Discussions

Students as Partners

Students as partners. We mention the phrase often, and I think it has a variety of different ways of being implemented. Cliodhna O’Callaghan from the University College Cork, Ireland presented at ALT 2021 on the Teach Digi project. O’Callaghan is the project lead on this initiative for “shared learning and students as partners.” The Enhancing […]
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Be Specific, Transparent, and Mindful

I got to play in the lab today with students and the BitBot liquid handler. That made me so happy! I also started watching ALT 2021 conference sessions I missed. I started with the pre-conference workshop 4 presented by Dr. Miranda Melcher from City University of London. The session’s title was “Pre-Conference Workshop 4: Practical […]
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Approachability, Adaptability, and Vulnerability

Tonight, we watched the last session of the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021. The session was “Building Community in the Class and Beyond: Strategies and Self-Reflection”  presented by Jennifer Ibrahim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University College of Public Health with contributing authors: Anne Frankel, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, Temple University; […]
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Teaching for Equity and Inclusion

The Elon Teaching and Learning Conference this summer had several session formats including 30 minute and 60-minute talks. Tonight, we watched a 60-minute talk entitled “Teaching for Equity and Inclusion”by Mary Jo Festle, Maude Sharpe Powell Professor, Professor of History, and Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Elon University. […]
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Teaching Outside at Elon

It was a relaxing Saturday with lots of playing outside and some quiet time to think. Success! Tonight, we watched another session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session entitled “Teaching Outside the University Classroom: Using Nature as a Text and Context for Learning” was presented by Scott Morrison, Associate Professor of Education, […]
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RAFT!

Friday! It was an interesting day indeed. Lots of computer work and Zoom… and some great conversations. Tonight, we watched a recorded session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “Resilient and Flexible Teaching (RAFT): Staying Afloat in Rough Waters” by Heather Keith, Executive Director of Faculty Development & Professor of Philosophy, Radford University and Christina […]
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Suggestions and Considerations for Relationship-Rich Teaching

Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “Teaching Re-Imagined: Reigniting Passion for Teaching and Learning by Implementing Relationship Based Teaching” presented by Ashley St. Martin, Course Instructor, Western Governors University and Muhsin Michael Orsini, Evaluation Scientist, Independent Consultant. They presented together and discussed the relationship based education research by […]
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Moving Forward and Humanizing Teaching

Tonight Amada and I watched another session from the Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “A Return to Humanity in Teaching” by Stephanie M. Foote, Associate Vice President, Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education and Stony Brook University. I have watched sessions by Foote at the Lilly Conference […]
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Community and Power-Sharing in Online Courses

This long weekend was full of gardening and playing outside… and cleaning! It was a lot of fun, though I am now exhausted. Tonight, we watched another session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session was entitled “Continued connections: using community-and technology-rich education post-pandemic” with several presenters from Elon: Patti Burns, Senior Lecturer […]
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Google Apps for Teaching

Happy Friday! Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 entitled “New Ways to Engage Students with Google Applications.” Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Center, Virginia Wesleyan University started by talking about how students embraced technology. However, this past year has […]
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