{"id":215,"date":"2026-07-03T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/new-spring-conference\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2026-11-09T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:53:09","slug":"the-joys-of-teaching-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/spring-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Matters OPID@50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Thursday, April 15 &
Friday, April 16, 2027<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Memorial Union, Madison<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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OPID Spring Conference for Wisconsin Educators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2027 is OPID\u2019s golden year. Fifty years of systemwide programs for faculty, instructors, and other educators in Wisconsin. OPID was imagined and co-created by faculty for faculty, and it has endured for five decades because of faculty working for faculty. (We use faculty as an inclusive term for instructors, lecturers, all teaching educators.)<\/em> For 50 years, OPID has adapted to organizational, technological, and financial challenges, all the while protecting our core mission of teaching and learning with excellence. Teaching matters and OPID endures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we invite you to join us for our 50th<\/sup> birthday. We envision a conference program that evokes joyful energy, resilience, vision, community, and renews (again) our identities as Wisconsin educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS
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Spring Coonference 2027<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Quotes from Past Participants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cI enjoyed being in Madison with all the collegiate energy, and talking with colleagues invested as I am in academic excellence and, in particular, working with underserved populations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI was inspired in general just to keep going, to keep believing in what I do and that it matters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201ca great jolt of inspiration at the end of the year when I start to feel a bit burnt out.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Past Spring Conference Plenary Videos<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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OPID Programs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Faculty College<\/summary>
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Faculty College 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Faculty Colleges<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty College 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty College 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty College 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty College 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty College 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40th Annual Faculty College 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty College 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference on Teaching and Learning<\/summary>
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Spring Conference 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Spring Conference Plenary Videos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Spring Conference 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference 2022 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Spring Conference 2021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference 2019 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring Conference 2018 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars<\/summary>
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Wisconsin Teaching Fellows & Scholars Program<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026-27 Fellows & Scholars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-26 Fellows & Scholars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024-25 Fellows & Scholars<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023-24 Fellows & Scholars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n