Advancing Medical Education: Connecting Adult
Educators with Medical Schools
The purpose
of this program is to provide funding for the preparation of PhD adult
educators at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee who will work with the
Medical College of Wisconsin. 
Wisconsin Nurse Residency Program:
Facilitating Transition to Practice for New Graduate Nurses
The
purpose of this grant is to assist new graduate nurses in the development of
their clinical practice. During the grant period the following will be
accomplished. 1. Develop a standardized new graduate residency program in
collaboration with statewide rural and urban partners, 2. Implement and
evaluate standardized nurse residency program that provides structured
learning experiences to foster new graduates’ transition into professional
practice, development of clinical competence, and organizational retention.,
3. Develop experience nurses to function in preceptor roles to provide
ongoing transitioning of new graduates into practice, and 4. Expand nurse
residency program to additional rural and urban service partners in the
state. For information contact Dr. Marilyn Bratt at 414-288-3804.
Learning and Context: Connections in Teacher Professional
Development
Funded
by the Institute for Excellence in Urban Education, School of Education,
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. This
study used an interpretivist framework to search out the relationships and
meanings that knowledge, context and professional teaching practice have for
each other.
Teachers from the K-12 arena were interviewed to explicate the
connections between learning, context and their professional practice.
Facilitating Adult Learning in Higher Education
Funded by the Center for Instructional and Professional Development
at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
The goal of this project was to increase the success of adult students through the application of
pedagogical strategies that foster a
constructivist approach to learning.
Learning and Context: Connections in Continuing Professional Education. Cyril O.
Houle Scholars in Adult & Continuing Education
This study used an interpretist framework to search out the relationships
and meanings that knowledge, context and professional practice have for each other.
Professionals from three different professions were interviewed to explicate the
connections between learning, context, and professional practice.
Novice and Expert: How do Professionals Learn?
This grant was funded by the Greater Milwaukee Nursing Staff Development Organization
(GMNSDO). The project used an interpretivist, qualitative approach to analyze how
learning changes as professionals develop along the novice to expert continuum.
Learning in a Technology Enhanced Environment
The purpose of this study was to explore the processes through which
participants learn in an interactive computer-mediated virtual environment. The research
focused on the ways in which the instructional design, the facilitator, the learner,
the technology, and the context appear to affect the learning processes. This study
built upon a constructivist design for collective learning. The emphasis was
on situated
learning that links the participants' knowledge and practice in a social context. The
technology of web-conferencing software was used to support the learning of virtual
groups from five university based courses in working on case studies in small groups.
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Developing an On-line Course in Continuing Professional Education
The goal of this project was to develop web based on line courses in the adult
and continuing education Master’s degree Program. This web based course
used on
line teaching strategies such as WebBoard, Cmaps on line, Electronic Reserve, and web
based discussion groups.
Fostering the Integration of Adult Learning and Technology
