Student groups

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 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Student-Faculty Partnerships

As part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online, Molly Robinson from Lewis & Clark College presented a recorded session entitled “Improving Pedagogy through Faculty-Student Collaboration.” Robinson helps run a program through their Teaching Excellence Program. The idea of faculty-student partnership was inspired by a similar project at Bryn Mawr college. The partnerships contribute to inclusive […]

July 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Students Teaching Each Other

Tonight’s session from the Lilly Conference online 2021 was entitled “Peer teaching: Mastering Concepts Through Active Learning” and presented by Sherry Lin from Texas A & M University. Lin defined active learning as “a method of learning where students are involved in the learning process” and “engages students in their own learning by doing things […]

Connecting Classes and Developing Intercultural Competency Skills

It is always great to see what good friends are doing and presenting at Lilly! Erin A. McKenney from North Carolina State University and Diana J. R. Lafferty from Northern Michigan University (NMU) presented a session entitled “Leveraging Remote Learning for Cross-Institutional Collaborative Scholarship” that highlights how they joined forces to teach together! Students were […]

July 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Why

Campus Clients and Networking

Dr. Melinda Adams from the University of the Incarnate Word recorded a session for the Lilly Conference online this past may entitled “Clients and Experiential Learning” that I watched tonight. Dr. Adams is a full professor and teaches a draping class for more than ten years. Over the years, Adams learned that students were not […]

July 9, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why, Writing

Two Different Flips

Jessica Peacock from Merrimack College and Kathryn Lewis from American International College presented on “Active Learning through the Flipped Classroom: Success, Failure, or Both” as part of the Lilly 2021 Conference online. The presenters defined flipped learning as students doing work prior to class in an individual space, focusing on understanding and remembering of the […]

July 5, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Delftia, Lilly Conference, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Undergraduate Research, Website, Why

Replicate, Learn, and Publish Openly

This weekend I worked with an undergraduate student on a research proposal for undergraduate funding in the fall. I also talked to a colleague on Friday about the difficulties of publishing undergraduate (mostly summer) research and continuation with different students. Replication and continuation are always a challenge. That’s why I thought tonight’s Lilly Conference online […]

July 4, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Transfer Students, Wellbeing, Why

The Syllabus as a Bridge to a Supportive Environment

Happy Fourth of July! It was a nice day at home. While we won’t be watching the fireworks because one child is scared of them, we did request a “story” so… tonight we will be watching a session entitled “Using the Syllabus to Foster a Supportive Campus Environment”by Naomi Jeffery Petersen Central Washington University. Peterson […]

July 3, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Wellbeing, Why

A Sense of Classroom Community

It was an interesting day: minivan got serviced and we had a couple of kid meltdowns. Finally, Amada has calmed down and we are watching Angela Forde from Michigan State University and Shari L Dann from SUNY present on “Fostering Sense Of Classroom Community Belonging In A Project-Based Course” as part of the 2021 Lilly […]

June 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups

Pods and Emotional Learning

Amanda Nelms from Belmont University is an Ed. D. and presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online an asynchronous session about “Tearing Down the Virtual Walls: Reimaging Social-Emotional Learning.” We have been talking about the importance of emotions in learning, and the lsat couple of books I have heard (audiobooks) cited examples and fascinating data. […]

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