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Enhancing AI Literacy in Higher Education

Maria Pares-Toral, the Associate Director of Faculty Development at Milwaukee School of Engineering, presented at the Quality Matters (QM) conference. They presented on “Advancing AI Literacy within your Institution.” At team on their campus was tasked with developing a plan for their university. This group included faculty collaborating across departments. Planning and implementation led to […]
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Perceptions of Faculty Culturally Diverse Mentor Training

Dr. Damani White-Lewis is a postdoctoral scholar and presented at the Online with LSE Webinar series. Along with coauthors Ana Romero, Justin Gutzwa, and Sylvia Hurtado, they presented on their article “Moving the Science Forward: Faculty Perceptions of Culturally Diverse Mentor Training Benefits.” The problem White-Lewis stated was the need for STEM faculty to become […]
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Mini-games for Microbiology

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 session entitled “Developing Mini-Games and Playful Activities to Implement ASM Curriculum Guidelines in Undergraduate Microbiology Courses.” Grace L. Axler-DiPerte from Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York shared ideas for developing mini-games aligned with the ASM Curriculum Guidelines. Axler-DiPerte discussed tools such as manipulatives, quiz shows, […]
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Student Coaches for Faculty Collaborative on Accessibility

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session entitled “Creating an Accessible Campus Culture with Disabled Students and Faculty” by Stephanie W. Cawthon, a professor at the University of Texas – Austin. Cawthon began by discussing the importance of accessibility and being deaf. They emphasized that accessibility is not a checklist and the need to […]
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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 […]
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Evaluating Faculty Learning Communities

Milt Cox has been involved with Faculty Learning Communities for over forty years! Cox is also the Director Emeritus and Founder of the Original Lilly Conference. Cox spoke at the Lilly Conference online about Faculty Learning Community (FLC) learning efforts. The learning objectives for the twenty-minute session were to describe FLCs, the positive impact that […]
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Organizing and Closing Open Ed 2021

The Friday Open Ed 2021 plenary to close the conference was entitled “The Future of Open Ed.” Andrea Scott is the OER Coordinator at Salt Lake Community College and introduced the Strategic Planning Committee. Stephanie Pierce is the Head of the Physics Library at the University of Arkansas Libraries and started a Mentimeter poll. Pierce […]
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A Collaborative Group to Create and Share Activities

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Psychology 101 Collaborative: Creating and Sharing Course Activities to Foster Student Success.” Lisa Young is the Faculty Director at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Scottsdale Community College, and Debbie Barker is an instructional designer at Maricopa Community Colleges. Alisa Beyer joined the presentation and […]
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Case Studies of OER Implementation at Towson

“Access for All: Case Studies Investigating Open Education Resources” was a session presented by Lijun Jin, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Patricia Westerman, Miriam DesHarnais, Aaron Dallman, and Amanda Jozkowski from Towson University as part of Open Ed 2021. They spoke about the Faculty Academic Center of Excellence at Towson and the Library and how they help […]
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Created Connected Communities

Amanda Marquez, a Professional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Jennifer Epley Sanders, an Associate Professor of Political Science also at TAMU presented at Open Ed 2021. The session was entitled “Creating Connected Communities and Histories through Open Pedagogy and OER” and was full of murals painted by local artists. Marquez is a […]
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