Academic Development

February 11, 2025
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, JMBE, Reflections

Exploring Student Knowledge in Biofilm Development

Drs. Sharleen Flowers and Stephanie Gardner presented at JMBE Live! on September 29, 2023. Rachel Horak moderated the session. The title of the session was “Here Is the Biology, Now What is the Mechanism? Investigating Biology Undergraduates’ Mechanistic Reasoning within the Context of Biofilm Development.” Gardner spoke about the challenges of understanding complex biological systems. […]

June 9, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Reflections, sequencing

Emerging Epigenetic Epidemiology

Eilis Hannon from the University of Exeter in the UK presented at the Nanopore Community Meeting 2021 about “Evaluation of nanopore sequencing for epigenetic epidemiology: a comparison with DNA methylation microarrays.” Hannon explained that there is increasing interest in epigenome and human population studies. Sodium bisulfite treatment was the most common approach for profiling along […]

January 15, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, QM, Reflections, UDL

From Course Preparation to QM Review

Tonight I watched the Quality Matters session entitled “Two Sides of the QM Equation: Perspectives from a Course Representative and Course Reviewer” presented by Cindy Ambrose (Low Country Virtual), Jenna Wells (Berkley County School District), and Sharon McMahon (Beaufort County School District). They shared their experience submitting and reviewing courses. The first part of the […]

January 14, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

CHLOE 7

Tonight I watched the QM session entitled “CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning from Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoption. CHLOE stands for The Changing Landscape of Online Education. Richard Garnett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer at Encoura, was the first speaker. Dr. Bethany Simunich, Director of Research and Innovation at Quality Matters was the co-presenter. Over the […]

January 13, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, QM, Reflections

Fifty QM Course Reviews

Paula McDougald from Virtual Arkansas and Dr. Brandie Benton (Virtual Arkansas) presented a QM session I watched tonight entitled “My Circus and My Monkeys: Sharing What We’ve Learned Through Simultaneous QM Reviews.” Virtual Arkansas is funded through the Department of Education to provide supplemental instruction in the state. They have 130 teachers and students from […]

January 12, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, QM, Reflections, Why

Supporting Teachers to Create Better Learning Experiences Online

Tonight I watched the QM recording for the session entitled “Student Connection and Rapport in the Virtual Environment,” presented by Lisa Pizzuto, Program Specialist/Coordinator at Fulton County Schools. Pizzuto has been teaching online for seventeen years! Pizzuto’s objective was to share ideas for how we can personalize a generic course and develop connections with students. […]

January 8, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Reflections, Student groups, UDL, Wellbeing, Why

Challenges for Undergraduates with Disabilities with Online Courses

After watching Dr. Logan Gin moderating an Online with LSE Webinar session, I was reminded about the session he did and rewatched it tonight. The title of the session was “COVID-19 and STEM Undergraduates with Disabilities: Challenges Resulting from the Transition to Online Course Delivery” and it happened a little over a hear ago, around […]

January 7, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Case Studies, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Undergraduate Research, Why

A Survey of RECR Education in CUREs

Tonight I watched the Online with LSE Webinar with Dr. Laura Diaz-Martinez. This session was in late fall 2021. It was moderated by Dr. Tissyana Camacho, and Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development at California State University. Dr. Diaz-Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Gonzaga and was my NSF ENCOUR pod mentor! […]

January 6, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections

A Study on Self-Advocacy of Undergraduates with ADHD and/or Specific Learning Disabilities in STEM

Dr. Logan Gin was the moderator of the Online with LSE Webinar with Dr. Mariel Pfeifer on “Inside and Out: Factors that Support and Hinder the Self-Advocacy of Undergraduates with ADHD and/or Specific Learning Disabilities in STEM.”I remember watching this recording earlier but wanted to revisit it as I am going over recordings from this […]

January 5, 2023
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Community of Practice, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Mentoring, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Perceptions of Faculty Culturally Diverse Mentor Training

Dr. Damani White-Lewis is a postdoctoral scholar and presented at the Online with LSE Webinar series. Along with coauthors Ana Romero, Justin Gutzwa, and Sylvia Hurtado, they presented on their article “Moving the Science Forward: Faculty Perceptions of Culturally Diverse Mentor Training Benefits.” The problem White-Lewis stated was the need for STEM faculty to become […]