Proposal Call

Call for Breakout Sessions & Poster Submissions

Share your insights with campus at the 2025 Teaching & Learning Symposium – Engage and Inspire: The New College Classroom

Submission Deadline: Jan. 24, 2025

Developments in pedagogical research and practice provide a wealth of opportunities to reshape college classes to help students become independent, creative, and active learners. UW–Madison faculty, staff, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are contributing to this work by engaging students in innovative ways. The 2025 Teaching & Learning Symposium will share effective practices and spark discussion about the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

We are seeking proposals for engaging presentations and posters that spotlight learning across campus. Proposals should specifically address one or more of the following topics within the theme “Engage and Inspire: The New College Classroom:”

  • Connecting with and motivating students
  • Innovation in teaching
  • Using technology to engage students
  • Equitable and inclusive practices
  • Enriching students’ Wisconsin Experience
  • Collaborating with campus partners for student learning and success
  • Using student learning assessment to inform practice

The symposium will be held in person on May 15, 2025, at Union South from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Breakout Session Details:

  • Length: 50 minutes
  • Requirements: Connect to the symposium theme, “Engage and Inspire: The New College Classroom,” and address one or more of the specific topics listed above; include clear plans for audience participation.

Propose a breakout session

 Poster Details:

  • Requirement: Connect to the symposium theme, “Engage and Inspire: The New College Classroom,” and address one or more of the specific topics listed above.

Propose a poster

Questions about submitting? Email Sheila.Stoeckel@wisc.edu