Episode 183 of the Tea for Teaching podcast discussed student workload this week. Dr. Betsy Barre, Executive Director of the Center for Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University was on the show. Barre wrote a blog post about workload recently and discussed how at Wake Forest results from a student survey frequently mentioned work […]
Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President of Montgomery College, delivered the keynote address at QM ConnectLX 2020. Pollard started by talking about the impact of Quality Matters (QM) and how education is “about the experience and dignity” and this resonated. Pollard talked about how much aid Montgomery College gave to students during the pandemic. The impact of […]
Stella Porto, Learning Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank talked last year (October 2020) about the history of online education during a Quality Matters session. Porto discussed how accessibility and technology limitations made online education mostly asynchronous. During the shift to emergency online teaching, instructors used synchronous class meetings to simulate the in-person meetings. However, Porto mentioned […]
Dr. Kayla Gilchrist-Ward, Associate Professor, Oakwood University presented last October (2020) a Quality Matters (QM) session with an awesome title: “Belt it Out! Using Karaoke and Other Tools to Promote Student Engagement” that caught my attention tonight. Gilchrist-Ward began with an icebreaker by asking participants several questions, including if audience members had every given a […]
Dr. Cindy Smith and Dr. Tony Dobinson from Curtin University presented last year a Quality Matters (QM) session on mentoring online. As I prepare for our BIT SURE summer program, I want to learn how to be a better mentor. I know it can still be done virtually, and making a connection is critical. Smith […]
Dr. Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH presented the first talk in the microbes and equity series this spring paving the way for a summer symposium. Several friends recommended this talk, and I wanted to watch it this week. Redvers began by talking about their roots and indigenous community. Respect, relevance, and relatability were mentioned by Redvers […]
I am tired today. It has been a long week. I wanted to end with something about open pedagogy and design. I have on my watch list several Quality Matters (QM) webinars. I am working on another QM course that started this week and enjoying it. I learn as much from the materials and activities […]
Karen Hales facilitated a virtual journal club session as part of the LSE webinar series last October that caught my attention: “Promoting Science Interest with Prosocial Utility.” Jeanette Zambrano, a doctoral student in Urban Education Policy with a concentration in Educational Psychology at University of Southern California introduced goal-congruity theory. Zambrano talked about dropout in […]
Last June, Dr. Erin Dolan and CURENet and ASCB hosted a webinar about how course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) were taught during the pandemic. This webinar is available on the ASCB YouTube channel. The panel included: Dr. Katelyn Cooper, University of Central Florida Dr. Lauren DePue, University of Texas – Austin Dr. Enid Gonzalez- Orta, […]
Today I attended a talk that was rescheduled after an unfortunate Zoom bombing incident… Asao B. Inoue discussed what labor-based grading contracts is. Inoue described labor-based grading contracts as: a set of social agreements with students in a course identifies how to determine the final course grade uses labor as the only measure for grades carefully articulated in a […]