Course Design

Wisdom Walls and UDL

Deanna House from the University of Nebraska at Omaha presented at the 2022 Lilly Conference Online on “Wisdom Walls as a Mechanism for Early Group Project Engagement.” House shared the learning outcomes for the session that included the UDL principle of multiple means of representation and a “plus one” for students to engage with course […]
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Prompts for Mindfulness, Gratitude, and Relaxation

I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session entitled “Using Evidence-Based Stress Management Strategies for a Reflective Semester-Long Assignment.” Caitlin A. Demsky, Associate Professor of Management at Oakland University, focused on an assignment they developed and had the goal of describing the importance of stress management in the classroom and workplace. Demsky emphasized stress management and […]
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PIVOT and Community Based Learning

“Tips for Developing and Maintaining CBL Partnerships in a Virtual Environment” was the session I watched by Jodie Parys from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. CBL is community-based learning, and the goals for this session were to learn strategies to modify face-to-face CBL partnerships into virtual and hybrid offerings and consider the needs of stakeholders. Parys […]
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Improving through Choice and UDL

“Using Choice as an Active Teaching and Learning Technique” is the title of the Lilly Conference online session I watched tonight. Tiffany Wigington is an Associate Professor at Tarleton State University along with Misty Smith, both in the Department of Social Work. Their objectives were to explore the use of choice in their curriculum. They […]
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Redesigning Assignments to Engage Students

Tonight Amada and I watched the Lilly 2022 session entitled “Combating “Study Sites” Through Engaging Assignment Re-Design” with presenters from Texas A&M. The presenters were part of a Faculty Learning Community to discuss engagement strategies. Presenters included Joyce Juntune (Instructional Professor at Texas A&M), Suzanna Ramos (Assistant Lecturer at A&M), Hector Ramos Garcimartin (Lecturer at […]
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Redesigning Courses for Reading Comprehension

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference online session “The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Reading Strategies in the College Classroom” by Jiyoung Kim from Fayetteville State University and Trela Anderson from the National Defense University. They assessed metacognitive reading strategies in the courses they teach. The data is from the reading across the curriculum program at Fayetteville […]
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Connectivism in a Cohort Program

Tonight I watched a recorded session entitled “The Connectivist Approach to Interactive Dialogue” and presented asynchronously during the TLC Lilly Online 2022 conference. The presenters were Kristen Carlson, an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Learning, and Andrew Burklund, both at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Their session focused on the use of connectivism and interactive dialogue […]
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The Bad Test Takers

Brian C. Smith is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and presented at the Lilly Conference online. The session was entitled ““I’m Just a Bad Test-Taker:” Consequences and Interventions.” This twenty-minute recorded session focused on student beliefs that they are bad test-takers and how this may interfere with performance in […]
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Designing Interprofessional Education Opportunities

Today I was back in the office after HITS. I watched the Lilly Conference recorded session entitled “Finding the Right Dose of Learner Collaboration through the Development and Implementation of a Medicine and Pharmacy Interprofessional Education Experience.” Diane H. Quinn, Dana C. Farabaugh, Rebecca E. Munger, and Cathy Y. Poon were the presenters. Their goals […]
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Interprofessional Education

Day 2 of HITS 2022 is over! We had a lot of fun and have some exciting ideas! Tonight, I watched the Lilly Conference session entitled “Breaking the Silos: Integrating Simulated Learning Activities in Interprofessional Education” presented by Melissa Miner, Pamela Pologruto, Valerie Vanderhoff, and Jo Ann Jankoski, from Penn State University, Fayette – The […]
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