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Innovating Education: Insights from Quality in Action Sessions

Dr. Jennifer Culver, the Community Engagement Manager at Quality Matters (QM) wrapped up the Quality in Action sessions. Culver noted that you can’t have innovation and continuous improvement without innovation. Attendees spoke about the ideas shared and potential. AI simplifies the creation of scenarios and also brings challenges. The generative tools can help create cases, […]
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How Instructional Designers Utilize Generative AI in Education

Dr. Swapna Kumar, Clinical Professor of Educational Technology at the University of Florida prsented with Margeaux Johnson, Learning & Organizational Development Specialist at UF, and Ariel Gunn, Instructional Designer at Johns Hopkins University. Their session at the Quality Matters (QM) Quality in Action focused on “How Instructional Designers Support the Integration of GenAI in Online […]
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Cultivating Innovation Through Reflective Practice in Education

Dr. Emma Zone, Senior Director of Academic Affairs at D2L, presented at the Quality Matters (QM) Quality in Action conference. The title of the session was “Beyond Self-Assessment: Cultivating an Innovation Mindset Through Reflective Practice.” Zone explained that “reflective practice is a method of critically analyzing experiences to gain insights and enhance future actions” and […]
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Balancing AI and Learning Goals: Insights from Amanda Hardman

Amanda Hardman is a senior learning designer with the Colorado Community College System. Hardman is also an online instructor and teaches a course on Universal Design for Learning. ” Harman presented “Aligned AI: Balancing Learning Goals, Learner Engagement, and Learner Support” at the QM research conference. The presentation began with a quote from Ethan Mollick […]
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Celebrating ASM Carski Award Winners and Their Impact

Tonight, I watched Stanley Maloy, Editor-in-Chief of JMBE, host a conversation at ASM Microbe 2022 in DC. This was a conversation with four ASM Carski Award winners: Nancy Boury, David Westenberg, Mark Martin, Loretta Brancaccio-Taras, about their insights into excellence in undergraduate teaching. Westenberg spoke about about student success as part of the reason why […]
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Kombucha Project in Microbiology Education: A Success Story

Tonight I watched another JMBE Live! session: Microbiology lobs with virtual and hands-on parts with Marcos Garcia-Ojeda. I skipped the JMBE discussions with editors mostly because I didn’t want to hear myself. Garcia-Ojeda does a lot of work with SABER and other groups. The research article they published in 2022 was about their virtual labs […]
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Benefits of Collaborative Two-Stage Exams in Biology

Tonight I watched Claire Meaders speak about two-stage exams as part of a JMBE Live! session. The title of the session was “Collaborative Two Stage Exams Benefit Students in a Biology Laboratory Course.” Meaders used menti and polled the attendees. Meaders explained that they joined UCSD as an Assistant Teaching Professor in November 2020. They […]
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Innovative Assessment Strategies Using Chatbots

Tonight I started watching some of the JMBE Live sessions I missed. This session was from May 17, 2024 and Greg Crowther and Thomas Knight shared their paper. Stanley Maloy, JMBE Editor-in-Chief, facilitated the session. Knight started by defining higher and lower-order cognitive skills (HOCS and LOCS). Knight defined lower-order cognitive skills from Bloom’s levels […]
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Insights from CHLOE 9: Driving Online Learning Strategies

Tonight I started watching the recording for the CHLOE 9 – Strategy Shift: Institutions respond to sustained online demand webinar. Bethany Simunich, Vice President of Innovation and Research presented on the latest updates. There were several presenters: Bethany Simunich, PhD, Vice President of Innovation and Research, Quality Matters; Richard Garrett, Eduventures Chief Research Officer, Encoura; […]
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MAXQDA for Analyzing Ramadan Advertising Impact

Tonight I continued watching MAXQDA sessions. The one I started tonight was a Research Session titled “Thematic Analysis with MAXQDA: Investigating Factors Influencing Audience Attention in Ramadan Advertising.”Wissal Mahdhi was the speaker on October 10, 2024. This was Mahdhi’s graduate research. The research was prompted by the lack of knowledge on consumer responses in Tunisia. […]
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