Constructivism

OER-enabled Pedagogy

Eric Werth and Katherine Williams from the University of Pikeville recorded a 2021 Lilly Conference online session entitled “Empowering Student Voice: Using Open Pedagogy to Motivate First-Year Students.” They are both in the Office of Professional Development. This topic is appropriate today because as part of the BIT SURE program, we discussed open pedagogy and […]
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Brainstorming and The Thesis Table

Arna Shines from Tougaloo College recorded a session for the 2021 Lilly Conference online entitled: “The Thesis Is In the Table” that intrigued me. Shines teaches first-year students and “has the privilege of teaching the essay” and wanted to focus on the thesis. Shines believes “the thesis must be one sentence, the last sentence of […]
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Public Science Writing

Tonight I watched a Lilly Conference online session from this past May entitled: “Who needs writing?”: Engaging STEM Majors in Public Science Writing” by Jennifer Osterhage and Katherine Rogers-Carpenter from the University of Kentucky. They described the writing course they developed and the biology program at the University of Kentucky, reaching 1,400 people. Their “Writing […]
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PBL and Professional Development for Teachers

It was a rough, long day. I did have a chance to streak out eight Delftia acidovorans isolates we want to sequence! Tonight, I watched “Raising STEM Interest Among Underserved Youth Through Problem-based Learning” by Jaymee Nanasi Davis from the University of Hawaii Maui College and Nahid Nariman, the Director of Research, TIDES. This recorded […]
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Replicate, Learn, and Publish Openly

This weekend I worked with an undergraduate student on a research proposal for undergraduate funding in the fall. I also talked to a colleague on Friday about the difficulties of publishing undergraduate (mostly summer) research and continuation with different students. Replication and continuation are always a challenge. That’s why I thought tonight’s Lilly Conference online […]
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The Syllabus as a Bridge to a Supportive Environment

Happy Fourth of July! It was a nice day at home. While we won’t be watching the fireworks because one child is scared of them, we did request a “story” so… tonight we will be watching a session entitled “Using the Syllabus to Foster a Supportive Campus Environment”by Naomi Jeffery Petersen Central Washington University. Peterson […]
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A Sense of Classroom Community

It was an interesting day: minivan got serviced and we had a couple of kid meltdowns. Finally, Amada has calmed down and we are watching Angela Forde from Michigan State University and Shari L Dann from SUNY present on “Fostering Sense Of Classroom Community Belonging In A Project-Based Course” as part of the 2021 Lilly […]
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Role Playing to Learn about Cultural Humility

“Acting Out: Facilitating Cultural Humility through Client-Based Case Studies” was the title of a session by Yi-An Burleson and Laura Cruz from The Pennsylvania State University. This was another recorded session from the 2021 Lilly Conference online, and also this was not the first time I watch a session with Laura Cruz! Burleson is a […]
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Pods and Emotional Learning

Amanda Nelms from Belmont University is an Ed. D. and presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online an asynchronous session about “Tearing Down the Virtual Walls: Reimaging Social-Emotional Learning.” We have been talking about the importance of emotions in learning, and the lsat couple of books I have heard (audiobooks) cited examples and fascinating data. […]
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Introducing Big Questions into the Classroom

Darlene Carbajal from the University of the Incarnate Word presented for the first time at the Lilly Conference online 2021 a session entitled “Addressing Big Questions: Determining Professional Goals at a Time of Crisis.” Carbajal teaches communication with a focus on multimedia and explained how they love teaching face-to-face. Carbajal described the transition to online […]
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