About

OPID serves as a systemwide professional and instructional development resource for Universities of Wisconsin system institutions. Established in 1977 as the Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council (UTIC), it was first led by a council of campus representatives who focused primarily on teaching improvement. In 2000, the program became OPID, expanding its emphases to meet the broader professional needs of faculty and academic staff with programming on topics such as faculty development in all learning environments, the systematic assessment of student learning through the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), inclusive excellence, leadership, and faculty retention. The OPID Advisory Council serves both as an advisory council and as a liaison between UW system administration and all of the UW system institutions.

OPID Webinar Series 2024-25

CONTEXT MATTERS

As we begin a new academic year, OPID invites you to join us in framing this moment, to consider the political and economic forces that are impacting our teaching efforts and, ultimately, our students’ learning. Let us identify practical ways to move into the semester collectively with clarity, commitment, and humanity.

Nesting Bowls as Metaphor: Understanding the Context of Teaching and Learning in Wisconsin Today

Friday, Sept. 20, 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm- Zoom

Maria Stalzer Wyant Cuzzo, Ph. D 
Provost & Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UW-Superior

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OPID’S 2024-25 WEBINAR SERIES 

A four-part OPID Webinar series for systemwide faculty and instructors starting in Fall 2024. Webinars will be 90 -120 minutes long and live-streamed on Zoom.

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (2023), co-authored by José Antonio Bowen and Edward Watson, will be a common read throughout the Universities of Wisconsin this year.  To support faculty and instructors, OPID is sponsoring a Zoom presentation by  José Bowen followed by three workshops.

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