Month: June 2022

Specifications and Tokens

Renee Link is a Professor of Teaching at UC Irvine and presented on “A Structure for Designing Specifications Grading Systems.” Link is a teaching faculty member and organizes chemistry labs involving 1000-1200 students, 6 graduate TAs, and 1 head TA or stockroom manager! Wow. Link introduced specifications grading and Linda Nilson’s book. They published how […]
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Respectful Disclosure and Deeper Discussions

Tina Smith is an Associate Professor at Anne Arundel Community College and spoke at the Lilly Conference Online 2022 on “Respectful Discourse: Inclusion in Culturally Diverse Classrooms.” Smith shared their identities as military, parent, and student… and has worked nearly thirty years in education. Single parent and worked while being a student. Smith disclosed where […]
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Communication Tips and Strategies for Educators

“Effective Communication for Success: A Structure for Designing Specifications Grading System” was the title of a session by Drs. Lesley Casarez and Tia Agan from Angelo State University. They work with advanced certification programs and educational leadership candidates. The goals of the session was to apply strategies for professional communication. They shared a quote by […]
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Mapping Equitable Teamwork at WPI

Lisa Stoddard and Geoff Pfeifer from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) presented at the Lilly Conference Online about “Addressing Bias and Stereotyping: Tools for Equitable and Effective Teamwork.” I graduated from WPI and love learning what they have done. They have a 42-year history of high-impact practices, run on a quarter system, and have interactive qualifying […]
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Engaged Teaching Strategies

“Applying Principles Behind Engaged Teaching to Advance Student Learning” with Claire Major was one of the plenary presenters at Lilly Conference online 2022. Major has written so many books! Major has been at Alabama for 22 years! The goals for the session were to define the concept of engaged teaching, explore the process of engaged […]
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The Alphabet Game

“Alphabet Game’: An Experiential Activity to Teach Listening and Communicating” is the title of the session by Ranjan George, Associate Professor of Business at Fresno Pacific University. George aimed to share a fun and interactive activity they developed. They explained that the game they developed is important because it connects the students and activities to […]
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What is transformative learning?

Barbara Nadeau is a Quinnipiac University in Connecticut and presented on “Facilitating Transformative Learning in an Online Asynchronous Environment.” Nadeau wants to avoid chaos and shared a quote from Mezirow 2000. The Transformative Learning Theory from Mezirow 1991 is “an orientation which holds that the way learners interpret and reinterpret their sense of experience is […]
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3D Care

“The Trifecta of Three Dimensional Care” was the title of the session by Carrol Warren, Michelle Bartlett, and Angie Smith from NC State University. The focus was on self-care for online education to better support students. The objectives were to determine the importance of self-care, identify strategies to care for colleagues and to develop a […]
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Professional Podcasts for Education

Rachel V. Smydra from Oakland University recorded a 45-minute session for the Lilly Conference online. The title of the session is “Using Podcasts to Facilitate Learning and Skill Application in Online Courses.” Smydra defined podcasts and mentioned that the medium has grown during the pandemic. However, I agree that it may be difficult to find […]
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Co-Taching and Meeting the Needs of All Learners

It was a long (Nanopore attempts) day… Tonight, I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session “Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities in the Online Classroom: Virtual Co-Teaching Models and Virtual Accommodations” with Cheryl Martin from Grand Canyon University. Martin has extensive experience as a teacher and instructional designer. They are a mother to two […]
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