Lilly Conference

Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Remote Teaching

Today I watched another asynchronous session. Lisa Chang, Silvia Bartolic, and Hailey Craig presented o the use of Multiliteracies Pedagogy as a framework to support remote teaching at the Lilly Conference online. This short presentation by Chang made me think. They started with survey data from both faculty and students after the transition to remote […]
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Studying Student Self-efficacy through Writing and the Influence of Instructors

NaTasha Schiller (Wingate University) presented at the Lilly Conference on an ongoing study with Eileen Camfield and Kirkwood Land. Schiller and Land have infused high impact practices into their courses, including large introductory biology at Wingate. They also added writing assignments intended to activate students’ growth mindsets, critical thinking, and learning skills. They described in […]
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Critical Pedagogy and Information Literacy

Katie Greer from Oakland University discussed critical pedagogy and critical literacy during an asynchronous session at the Lilly Conference. Greer discussed a course they teach as a general education requirement with several really useful assignments and tips! The idea of students as partners, co-creators, and new experts resonates with me! I took away these great […]
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Assignments for Performance Improvement

I watched another though-provoking session by Barry Sharpe this afternoon, from the asynchronous Lilly Conference sessions on Educational Theory and Pedagogy. Sharpe used key ideas and quotes from two great books I was able to read this year: Josh Eyler’s How Humans Learn and Flower Darby and James Lang’s Small Teaching Online. The presenter used […]
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Questions, Generation, and Provocative Metacognition

Barry Sharpe from Western Governors University gave a thought provoking recorded talk at the Lilly Conference I was able to watch tonight as Amada fell asleep. Sharpe invokes Socrates and the teacher as a gadfly and midwife to encourage us to use practice questions that push students to overcome desirable difficulties and self-reflect on their […]
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