Reflections

July 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Learning from Teaching Band Online

David Betancourt from Cerritos College gave a really engaging presentation at the Lilly Conference online in 2020. I was happy to see that Betancourt was the first speaker on the asynchronous list of recoded talks in the instructional strategies section. Betancourt provided an overview of the presentation in an energetic and conversational tone. He started […]

July 28, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Diversity, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Videos and Surveys for Professional Development

Gale Spear, Courtney Mlinar, and Jeff Johannigman from Austin Community College spoke about their teaching and learning academy in a Lilly 2021 recorded talk entitled “A Teaching and Learning Academy for Faculty by Faculty.” I did not know how large the Austin Community College system is with multiple campuses and thousands of students! The Teaching […]

July 27, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, DBER and SoTL, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Supporting Engaged Teacher Scholars

As part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online asynchronous sessions, Dayna Henry from James Madison University presented on “A Case Study of SoTL Leaders as Catalysts Toward Institutionalizing SoTL Cultural Change.” Along with Ashley Taylor Jaffee, they described SoTL as: “evidence-based, teaching and learning scholarly activities which include systematic inquiry into what works and does […]

July 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Undergraduate Research, Why

Collaborative Research and Reciprocal Altruism

Tonight, Amada and I watched Sayonita Ghosh Hajra from California State University, Sacramento and Abeer Hasan from Humboldt State University present a recorded Lilly Conference online 2021 presentation entitled “Managing REU in between Two Institutions During a Pandemic.” This summer we have been hosting a virtual REU. It has been busy and really cool. I want […]

July 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Virtual Writing Communities

Laura Cruz from The Pennsylvania State University, Ted Murcray from California Baptist University, and Marina Smitherman from Dalton State College presented at the Lilly Conference Online 2021 a recorded session entitled “Writing about Teaching (Together): Implementing Virtual Writing Communities under COVID-19.” I have now watched several sessions by Cruz and enjoyed all they do for […]

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 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Books, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Selection of Multicultural Texts

Ann Martinelli and Roxanna Senyshyn from The Pennsylvania State University presented on “Learning to Support and Sustain Cultural (and linguistic) Diversity: Perspectives of Preservice Teachers.” They teach at the Abington College, a component of Penn State University and they are a “minority majority student community” located outside of Philadelphia. The elementary education program includes the […]

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 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Guest Speakers, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Take a Hike?

Christopher D. Johnson from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga took their course and connected it to nature. During Johnson’s Lilly Conference online entitled “An Experiment in Outdoor Learning in the Time of COVID,” Johnson described intentional outdoor activities and coursework. Johnson cited Ken Bain’s new book Super Courses to mention how deep learning can take […]

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 […]