Reflections

Microbes and Social Equity!

Dr. Nicole Redvers, ND, MPH presented the first talk in the microbes and equity series this spring paving the way for a summer symposium. Several friends recommended this talk, and I wanted to watch it this week. Redvers began by talking about their roots and indigenous community. Respect, relevance, and relatability were mentioned by Redvers […]
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Open Design for Equity and Innovation

I am tired today. It has been a long week. I wanted to end with something about open pedagogy and design. I have on my watch list several Quality Matters (QM) webinars. I am working on another QM course that started this week and enjoying it. I learn as much from the materials and activities […]
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Prosocial Utility and Textbooks

Karen Hales facilitated a virtual journal club session as part of the LSE webinar series last October that caught my attention: “Promoting Science Interest with Prosocial Utility.” Jeanette Zambrano, a doctoral student in Urban Education Policy with a concentration in Educational Psychology at University of Southern California introduced goal-congruity theory. Zambrano talked about dropout in […]
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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, […]
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Deconstructing a Study to Build Science Identity

One of the March LSE webinars was “Exploring the Anatomy of a Research Study” with several authors and moderated by Dr. Cynthia Brame. The discussion with the authors Drs. Rebecca Price, Clark Coffman, Danielle Jensen-Ryan, and Jennifer Jo Thompson was based on their article: Becoming a “Science Person”: Faculty Recognition and the Development of Cultural […]
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Digital Accessibility Tips and NC Virtual

Tonight I watched another Quality Matters (QM) webinar presented by Chris Smith and entitled “Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes: The True Impact of Digital Accessibility” that was recorded last year. Chris Smith is an instructional designer with NC Virtual. I am trying to learn as much as I can and practice accessibility in the course […]
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The Student Perspective for Quality Online Course Design

Candice McPherson, Paula McDougald, and Kirsten Wilson from VirtualArkansas.org presented in October a Quality Matters (QM) session that I have been meaning to watch: “30 Going on 13: Thinking Like a Student for Course Design.” Wilson started by explaining how they wanted to incorporate student voice in the course design process and improve the learner […]
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Templates for Different Modalities

Jennifer Davis, a Senior Instructional Designer & Quality Assurance Coordinator at Sinclair College in Ohio presented a session entitled “Recipes for eCourse Design: Combining Raw Ingredients and Modality Options to Create Quality Courses” that I found on the QMQualityMatters YouTube channel. During the session objectives slide presentation, Davis mentioned CBE, Competency Based Education, and differentiating […]
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Modeling Learning

I receive the ACUE newsletter and often find interesting articles or links to talks. The email this week included a session entitled “Success for Every Student Through Effective Teaching” that is part of ACUE’s panel discussion from the California Community College Association for Occupational Education (CCCAOE) Conference. I watched it tonight after getting my first dose […]
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The Student Perspective of the Online Course Experience

Penny Ralston-Berg from PennState World Campus did a Quality Matters (QM) webinar on February 9, 2021 entitled “Student Perspective 2 0: Where Do We Go from Here?” that I watched tonight. Ralston-Berg started by comparing the institutional and student perspectives of success. This comparison was interesting because we just read an article about student success […]
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