Center for Advancing Student Learning (CASL)

Join colleagues from across UWM for Faculty Professional Development Day, a campus-wide opportunity to learn, connect, and grow. Designed to support faculty at all career stages, the event features three dedicated tracks: 

Box lunches will be provided, with generous support from the Office of Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity (CEII).

AI Club is a monthly, informal community of practice where colleagues bring real questions, experiments, and work in progress involving AI. A typical session includes one or two brief, informal shares followed by conversation, collaborative problem-solving, and an exchange of practical ideas and resources.

Join Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) staff for an Open House for UWM Faculty and Instructional Staff, refreshments provided. Learn more about accommodations for disabled students in the classroom, such as alternative testing, academic flexibility plans, digital textbooks & curriculum. Tour our Testing Center and check out the ARC Student Hub.

Congratulations to our ACUE cohort participants! This is the final semester of the ACUE professional learning program. This special gathering for ACUE participants is an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, celebrate the progress and accomplishments achieved so far, and build momentum for the months ahead.

Active Teaching Lab provides instructors an opportunity to learn from other educators. Each month a UWM instructor shares how they utilized a cool tool or a teaching strategy in a course and the outcome: what worked, what was hard, what was learned through the process, and what they’d do differently. Have an idea you want to share or someone you want to nominate? Complete the Active Teaching Lab Idea form. 

Need help making your course materials digitally accessible? Join our open Digital Accessibility Support Hours, offered in partnership with the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC). These in-person or Zoom room drop-in sessions provide instructors with dedicated 1:1 support to review course content, documents, presentations, PDFs, multimedia, and other teaching materials for accessibility. Bring your laptop and any materials you would like to work on!

As you navigate your first semester at UWM, join us for a monthly community of practice designed for new faculty and instructional academic staff. These informal gatherings provide space to share experiences, troubleshoot teaching and learning challenges, exchange ideas with colleagues, and learn from one another. Connect, collaborate, and build your teaching toolkit while growing your professional network.

Join an interactive Lunch & Learn focused on fostering student engagement through active learning strategies. We will share insights into what works for UWM students and introduce Vevox, an educational technology tool that supports participation, feedback, and engagement. Instructors will share how they engage students along with practice examples. Bring your lunch and enjoy the first portion as a listening session, then stay for an informal discussion where attendees can share ideas, ask questions, and learn from each other. 

Whether you’re teaching your first online course, supporting instruction as a TA, or have years of experience designing and delivering online learning, the Online Teaching Community of Practice is a space to connect, collaborate, and grow. Open to all instructors and teaching assistants engaged in online teaching, this monthly community brings together colleagues to discuss challenges, exchange ideas, and discover practical solutions that improve the online teaching learning experience.

We'd like to give a special shout out to thank, CASL's own, David Delgado for his prompt and effective response and campus-wide communication regarding the Instructure data breach. We thank David for his exceptional dedication and service to UWM. His willingness to go above and beyond, consistently supporting colleagues and advancing UWM's mission, has made a meaningful impact. David's professionalism, initiative, and commitment to excellence exemplify our values and inspire those around you. We are truly grateful to have him on the team!

Center for Advancing Student Learning (CASL)
414-229-4319
2033 E. Hartford Ave., B50
Milwaukee, WI 53211