UW-Oshkosh pilots virtual student teaching as online learning blossoms

UWO in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction developed and piloted the state’s first virtual student teaching placement this past fall. Wilbert, whom his teachers said was an obvious candidate, volunteered as the first participant.

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