Presentations & Talks

July 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Why

Tips for Creating a Faculty Mentoring Program

After a long day with two playgrounds, two birthdays, and lots of outdoors and ice cream, we watched Lilly Conference online asynchronous session by Tiffany Cresswell-Yeager from Gwynedd Mercy University and Antonio Duran from Auburn University. Their session was entitled “Strategies for Developing a Faculty Mentoring Program,” and the presenters spoke about faculty development and access […]

July 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why, Workshop

Stereotype Threat and Professional Development

Brian C Smith and Sal Meyers from Simpson College presented a recorded Lilly 2021 session entitled “Creating More Inclusive Classrooms: Applying Stereotype Threat Interventions.” They are both social psychologists and talked about stereotypes and disidentification and stereotype threat. They defined stereotype threat as a situation in which stereotype is relevant and there is a self […]

July 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Teaching techniques, Why

A New Teaching Philosophy

Shannon Murray from the University of Prince Edward Island, Jessica Riddell from Bishop’s University, and Lisa Dickson from the University of Northern British Columbia presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online. Their joint presentation was entitled “A ‘Back to the Studs’ Pandemic Teaching Philosophy.” Murray talked about how we all have teaching philosophies yet had to […]

July 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Scaffolding the Online Student Learning Experience

Madhu Mahalingam and Elisabetta Fasella from the University of the Sciences presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online in May a recorded session entitled “‘Scaffolding’ Student Learning in General Chemistry for Online Synchronous Classes.” I have been learning about what others are doing with their labs to offer an online experience. At the University of […]

July 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Four As of Experienced-based Learning

Our UNC-system colleagues, Nancy Winfrey and Audrey Dentith from North Carolina A&T State University presented at the May 2021 Lilly Conference online a recorded session about “Designing for Experienced-Based Learning: A Neuroscientific, Pedagogically Sound Framework.” They started with introductions about their experience and family lives and then a quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Experience […]

July 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

The Different Stages of Metacognitive Teachers

Anton Tolman and Nathan Martin from Utah Valley University and Greg Mullen from Exploring the Core presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference Online in May on “Building Better Teachers: Metacognition Enhances Student Transfer to Higher Education.” Nate Martin is an undergraduate research assistant doing this research, and Greg is an educator. Nate began by defining […]

July 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Pausing to Think about Expert Blindspots

Barry Sharpe and Shannon Scotece from Western Governors University presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference Online on “Teaching and Learning Without Grading.” I have watched presentations by Sharpe before. Sharpe started by defining Course Instructors (CIs) that design, direct instruction, and do not grade! The presenters talked about frequent recommendations from the literature and their book […]

July 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Student-Faculty Partnerships

As part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online, Molly Robinson from Lewis & Clark College presented a recorded session entitled “Improving Pedagogy through Faculty-Student Collaboration.” Robinson helps run a program through their Teaching Excellence Program. The idea of faculty-student partnership was inspired by a similar project at Bryn Mawr college. The partnerships contribute to inclusive […]

July 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Students Teaching Each Other

Tonight’s session from the Lilly Conference online 2021 was entitled “Peer teaching: Mastering Concepts Through Active Learning” and presented by Sherry Lin from Texas A & M University. Lin defined active learning as “a method of learning where students are involved in the learning process” and “engages students in their own learning by doing things […]

July 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Delftia, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques

OER-enabled Pedagogy

Eric Werth and Katherine Williams from the University of Pikeville recorded a 2021 Lilly Conference online session entitled “Empowering Student Voice: Using Open Pedagogy to Motivate First-Year Students.” They are both in the Office of Professional Development. This topic is appropriate today because as part of the BIT SURE program, we discussed open pedagogy and […]