Constructivism

Analyzing Instructor Presence in an Online Business Course

We came back from the beach, and I don’t feel well… however, Amada demanded a story. Therefore, I played a Lilly Conference Online 2021 recorded session entitled “Instructor Presence in Asynchronous Online Classes: Not Just a Façade” by Sharon Watson from the University of Delaware. Watson began describing the empirical research study they developed that […]
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Online Course Design in 2021

Tonight after another fun day at the beach with Amada and Aurelio… I decided to watch a session by Carrol Warren, Michelle Bartlett, and James Bartlett colleagues from North Carolina State University. This recorded Lilly Conference online 2021 session was entitled “Bringing Online Course Design Forward: Applying Across all Disciplines.” I was actually part of […]
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Connections, Concepts, Concrete Practice, and Conclusions from Experienced Educators

We spent the day at the beach! The weather was great, the kids were wild, and we did not lose any items! Success. I even did an RLOE talk from the minivan with a sleeping Aurelio! Yay! He woke up in time to say hi to attendees. Tonight, Amada requested her nightly story. We watched […]
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Gamification in a Pharmacology Course

Today was the second day of the DELTA Summer Shorts series, and Claire and I presented on Panopto. It was a lot of fun. I was able to watch two sessions, and now want to go back and review the recordings of the ones I missed. Tonight, we watched a session from the 2021 Lilly […]
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Student-generated Questions and Online Discussions

The Lilly Conference online session we watched tonight was entitled “Using Student-Generated Critical Thinking Questions As Class Preparation Assignments” by Steven Bowen from Allen College. Bowen teaches occupational therapy in a graduate program and is an assistant professor. Again, engagement came up early in this presentation! Bowen acknowledged that “student engagement in reading and classroom […]
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A New Teaching Philosophy

Shannon Murray  from the University of Prince Edward Island, Jessica Riddell from Bishop’s University, and Lisa Dickson from the University of Northern British Columbia presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online. Their joint presentation was entitled “A ‘Back to the Studs’ Pandemic Teaching Philosophy.” Murray talked about how we all have teaching philosophies yet had to […]
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Scaffolding the Online Student Learning Experience

Madhu Mahalingam and Elisabetta Fasella from the University of the Sciences presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online in May a recorded session entitled “‘Scaffolding’ Student Learning in General Chemistry for Online Synchronous Classes.” I have been learning about what others are doing with their labs to offer an online experience. At the University of […]
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Four As of Experienced-based Learning

Our UNC-system colleagues, Nancy Winfrey and Audrey Dentith from North Carolina A&T State University presented at the May 2021 Lilly Conference online a recorded session about “Designing for Experienced-Based Learning: A Neuroscientific, Pedagogically Sound Framework.” They started with introductions about their experience and family lives and then a quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Experience […]
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Pausing to Think about Expert Blindspots

Barry Sharpe and Shannon Scotece from Western Governors University presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference Online on “Teaching and Learning Without Grading.” I have watched presentations by Sharpe before. Sharpe started by defining Course Instructors (CIs) that design, direct instruction, and do not grade! The presenters talked about frequent recommendations from the literature and their book […]
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Student-Faculty Partnerships

As part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online, Molly Robinson from Lewis & Clark College presented a recorded session entitled “Improving Pedagogy through Faculty-Student Collaboration.” Robinson helps run a program through their Teaching Excellence Program. The idea of faculty-student partnership was inspired by a similar project at Bryn Mawr college. The partnerships contribute to inclusive […]
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