Accessibility and UDL

Student Survey to Start a Quality Challenge

Dr. George Railey is in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Success at Alamo Colleges District and along with Rudy Lopez and Amy Gates (instructional designers), presented at the Quality Matters (QM) conference in April. The topic was “Are you up for the Quality Challenge?” Lopez and Gates shared some information about their […]
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Interactivity with H5P

Dr. Sacha Johnson from Idaho State University presented at the Quality in Action Quality Matters (QM) conference in April a session entitled “Don’t just click next! Increase instructional interactivity instead.” Johnson is a Senior Instructional Designer. The session outcomes were to define instructional interactivity and identify ways to add instructional interactivity with direct connections to […]
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Bulbs for Interaction and Engagement

“Catch-up If you Can | Preventing Learning Loss” is the title of the Quality Matters “Quality in Action” April 2022 conference session I watched tonight. Bill Krasner from PlayPosit spoke about using recorded content and making it more engaging. Krasner spoke about how PlayPosit started with K-12 as a product to increase engagement. They spoke […]
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Then Endless Game of Quality Assurance

Kevin Hulen from the University of North Florida is the Assistant Director of Quality and Assessment at UNF Online. They presented at the April Quality Matters (QM) conference on “The NeverEnding Story: Continuous Improvements to Online Programs.” The slides were shared at tinyurl.com/ynw8crtr They explained the neverending story is the need for quality assurance mechanisms. […]
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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and the RED FLAGS Model

Heather Burke presented at the April Quality Matters (QM) conference on “Struggling in Silence: Students’ Mental Health and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).” Burke has been teaching since 2008 and is an Associate Professor of English and Hondros College of Nursing and is a QM Master Reviewer. Burke used Slido to poll attendees and shared that […]
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The Kind Instructor

“Kindness: It’s Not Just for Pushovers Anymore” is the title of the last Lilly Conference online session recording that I watched tonight. Julia Kregenow at Penn State University presented without slides! They teach astronomy and shared their website (https://sites.psu.edu/kregenow/teaching/kindness-in-teaching/). They taught a class in “the forum” that enrolled 600+ students! Kregenow teaches this large class […]
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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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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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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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