DBER and SoTL

October 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Website

Student-authored Websites for Future Students

The first group of presentations of OpenEd 2021 included a presentation by Heather Miceli from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. The session was entitled “Open Pedagogy as a Tool to Increase Confidence and Lower Anxiety in Science Courses.” Miceli teaches a “Core 101” course that all students at Roger Williams University must take as […]

October 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, Diversity, FALCoN, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition

A New Framework for Instructor Awareness and Improvement

Today, Amber Heidbrink was the presenter at the NIST FALCoN session entitled “Faculty Conceptions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Heidbrink started by asking us to think about what diversity means and post thoughts on a Jamboard. Then, we discussed why we should care about diversity in higher education. Their research team interviewed 30 full-time and part-time instructors from 2- and 4-year […]

October 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, DBER and SoTL, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Digital Ethnography on Display

I am finishing the ALT 2021 recorded sessions! Tonight we watched a session entitled “From digital ethnography to exhibition: Exploring the entanglement of learning online, work and life” presented by Paula Shaw and Marlies Gration from the University of Derby. Gration and Shaw undertook an ethnography pilot study and then observed several courses from February […]

October 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, ROSE, Why

Messaging on Day 1

Today I watched a ROSE seminar agbout first-day experiences in STEM courses. Claire Meaders presented work done as a postdoctoral scholar with Michelle Smith, Brian Couch, and A. Kelly Lane, among others. Meaders asked the audience: why does the first day matter? Citing Vygotsky 1978: “Every class is a social context in which learning is shared between people. Meaders […]

October 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Peer Partners

Today I watched a session from day 3 of the ALT 2021 conference that I had watched before, a couple of weeks ago. The session entitled “Promoting Connectedness – the importance of peer mentors in an intra-curricular online learning space” caught my attention. The speakers were Peter Bryant, Juliette Overland, Danielle Eden, and Natasha Arthars. […]

October 11, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

The Scholarship of Learning Technology

Sometimes I read a title for a presentation and think it doesn’t apply to what I do and try to learn about. I am usually surprised by how it does. The ALT 2021 session we watched tonight was entitled “Are we there yet? Becoming a TEL scholar: code switching and building identity through the ALT […]

October 9, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Community of Practice, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why, Workshop

Facilitating Professionalism in Teaching and Learning

It was a rainy day, and we mostly stayed at home. As we wind down, I found an ALT 2021 talk with a title that caught my attention: “Sharing experiences of an online HEA Fellowship scheme and its impact on learning and teaching” presented by Carina Bossu, Nashwa Ismail, Julia Sargent, and Jane Wilson. Bossu […]

September 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Wellbeing, Why

Student Creation of Digital Resources and Perceptions of Captions

I had an awesome day with our RLOE team! They are inspiring and wonderful people. That’s what I needed today. Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was entitled “Re-creating ‘Creating Digital Learning Resources’ online – lessons learned from a meta experience” presented by Anna Ruff, a learning designer. Ruff discussed a first-year medical student selected unit in […]

September 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, DBER and SoTL, Publishing, Reflections

The Journal of Research in Learning Technology

Saturdays are always full of… emotions and cleaning! Tonight I watched another ALT 2021 session entitled “Getting published in ‘Research in in Learning Technology’: A Workshop with the editors” with speakers: Sarah Honeychurch, James Brunton, and Louise Drumm – all professors and editors. They are all editors for the journal Research in Learning Technology. Honeychurch […]

August 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Sharing Student Suggestions and Digital Art

Tonight I needed to disconnect and get inspired. The Lilly Conference online 2021 session I watched is entitled “Student Experiences and Recommendations from Transitioning to Emergency Remote Instruction.” Melissa Hendrickson and Alyssa Degreenia are both from North Carolina State University. They discussed student experiences and identified student challenges to devise better strategies for online teaching. […]