Instructor Behaviors

March 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, SABER, Why

Discussing Microaggressions

Today I was able to watch a couple more SABER presentations that I had missed. Dr. Colin Harrison from Georgia Tech and Dr. Kimberly Tanner from San Francisco State presented a session entitled “Language matters: Considering racial microaggressions in science” last October 8, 2020. Harrison was a postdoc with Tanner and began the presentation by […]

March 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, SABER, Wellbeing, Why

Building Communities with Kindness

I had a fun day reconnecting with former students who have now become colleagues and collaborators. How cool! Their energy, willingness to teach me new things about technical writing and videos, and kindness have always been evident despite communicating only every couple of months. Kindness! That’s why when I saw Dr. Mica Estrada’s SABER talk […]

March 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, SABER, Student groups, Why

A Culture of Caring

It was a long day… too many Zoom calls! To wrap up the day, I wanted something uplifting and continued watching the spring 2021 SABER series. The second talk this spring was by Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab from Temple University on February 4, 2021. The session was entitled “Addressing students’ basic needs with a culture of […]

March 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, DBER and SoTL, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Molecular Biology Education Research, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

How do students perceive their understanding of biology terms?

Dr. Lisa McDonnell is an Associate Teaching Professor at UC San Diego and was on the Online with LSE webinar series to discuss a recent publication about “Identifying Troublesome Jargon in Biology.” I like how Online with LSE is now having graduate students moderate the sessions! McDonnell began by highlighting how there is a lot […]

March 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Presentations & Talks, Teaching techniques, Why

Studying Faculty ‘Personas’

I watched the Online with LSE: “Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development” webinar tonight. Dr. Paula Lemons from the University of Georgia described their study with nineteen faculty from long-term learning communities at six institutions. These communities focused on evidence-based assessment practices. Lemons started this study in early 2014! The volunteer participants […]

March 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Video Case Analyses & Collaborative Oral Discussions

Drs. Ashley Whitehead and Mina Min from Appalachian State University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online on “Videocase Analysis For Preservice Teachers’ Growth As Culturally Responsive Teachers.” They introduced a video case analysis assignment for their preservice learning teachers course. The session goals focused on how to use video case analysis to support preservice […]

March 9, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

What do we already know about culturally responsive teaching?

Dr. Ingrid Everett presented results of a study on culturally responsive teaching (CRT) at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. Everett is an early childhood educator with a background in Head Start. The presentation entitled: “Culturally Responsive Teaching, Math, And Teacher Education” had the subtitle “We already know what to do” highlighted Everett’s goal of sharing […]

March 8, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Why

Lessons and More…

Dr. Marie Allsopp from Purdue University recorded at least two sessions for the 2020 Lilly conference online. A session entitled “Covidly” So – Pandemic Perspectives of Pupils and a Professor” was the second one I watched. This session was short (16 min) and really well organized. I appreciate how Allsopp organized the presentation by describing […]

March 7, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Sandtray Activities in Courses

I watched the last recorded session in the Resilience section for the 2020 Lilly Conference online asynchronous sessions. It was a short and thought-provoking session on a topic I didn’t know much about. Dr. Jeffrey M. Sullivan from the Department of Counselor Education at Sam Houston University. Sullivan described a sandtray activity as typically being […]

February 27, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Connecting Students to Campus Resources

Dr. Leslie Cizmas from Texas A&M University presented a session at the 2020 Lilly Conference entitled “Strengthening Student Learning by Leveraging University and Community Resources” that really made me think about the resources we have that I could share with students to support their academic and wellbeing. Cizmas discussed a variety of financial, resilience, professionalism, […]

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