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Online Plagiarism Detection and Online Discussion Boards

We spent an awesome day at the beach. The kids had a lot of fun… and so did the adults. Tonight, watched the first 2021 Lilly Conference online asynchronous session in the Teaching Online category. Ed Gehringer from North Carolina State University presented on “Online Exam Integrity: Alternatives to Remote Proctoring.” I had not heard […]
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Take Students on Thinklink Tours?

Margaret C. Hoffman, Amy Kuntz, and Nicholas Smerker from The Pennsylvania State University  presented on”Planting Seeds of Innovation: Using Immersive Tech to Teach Design Principles in Landscape Contracting” as a recorded session in the 2021 Lilly Conference Online. Smerker introduced the differences between augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and 360 video using a rubber […]
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Self-determination and Activity Choices

Vanessa Hull from the University of Florida presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online on “Choose Your Own Adventure: A Choice-Making Model for Student Learning.” After describing their experience witnessing the recovery of a Chinese community after an earthquake in 2008, Hull revisited how they teach. Hull mentioned the “Centering a Pedagogy of Care” and […]
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The EmTechMOOC

Tonight we (Amada and I) watched a Lilly 2021 session entitled “SUNY Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success (#EmTechMOOC)” by Roberta (Robin) Sullivan from the University at Buffalo. Sullivan is an instructional strategist, and their colleague Cherie van Putten at Binghamton University is an instructional designer. Their goal was to inform all learners […]
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Remote Learning Engagement Techniques

Tonight I watched a 2021 Lilly Conference online asynchronous session entitled “Engaging STEM Students in the Remote Learning Classroom” by our own Miriam Ferzli from NC State. Ferzli is a Professor of Teaching in my home department, Biological Sciences, and teaches a number of large introductory biology and research methods courses. Ferzli has a lot […]
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Creating Videos for Teaching

Today we had our first IPERT webinar. The topic was vaccine hesitancy and the BIT postdoctoral scholar team did a fantastic job. I was thinking about how useful it was to record the session for those who were unable to attend. This evening, I decided to watch a Lilly Conference 2021 session entitled “Why and […]
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ARS?! Time to poll the class!

A 2021 Lilly Conference online presentation entitled “The Benefits of Using an Audience Response System in Class” caught my attention tonight. Frank Spors from the Western University of Health Sciences spoke about the optometry program there. At Western U, they have a four-year doctoral optometry program with class size between 75-90 and lectures for all […]
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Educational Technology for Digital Organization and Scholarship

I have been intrigued by note-taking in the classroom for almost a decade now. My first proposal for an educational study when I came to NC State was using Livescribe pens to capture student concept maps and share them to evaluate and compare to other digital tools such as Lucidchart. We have been using electronic […]
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Interactive Presentations and Social Presence

I have heard several talks that mention the importance of relational teaching. I was happy to see that Rachel Hammond from Cornerstone University presented on “Developing Social Presence: Teaching Relationally and Creating Community in the Hybrid/Bimodal Classroom.” I watched another presentation by Hammond last year and enjoyed the emphasis on relationship-rich education regardless of modality. Using […]
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Rethinking Education

Day 4 of the Lilly Conference was Wednesday, May 26th. I am watching the recordings a couple of weeks after the live session. I do like the format with four Wednesday sessions. Todd Zakrajsek from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and ITLC started each week with “Game Changing Teaching Tips” and this last […]
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