DBER and SoTL

Studying Chemistry Students

Dr. Amanda Holton from the University of California Irvine prepared a superb presentation for the asynchronous 2020 Lily Conference sessions. The audio quality and video transitions made it very easy to follow; the slides are informative. Holton clearly explained the type of courses they teach: large chemistry courses with 300 students! UC Irvine (or the […]
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Nearpod and Clickers

Laura Cruz, Daniel Mallinson, and colleagues from Pennsylvania State University presented a session at the 2020 Lilly Conference on their analysis of the use of Nearpod engagement tool. Cruz, an instructional designer and educational researcher, briefly summarized educational research on student response systems and engagement. Cruz asked: “do clickers work?” adding that it depends on […]
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SoTL… and SoAD and SoLC!

Professor Emeritus Milt Cox from Miami University of Ohio presented a recorded Lilly Conference session about the commonalities and differences of three scholarships: Teaching and Learning, Academic Development, and Learning Communities. Cox has done extensive scholarly research and is editor of a Scholarship of Learning Communities journal. Cox compared the processes of the three scholarships […]
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Communities of Practice for Reflective Teaching and Learning

In another fun asynchronous Lilly Conference session on faculty development, Steven Eberth and Lisa Singleterry from Western Michigan University presented on faculty learning communities and communities of practice. I love how they started by building online community with a graphic of equality and equity (fence with kids of different heights, in one case using different […]
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Connecting Students from Different Programs: A Study on Interprofessional Research Groups

An asynchronous session from the Lilly Conference by Jessica Jochum, Ed Jones, and Joanne Klossner caught my attention with the title: “Learn with Me: The Perceived Benefits and Barriers of Collaborative Interprofessional Research Groups”. This was a collaboration between the University of Indianapolis and the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Programs in MS […]
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Instructor Quality and Grade Distribution

Another Lilly Conference session by Emily Faulconer and John Griffith (and Bobby McMasters) from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University presented results from their study comparing grades in courses taught by instructors rated average or high quality. Their introduction presented by Faulconer reviewed previous studies addressing similar questions. For their study, they analyzed 9-week terms offered in […]
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SoTL and DBER Research Dissemination

This being I listened to Emily Faulconer’s asynchronous workshop about Getting Published. Faulconer is from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and gave a fun and motivational presentation on the writing and submission process. I was intrigued by the information presented about title choices and downloads and citations. While titles with semicolons may have more downloads, apparently […]
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