Student groups

November 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups

Students Reflect on the Cost of Access Codes and Leaders Structure Open Journals

The weekend was too short! We did several different things around the house and with the grandparents. Tonight, we watched a holiday movie, and I continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. The ten-minute session entitled “Financial and Academic Impact of Textbooks” with Helen Do from CoPIRG Students at CU Boulder. Helen Do explained what CoPIRG […]

November 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Creating OER Adoption Programs in Anchorage

We went to play with the grandparents and had a delicious lunch. The kids enjoyed making slime and playing with cardboard boxes. Tonight we watched another Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Developing a Robust Faculty OER Adoption Program Under Challenging Conditions” presented by D’Arcy Hutchings and Veronica Howard from the University of Alaska Anchorage. They […]

October 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Website

Student-authored Websites for Future Students

The first group of presentations of OpenEd 2021 included a presentation by Heather Miceli from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. The session was entitled “Open Pedagogy as a Tool to Increase Confidence and Lower Anxiety in Science Courses.” Miceli teaches a “Core 101” course that all students at Roger Williams University must take as […]

October 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Why

Making Media Accessible for an Entire Campus and Comparing Discussions

It was a busy day with scooters, painting, chalk, and baking. Tonight, we watched an ALT 2021 day 3 session entitled “Making Video and Multimedia for Learning Accessible and More Inclusive, at Scale” presented by Sandra Partington, Maria Kaffa, and Sandra Guzman Rodriguez. Partington spoke about the transition to online teaching and use of video. […]

September 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Course Design, Discussions, Guest Speakers, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Students as Partners

Students as partners. We mention the phrase often, and I think it has a variety of different ways of being implemented. Cliodhna O’Callaghan from the University College Cork, Ireland presented at ALT 2021 on the Teach Digi project. O’Callaghan is the project lead on this initiative for “shared learning and students as partners.” The Enhancing […]

September 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Constructivism, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why, Writing

Promoting Connectedness

A session from ALT 2021 caught my attention: “Promoting Connectedness – the importance of peer mentors in an intra-curricular online learning space” since I am working on instructor presence this week. The speakers of this session were Peter Bryant, Juliette Overland, Danielle Eden and Natasha Arthars. Bryant acknowledged the indigenous people in Australia. Bryant teaches […]

September 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Interprofessional Education, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Team-based learning, Why, Writing

Transdisciplinary Education during the Pandemic

We are almost finished with the Elon Teaching and Learning 2021 Conference recordings! The sessions have been great and address a variety of issues and emerging trends. Tonight, we watched a session entitled “Maintaining Transdisciplinary Training in Developmental Screening in the Time of COVID-19” presented by Katrina Fulcher-Rood, Associate Professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Department, […]

September 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Wellbeing, Why

Immersive Learning and Design Thinking

Tonight we watched another Elon Teaching and Learning Conference session entitled “From Creating to Sustaining Innovative, Experiential Curricula: Immersive Learning Practices Pre- and Post-Pandemic” presented by Phillip Motley, Associate Professor, Elon University and Danielle Lake, Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor, Elon University. Lake began by discussing that immersive learning practices and project-based learning that […]

September 11, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Teaching Outside at Elon

It was a relaxing Saturday with lots of playing outside and some quiet time to think. Success! Tonight, we watched another session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session entitled “Teaching Outside the University Classroom: Using Nature as a Text and Context for Learning” was presented by Scott Morrison, Associate Professor of Education, […]

September 7, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Moving Forward and Humanizing Teaching

Tonight Amada and I watched another session from the Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “A Return to Humanity in Teaching” by Stephanie M. Foote, Associate Vice President, Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices, John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education and Stony Brook University. I have watched sessions by Foote at the Lilly Conference […]