! Come here!” to show off the plus marks and a graph that told the story of his success. Larson watched the scene […]
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UW-Stout student’s Growing up Ojibwe game teaches about treaty rights, tribal sovereignty, wild rice, and spearfishing
March 10, 2021
Eleanore Falck loves bringing worlds to life. The University of Wisconsin-Stout junior majoring in game design and development-art created the game Growing up Ojibwe: The Game during a summer internship with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission in 2019 and then expanded the game during an internship last summer. “I like world-building,” said […]
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App developed at UW-Milwaukee helps explore Black history
February 22, 2021
Deborah Blanks has turned a project she started for her son in grade school into a Black history app that will launch Feb. 17. It’s free and will be available in the Apple store, through Google and on the web. Blanks, who earned her doctorate in urban studies from UWM, created the “Blackistory” app, with help […]
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UW-Whitewater web resource enriches Hmong education across the U.S.
February 17, 2021
“Many hands make work light; many ideas open the way.” —Hmong proverb The work of many hands and minds has made possible a virtual well of ideas related to Hmong language and culture open to anyone who wishes to drink from it. With help from the Heritage Language Education project at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, teaching professionals […]
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UW-Milwaukee grads of online learning program put skills to use immediately amid pandemic
November 25, 2020
Most students anticipate gradually putting their knowledge to work after they leave the university. However, four students who graduated in May from the School of Education’s Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education Administration (ACHEA) program found they needed to use everything they learned about online learning, leading and advising immediately. They all earned the Support Services […]