Carlos C. Goller

February 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Delftia, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections, Student groups, Undergraduate Research, Why

POP!

John Gordon, Associate Director, DELTA at NC State talked to me last summer about starting a podcast on podcasting. The Podcast On Podcasting (POP) is a project that focuses on the use of podcasting in unique ways. The series has three episodes: faculty podcasts, student-produced podcasts, and a weekly career development podcast by Marcy Bullock’s […]

February 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Discussions, Diversity, Lilly Conference, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Virtual Studio Lab Spaces?

Dr. Travis Flohr from Penn State University presented a recorded session for the 2020 Lilly Conference online entitled “The Virtual Studio: An Emerging Tacit Learning Management System Framework” describing a visually stunning new virtual course environment. Flohr and colleagues re-envisioned and designed a virtual environment for their architecture/landscaping design courses that provided the interactions and […]

February 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Decoding Online Course Design… with Research

Drs. Laura Cruz, Joan Middendorf, and Karen Bellnier presented a 2020 Lilly Conference online recorded session focusing on difficulties and opportunities in online courses framed using research. Where do students get stuck in their learning in courses you teach? Is it analyzing research articles? How is it different when teaching online… or right now during […]

February 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Pedagogical Decisions During a Pandemic

I heard Kevin Gannon on the Tea for Teaching podcast (episode 174) discussing with the hosts HyFlex teaching on their campus in the fall. Gannon offered an honest summary of challenges with student engagement and attendance in online and in person courses in the fall at their institution. I appreciate how Gannon explained some of […]

February 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections

Using Suggestions from The Learning Scientists

I listened to the latest podcast episode from The Learning Scientists yesterday. Episode 53 was with an applied linguist and author Alex Poole. I stared it with my mom and started talking about the many resources on the website: https://www.learningscientists.org. For several years now I have been sharing the videos and links with students as […]

February 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Memory and Creative Assessments

On episode 348 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Michelle D. Miller and host Bonni Stachowiak talked about memory and memorizing in higher education. I enjoyed the discussion about explaining to students that even though we can use Google, there are some things we should learn and be able to retrieve from memory. […]

February 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Lessons Learned from the Transition to Remote Teaching

Drs. Don Johnson and Kathryn Zawisza from the University of Arkansas presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online a review of how their institution’s faculty responded to the transition to remote teaching. They were part of a group tasked with summarizing faculty feedback and providing lessons learned to their community. They were one of three […]

February 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Reflections

Using Discord for Course Communication

Varun Singireddy and Kyle Bourcier from Ferris State University presented a detailed explanation and demo of the use of Discord for communication in courses. I had heard about Discord before and was interested in learning more about its capabilities. The presenters provided enough information for me to understand how Discord is useful and different from […]

February 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Lilly Conference, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Online Teaching: Comparing Synchronous and Asynchronous Delivery

I have wrestled with the advantages and limitations of both synchronous and asynchronous online teaching delivery. A year ago, the two terms did not come up too often. Now, I think about, read, and discuss these terms in the context of online teaching daily. I have also formed opinions and have tried to be open […]

February 11, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections

Survey of Faculty After the Transition to Remote Instruction

Drs. Diane Chapman, Katherine Stewart, and Courtney Thornton from NC State University described a large survey of the faculty there in April 2020. They presented the results and discussed implications in a recorded session for the 2020 Lily Conference. The survey had the goal of learning from instructors about their experience providing academic continuity to […]

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