Metacognition

Empower The Learner

Kathleen McClaskey has written several books on learning, is the CEO & Chief Learning Officer at Empower Learner and founder of Make Learning Personal. Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles is also well versed in UDL and works with McClaskey as well as is a consultant. They presented on “Learners with Voice: Creating Pathways for Agency and Self-Advocacy” at […]
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Mobile and Learner-friendly Apps

Sheila Bresnahan, Aviva R. Hollander, & Laura E. Vanderberg presented at the CAST UDL Symposium a one-hour session entitled “Designing with Postsecondary Students: UDL in Metacognition for Mobile Learning.” Dr. Laura Vanderberg was the department chair at Curry College. Hollander was a student peer supporter. Vanderberg shared the session goals and a logic model. Watching […]
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Learner Voice for Health and Wellbeing

Tonight after our second day at the beach, I watched the CAST UDL Symposium session entitled “Tapping into Learner Voice to Maximize Health & Wellbeing” presented by Anne Bishop, Anne Marie DeGirolamo & Kasia Derbiszewska. They started the session with a poll asking participants whether they were heard during health and wellness visits. They shared […]
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Glean, CORI, and UDL

Katherine Hamilton presented at the CAST UDL symposium: “UDL Needs New Learning Skills for True Equity.” Hamilton is the head of the brand at Glean. Glean is one of the sponsors, and I didn’t know much about it before this symposium. Hamilton’s session was about the dropout cycle and UDL. At Glean, they coined the […]
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PhotoVoice: A Research and Instructional Strategy

Tiffany Moy, Heidi Schroeder, and Joy Wu are the George Washington University School of Nursing instructional designers and experienced faculty. They presented a session during the Quality in Action QM conference in April. The title of their session is “PhotoVoice – A Teaching and Learning Strategy for Promoting Empathy and Critical Thought.” The presenters began […]
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Faculty Wellness Techniques

Stacey Souther is a Professor of Psychology at Cuyahoga Community College and presented at Lilly Conference 2022 on “Faculty Wellness: The Importance of Personal Transformation.” Souther is a college-wide faculty development coordinator and their session focused on discussing the importance of personal health and wellness and techniques that we can use and incorporate into daily […]
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Engaged Teaching Strategies

“Applying Principles Behind Engaged Teaching to Advance Student Learning” with Claire Major was one of the plenary presenters at Lilly Conference online 2022. Major has written so many books! Major has been at Alabama for 22 years! The goals for the session were to define the concept of engaged teaching, explore the process of engaged […]
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What is transformative learning?

Barbara Nadeau is a Quinnipiac University in Connecticut and presented on “Facilitating Transformative Learning in an Online Asynchronous Environment.” Nadeau wants to avoid chaos and shared a quote from Mezirow 2000. The Transformative Learning Theory from Mezirow 1991 is “an orientation which holds that the way learners interpret and reinterpret their sense of experience is […]
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3D Care

“The Trifecta of Three Dimensional Care” was the title of the session by Carrol Warren, Michelle Bartlett, and Angie Smith from NC State University. The focus was on self-care for online education to better support students. The objectives were to determine the importance of self-care, identify strategies to care for colleagues and to develop a […]
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Co-Taching and Meeting the Needs of All Learners

It was a long (Nanopore attempts) day… Tonight, I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session “Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities in the Online Classroom: Virtual Co-Teaching Models and Virtual Accommodations” with Cheryl Martin from Grand Canyon University. Martin has extensive experience as a teacher and instructional designer. They are a mother to two […]
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