Emily Rotich from South College in Nashville TN and Jennifer Thomas from Belmont University also in Nashville presented a recorded ASMCUE 2022 session entitled “Improving Student Performance Using Significant Examples to Explain Concepts.” They started by explaining how many professional disciplines use case studies and help students build on prior knowledge and a scenario. The […]
I continue to watch ASMCUE 2022 sessions even though my eye hurts today! I watched a couple of sessions from BIT instructors, and now found Heather Townsend’s recorded session entitled “Fostering Scientific Literacy through the Identification of Credible Sources.” Townsend is a good friend, and we have worked together for a couple of years now. […]
Emily Ledgerwood (Le Moyne College) and Jonelle Mattiacio (St. John Fisher College) presented at ASMCUE 2022 a recorded session entitled: “A Multi-Lesson Approach to Enhancing Literacy in the Field of Virology.” The lesson focused on Mattiacio’s virology course. They introduced students in the first phase to scientific communication and exploration of primary research Groups were […]
Tonight I watched an ASMCUE session by Jenna E. Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology and Millikin University. I had watched this session earlier this summer. I remember being excited and intrigued. The activity Smith designed was to teach resting membrane potentials. This activity has been used in Smith’s anatomy and physiology course. Students must know […]
Another recorded session from ASMCUE was “An Active Learning Pedagogy that Enhances Medical Students’ Learning and Engagement,” presented by Hatem A. Elshabrawy from the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Sam Houston State University and Hossam M. Ashour from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. They spoke about Team-Based Learning […]
“School for all: Students empowered for change” was the title of the recorded session for the CAST UDL Symposium presented by Beatriz Duda Macera and Jessica Susano Ramos. This is the last prerecorded session of the symposium! The session began with a description of the education system in Peru. Two schools in different places in […]
Ann Devitt and Joanne Banks from Trinity College, Dublin, presented at the CAST UDL Symposium 2022 on their project on UDL in secondary education in Europe. The recorded session was entitled “What has technology ever done for us? Second-level student voices.” Their partners included schools in Spain, Belgium, Ireland, and Greece. All partner schools worked […]
Madison Bunderson, Elena Darling-Hammond, & Daniel Pimentel presented at the CAST UDL symposium this summer on “Using Online Tools and UDL to Elicit Learner Voice.” This was a three-video pre-recorded session. Pimentel began by speaking about student voice. I liked how they started with a slide that simply read “it is lovely to meet you.” […]
“Leading with Care: Building Capacity and Connection in Collaborative Spaces” is the title of the CAST UDL recorded session I watched tonight. Melissa Chumakov, Sarah Driessens, Sarah Hunter, & Erin Valenzuela were the presenters. Driessens spoke about the power of storytelling. Recognizing the importance of collaborating with learners was a point Driessens made. Hunter started […]
Anna Cliff, Brenda O’Connell, Carly Sandgren, and Leani Tell presented at the CAST UDL Symposium the session “Mission Possible: Robots Providing Inclusive School Experiences for Students.” They shared slides at a bitly URL: Cliff is the lead of the Mission Possible Project. Along with co-presenters, they all have experience supporting students. The Star Learner they […]