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Digital Competencies and the Future of Teaching and Learning

Tonight I started watching sessions from Day 1 of the ALT 2021 conference. “The future of teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities: The student view” was presented by Neil Hughes. Hughes talked about how different faculty have responded to teaching online, with some wanting to return to in-person teaching while others are thriving […]
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What is a Learning Technologist?

Tonight’s ALT 2021 workshop we watch was entitled “Being a learning technologist: designing an open primer course” presented by Stuart Nicol, Tracey Madden, and Marcello Crolla. They spoke about the “rapid increase in new Learning Technologists” during the pandemic and the need to “create a supported short course on what it is to be a […]
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QualiChain to Decentralize Education

After a long day working on the computer and (finally!) with the robot and samples, I watched another ALT 2021 session entitled “Decentralising Education Using Blockchain Technology” by Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis, a research fellow from The Open University. I don’t know much about blockchain technology and listened to a podcast that discussed it. Further, I […]
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Community and Power-Sharing in Online Courses

This long weekend was full of gardening and playing outside… and cleaning! It was a lot of fun, though I am now exhausted. Tonight, we watched another session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session was entitled “Continued connections: using community-and technology-rich education post-pandemic” with several presenters from Elon: Patti Burns, Senior Lecturer […]
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Google Apps for Teaching

Happy Friday! Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 entitled “New Ways to Engage Students with Google Applications.” Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Center, Virginia Wesleyan University started by talking about how students embraced technology. However, this past year has […]
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Video Accessibility and Silver Linings

Tonight I watched two session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference from this past June. The first session tied into something I discussed today: image accessibility and use of accessible multimedia. The title of the session was “Incorporating Accessibility Principles into Student Video Projects” presented by Nicole Triche, Associate Professor of Cinema and Television […]
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DO-IT!

It was a long day… and a difficult one for Amada. I also haven’t felt well. However, we all tested negative! So whatever I have is… well… who knows. Sheryl Burgstahler from the University of Washington presented at the 2021 Lilly Online Conference a recorded session entitled “Practices for Making an Online Course Accessible to […]
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Virtual Tours and Effective Breakout Groups

Another long tough day… I did enjoy working on the Moodle site for the online course and… the discussion forums and survey responses! Tonight I watched the 2021 Lilly Conference online session entitled “Virtual Visits: Designing Online Field Trips in Environmental Science Courses” by Megan Lupek, a colleague I admire at NC State University! Lupek […]
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Bringing Your Personality to the Online Class and Check Your Course Site

Shannon Eastep from Northern Kentucky University presented a 20-minute recorded session about “Bringing Personality into an Online Classroom: Don’t Leave YOU Out of Your Online Class.” Eastep started by explaining why their video feed was included in the recording: to build strong relationships and bring your personality. Eastep mentioned that building strong relationships with faculty […]
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Online Course Design Findings from Surveying Students

Michelle Bartlett and Carroll Warren from North Carolina State University recorded several presentations for the Lilly Conference Online 2021. This is the second one I watch. Entitled “Impact of the Aficionado: Online Learner’s Perceptions of Learning Online,” this session caught my attention because yesterday the one we watched focused on perceptions of instructor presence. Bartlett […]
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