Events

WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.

Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.

You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.



Past Events

Wisconsin Idea in Education Series Lecture CANCELLED

Kara Mitchel Viesca, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sponsor: WCER, Early Career Faculty

October 17, 2018, 12:30-1:30, 159 Education Building


The Importance of Meaning: Going Beyond Mixed Methods to Turn Big Data into Real Understanding

David Williamson Shaffer, Director & Principal Investigator, Epistemic Analytics, Sponsor: E.I. Initiative and DoIT

October 16, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00, Union South (See TITU for room details), 1308 W. Dayton Street


Retrospective Item and Survey Design for Workshop Evaluation

Christine Bell, Evaluator, The LEAD Center

October 8, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street


Teacher Speakout! Rural Education Roundtable Discussion & Collaborative Dialogue

October 5, 2018, 1 - 4:45, Morgridge Commons & Wisconsin Idea Room (159), UW-Madison Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


WIES Lecture: Games & Learning: Use Cases

Mike Beall, Director, Gear Learning

October 3, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


National Symposium on College Internship Research

September 28, 2018, 9:00 - 6:00, Pyle Center, UW–Madison Campus


WIES Lecture: The Softening of Stone: Collaborative Acts of Transformation

Anna Riley, Artist and Educator

September 26, 2018, 1:00 - 2:00, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall


Network Fellows Orientation

September 26, 2018, 10:00 - 11:30, School of Education, Room 159


Network Fellows Orientation

September 19, 2018, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, School of Education Building, Room 198


Network Fellows Meet & Greet

September 14, 2018, 5:30 - 7:30, Virginia F. Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue


Graduate School Degree Dash!

August 31, 2018, 8:00 , Library Mall, University of Wisconsin-Madison


2018 Welcome Back Bash for School of Education Faculty/Staff

August 30, 2018, 12:30 - 2:00, North Plaza, Education Building


WCER All-Staff Conference

August 28, 2018, 8:30 - 4:00, Educational Sciences Classroom Wing & Courtyard


Madison QE/ENA Workshop

Brendan Eagan

July 25, 2018, 8:30 - 4:00, Educational Sciences Rooms 253, 259 and 1369, 1025 West Johnson Street


Visiting Scholars: Robert and Elizabeth Bjork

Robert and Elizabeth Bjork, Department of Psychology, UCLA

June 21, 2018, 1:00 - 2:30, Educational Sciences Room 253, 1025 West Johnson Street