Instructor Behaviors

May 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

Countering Microaggressions through Microaffirmations and Understanding

Anuja Gupta presented at Lilly Conference Online on “Micro-Affirmations in Higher Education.” Gupta is the Chair of the Business Department and MBA Program Director. The objectives of the session were to understand microaggressions and micro affirmations. Gupta talked about race in higher education and the disparities that exist because of a lack of college readiness. […]

May 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Wellbeing, Why

Why Am I So Tired?

That was the big title that Rachel Gallardo presented at the ITLC Lilly Conference Online 2022. Gallardo is from Blinn College and was interested in the cognitive barriers of Zoom fatigue and solutions for online instruction. Gallardo teaches psychology and wanted to address common frustations, introduce definitions & symptoms and provide potential solutions to keep […]

May 10, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections

Fostering Integrity

“Enhancing Online, On-site, and Hybrid Teaching and Learning with Integrity” was the title of the session Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant led at Lilly Online 2022. Bertram Gallant is the Director of the Academic Integrity Office at the UC San Diego. There is an academic integrity in the hybrid world course on OneHE that Bertram Gallant […]

May 9, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections

Inclusive Practices and Marketing

Neal Malik, an Assistant professor at California State University-San Bernadino, spoke at the Lilly Conference last month about “Inclusive Practices in Student Engagement.” Malik mentioned that they have been teaching in higher education for fourteen years and continue to learn. Malik noted publishing a recent article on inclusive practices. Malik shared a 30-second problem: “Find […]

May 6, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Privileges that Hinder

Tonight we watched another ITLC Lilly ONline Conference plenary. Chavella Pittman has presented at other conferences and did a workshop with us last year. The title of the session at Lilly 2022 was “3 Surprising Ways Privilege Ruins Inclusive Teaching (& How they Provide Hope).” Pittman is a faculty member and faculty developer. At this […]

May 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Community of Practice, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Publishing, Reflections

A Course to Find and Share Support and Inspiration Online

Dr. Stephanie M. Foote is a frequent presenter at the Lilly Online Conference! As a Senior Associate Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices at the Gardner Institute, Foote seems to be involved in numerous different projects. The title of the session I watched tonight was “Developing an Online Course Redesign Community for Faculty […]

April 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Ontario Tech’s Open Lab

Sara Stokes is the OER Lab Manager at Ontario Tech and along with Rebecca Maynard presented at Open Ed 2021 about “Co-Creating Opportunities for Openness.” Ontario Tech is one of the newest universities in Canada. Stokes spoke about the needs of students at Ontario Tech and their focus on STEM. The Open Education Lab was […]

April 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website, Why, Writing

Pinatas, Pressbooks, and History

Jim Ross-Nazzal is a Professor of History at Houston Community College – Eastside Campus and recorded a 25-minute session at Open Ed 2021. Their session was entitled “An OER Textbook: Design Thinking and Pinata Innovation.” What a cool title! Ross-Nazzal mentioned that the title came from a year-long institute they participated in. They described designing […]

April 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

A Question Bank Assignment with Peer Review

Judy Orton Grissett is the Director of Experiential Learning at Georgia Southwestern State University and spoke about research with Feng-Ru Sheu, an Instructional Designer Librarian at Kent State University. The title of their session at Open Ed 2021 was “Open Pedagogical Practices and Instructional Changes in a Psychology Course.” They met at Open Ed in […]

April 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Website

Remixing (OER) with H2O

Jeremy Peters, Assistant Professor of Music Business at Wayne State University and co-founder of Quite Scientific Records, and Catherine Brobston from Outreach at Harvard Law School spoke about “Remixing and Expanding Access to Legal Education Resources” at Open Ed 2021. Brobston introduced H2O, “an open education platform focused on legal resources and built for cloning […]