Month: December 2020

Integrative Thinking

The asynchronous Lilly Conference session by Brad Sottile, Maggie Slattery, and Laura E. Cruz from Pennsylvania State University described a multi campus initiative to create general education courses with integrative thinking. I was immediately captured by their description of wicked problems, grand challenges, and UN Sustainability Goals and the importance of integrative thinking. They defined […]
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Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Remote Teaching

Today I watched another asynchronous session. Lisa Chang, Silvia Bartolic, and Hailey Craig presented o the use of Multiliteracies Pedagogy as a framework to support remote teaching at the Lilly Conference online. This short presentation by Chang made me think. They started with survey data from both faculty and students after the transition to remote […]
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Studying Student Self-efficacy through Writing and the Influence of Instructors

NaTasha Schiller (Wingate University) presented at the Lilly Conference on an ongoing study with Eileen Camfield and Kirkwood Land. Schiller and Land have infused high impact practices into their courses, including large introductory biology at Wingate. They also added writing assignments intended to activate students’ growth mindsets, critical thinking, and learning skills. They described in […]
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Critical Pedagogy and Information Literacy

Katie Greer from Oakland University discussed critical pedagogy and critical literacy during an asynchronous session at the Lilly Conference. Greer discussed a course they teach as a general education requirement with several really useful assignments and tips! The idea of students as partners, co-creators, and new experts resonates with me! I took away these great […]
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Assignments for Performance Improvement

I watched another though-provoking session by Barry Sharpe this afternoon, from the asynchronous Lilly Conference sessions on Educational Theory and Pedagogy. Sharpe used key ideas and quotes from two great books I was able to read this year: Josh Eyler’s How Humans Learn and Flower Darby and James Lang’s Small Teaching Online. The presenter used […]
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The Metacognitive Teacher and Transparency

Tonight I watched Stephanie Foote’s (Gardner Institute) Lilly Conference presentation on metacognition and reflecting on our teaching practice. Building on the work of Tanner and others, Foote provided a framework for reflecting on our impressions of student engagement after our lesson and obtaining student feedback. Several classroom assessment techniques including think-pair-share, minute papers, good fors, […]
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Undergraduate Research and Teaching Opportunities

For several years now since the spring of 2018, undergraduate researchers and students in several courses have surveyed the campus to learn where Delftia acidovorans is found. Students in Dr. Zakiya Leggett’s ES 100 course at NCSU and Dr. Porche’ Spence’s course at NC Central University learn about Delftia acidovorans and it’s ability to precipitate […]
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