Online Learning

April 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Agile Open Online Education

Tonight I watched another OERxDomains21 session entitled “Pathways to Learning: Open Collaboration to Support the Online Pivot” that included a long list of collaborators and numerous open collaboration examples. Rob Farrow described a project called Pathways to Learning that was funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund program. Farrow and colleagues rapidly created a pair […]

April 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Reviewing and Improving

Penny Ralston-Berg (PennState) and Bethany Simunich (Director of Research & Innovation, QM) presented last October about the Quality Matters (QM) rubric. The session entitled “QM Balloon Animals: Twisting the Rubric to Meet Your Needs” and relates to the workshop I did this morning in which we did self-reviews. Simunich explained that the QM Rubric can […]

April 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Unmet Standards and Accessibility Secrets

Thomas J. Tobin revealed “Seven Secrets for Standard Eight: Accessibility Review When You’re Not an Accessibility Expert” as part of a Quality Matters (QM) session on October 26, 2020. I was able to watch Tobin in person as part of the keynote for our Teaching and Learning Symposium last year. Tobin is fantastic, knowledgeable, and […]

April 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Transparent Assignment Design

Dr. Zakaria Jouaibi, Senior Instructional Designer at North Carolina Central University, was on another Quality Matters (QM) webinar that I watched. I’m also taking a QM course with Jouaibi this week and have been hearing about the TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) assignment framework on a couple of podcasts. That’s why this video caught […]

April 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Five Suggestions for Creating Better Online Learning Environments

Dr. Loretta Brancaccio-Taras, from Kingsborough Community College, discussed creating successful online learning environments for undergraduate biology students as part of the 2020 ASMCUE plenary session. Brancaccio-Taras has taught ASM DBER courses (one I took in 2015!) and is the Director of the Center for e-Learning at their campus. This session was from the summer of […]

April 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Transfer Students, Wellbeing, Why

Talking about Digital Equity

Dr. DeRionne Pollard, President of Montgomery College, delivered the keynote address at QM ConnectLX 2020. Pollard started by talking about the impact of Quality Matters (QM) and how education is “about the experience and dignity” and this resonated. Pollard talked about how much aid Montgomery College gave to students during the pandemic. The impact of […]

April 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Online Class Meetings

Stella Porto, Learning Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank talked last year (October 2020) about the history of online education during a Quality Matters session. Porto discussed how accessibility and technology limitations made online education mostly asynchronous. During the shift to emergency online teaching, instructors used synchronous class meetings to simulate the in-person meetings. However, Porto mentioned […]

April 11, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning, Why

Learner Interactions for Engagement and Learning

Dr. Kayla Gilchrist-Ward, Associate Professor, Oakwood University presented last October (2020) a Quality Matters (QM) session with an awesome title: “Belt it Out! Using Karaoke and Other Tools to Promote Student Engagement” that caught my attention tonight. Gilchrist-Ward began with an icebreaker by asking participants several questions, including if audience members had every given a […]

April 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Delftia, Information Literacy, Mentoring, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Virtual Mentoring Routines and Communities

Dr. Cindy Smith and Dr. Tony Dobinson from Curtin University presented last year a Quality Matters (QM) session on mentoring online. As I prepare for our BIT SURE summer program, I want to learn how to be a better mentor. I know it can still be done virtually, and making a connection is critical. Smith […]

April 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Delftia, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning, Undergraduate Research, Why

CUREs in 2020

Last June, Dr. Erin Dolan and CURENet and ASCB hosted a webinar about how course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) were taught during the pandemic. This webinar is available on the ASCB YouTube channel. The panel included: Dr. Katelyn Cooper, University of Central Florida Dr. Lauren DePue, University of Texas – Austin Dr. Enid Gonzalez- Orta, […]