Discussions

July 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups

A Study on Flexible Deadlines

Melissa Hills, Kim Peacock & Brittany Wiseman presented at the CAST USL Symposium this month about “Replacing Power with Flexible Structure: Learner Centered Deadline Policies in Post-secondary.” They acknowledged the lands in Canada that they inhabit. One attendee in the chat mentioned during their introduction that they were interested in flexible deadlines and wanted to […]

July 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Empowering and Honoring Decision

“Power and Empowerment: Honoring By Decision and Design” was the title of the CAST UDL session by Andratesha Fritzgerald. The session used Peardeck and started with a question: “If you could be on a reality TV show, which one would you choose and why?” Slides were shared at: https://bit.ly/fritz72722 Fritzgerald is the author of a […]

July 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Making Connections through QM Course Design Elements

Karen May, Adjunct, New Mexico State University; Sherrell Wheeler, Director of Online Quality Assurance, New Mexico State University Alamogordo and Christine Trapp, Professor of Nutrition and Chemistry, New Mexico State University Alamogordo, presented the QM session “Building Connections: Making a Difference One Lesson at a Time!” Karen May has had 21 courses reviewed and led […]

July 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, QM, Softwares

AGILE and Inclusion in Education

The QM webinar “Inclusivity, Engagement, Differentiation – Have It all Using AGILE” was presented by Kat Biacindo, Associate Professor, California State University, Fresno. Biacindo spoke about connectivism theory citing Siemens 2007: “through a network, web, or internet, learners can (a) acquire new content that is continually updated, (b) identify credible resources, and (c) draw distinctions […]

July 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, QM, Reflections

Positive Feedback in Online Courses

Patrick Dempsey, Director of the Office of Digital Teaching & Learning, Loyola University Maryland, presented a Quality Matters session last November entitled “Feedback Strategies: 5 Practices to Increase Student Success and Decrease Instructor Workload.” Dempsey asked: explain how anyone gets “good at anything.” This was followed by Dempsey sharing research that to improve performance it […]

July 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, QM, Reflections, Softwares, Why

ReadSpeaker and Accessibility in QM Courses

On February 2, 2022, Kathy Wood, ReadSpeaker; Jim Snyder, Quality Matters; Beatriz Flores-Martinez, Laredo College; and Candice McPherson, Virtual Arkansas, presented “Addressing Accessibility in Course Design and Practice with QM and ReadSpeaker TTS. Flores-Martinez from Laredo College spoke about how they are constantly searching for instructional technologies to incorporate into their online courses. McPherson is […]

July 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

QM Research on Inclusive Pedagogy Online

Last night I finished watching the 2022 Quality in Action sessions. Today I watched the recording for the 2022 QM Online Research Conference. The session entitled “Inclusive Pedagogy Online: Faculty Development and Effective Strategies” with Nadia Jaramillo Cherez, Jen Meyers, Deanna Lloyd, and Katherine Mc Alvage at Oregon State. Mc Alvage spoke about starting with […]

July 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Community of Practice, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

An Empathetic and Engaging Learning Framework

Tonight I watched “Humanized, Empathetic and Engaging Learning – Creating a Purposeful Learning Framework” from the Quality in Action Quality Matters (QM) conference in April. The presenter, Brett Christie, was from O’Donnell Learn and had a full career with the Cal State System. They explained how there is a “need for humanized, inclusive, engaged, learning […]

July 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Welcome to the course… who are you?

What a cool title: “You had me at “Hello” – Maximizing the Power of QM Introductions”! This was the title of the session by Vicki Mason and Mary Amick for a 40-minute presentation at the April 2022 Quality in Action QM conference. Their goals were to define social presence and social capital to envision the […]

July 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, QM, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Why

Parent-Teacher Communication

Dr. Kayla Ward from Oakwood University has extensive experience teaching various age groups. Ward presented at the QM conference about “Teach Talk: Reaching out to Parents Before Parents Reach Out to You” and began the session by showing a funny video about parents teaching during the pandemic. They then had an activity to share parent […]