Diversity

Keeping a Respectful Learning Environment

Dr. Chavella Pittman from Dominican University and Effective & Efficient Faculty, presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online on “10 In the Moment Responses to Acts of Student Incivility.” I believe I watched another session by Pittman last year. Pittman is a Professor of Sociology and also a Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching consultant. Pittman […]
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Metacognition and Self-regulation

Today, after playing with Camtasia, I continued watching Lilly Conference. Dr. Stephanie Foote from the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellent in Undergraduate Education presented on “Metacognitive Teaching: Reflecting on Our Teaching Practice.” I watched one or maybe two sessions led by Foote as part of the Lilly Conference last fall and enjoyed how interactive […]
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Supporting Learning with Culturally Responsive Teaching

Dr. Courtney Plotts presented on May 5th at the Lilly Online 2021 Conference on creating cultural presence. Plotts started with an activity and a definition for culturally responsive teaching. Instead of just providing a definition, Plotts did a nice comparison of what culturally responsive teaching is and isn’t. “How can I consistently apply elements of […]
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Open and Closed!

I still can’t figure out Twitter… I have two accounts and end up using the @delftia one instead of my personal one. Chris Aldrich talked about “A Twitter of Our Own” as OERxDomains21 Day 2. Aldrich started by talking about why be on Twitter if there are “healthier” alternatives? I don’t use Twitter much because […]
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Our Human Problem

Dr. Mays Imad presented on May 13, 2021, as part of the SABER Striving Towards Inclusion series. As always, Imad exudes a calming force and invites everyone to engage in honest conversations and try to give up the “methodological doubt” that is such a part of academics and scientists. Imad mentioned that we have “more […]
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The Human Experience and Open Education

I love watching the YouTube videos Mike Wesch creates! Wesch creates engaging stories and opportunities for students to experience learning. Therefore, when I saw Tom Woodward and Mike Wesch listed as presenters for a day 2 OERxDomains21 session, I knew I had to watch it! I have watched Wesch talk about the ANTH101 course they […]
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Staff Wellbeing and CompelU

Jennifer Linsdell spoke about supporting mental wellbeing in education using creativity as part of the day 2 OERxDomains21 conference. Lindsell has a background in Art Education and Art Therapy to support resilience and deep interest in supporting staff to help students. Linsdell reviewed historical data, conducted action research, and used existing resources. As part of […]
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Diversity in OERs

Today I had the opportunity to watch to Cynthia Brame and Bryan Dewsbury speak about inclusive teaching. It seemed appropriate to continue and end the day with a session from day 2 of OERxDomains21. Sarah Lambert and Habiba Fadel presented on “Open to Diversity: Inclusive Design Insights from the Australian OER Textbook Project.” They did […]
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Good Teaching is Inclusive Teaching

Bryan Dewsbury and Cynthia Brame were on Online with LSE on May 7th, 2021. Brame began by talking about the LSE Inclusive Teaching guide and instructor checklist. These are wonderful! There are five guides: group work, inclusive teaching, peer instruction, modeling, and metacognition. Dewsbury mentioned that the Inclusive Teaching guide is longer than others and draws heavily from the […]
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Learning about Digital Literacy and Wikipedia

I am moving on to Day 2 of OERxDomains2 sessions. Jane Secker and colleagues Hasan Munir, Ahmed El-Shareif, and Kanan Barot from City University presented about “The Impact of Teaching Digital Literacies and Open Practices” through accredited modules. Secker mentioned that they have run the module three times as well as a similar module taught […]
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