Teaching techniques

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 […]
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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 […]
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Public Science Writing

Tonight I watched a Lilly Conference online session from this past May entitled: “Who needs writing?”: Engaging STEM Majors in Public Science Writing” by Jennifer Osterhage and Katherine Rogers-Carpenter from the University of Kentucky. They described the writing course they developed and the biology program at the University of Kentucky, reaching 1,400 people. Their “Writing […]
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PBL and Professional Development for Teachers

It was a rough, long day. I did have a chance to streak out eight Delftia acidovorans isolates we want to sequence! Tonight, I watched “Raising STEM Interest Among Underserved Youth Through Problem-based Learning” by Jaymee Nanasi Davis from the University of Hawaii Maui College and Nahid Nariman, the Director of Research, TIDES. This recorded […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Role Playing to Learn about Cultural Humility

“Acting Out: Facilitating Cultural Humility through Client-Based Case Studies” was the title of a session by Yi-An Burleson and Laura Cruz from The Pennsylvania State University. This was another recorded session from the 2021 Lilly Conference online, and also this was not the first time I watch a session with Laura Cruz! Burleson is a […]
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The Impact of Remote Teaching on MPH and DrPH Students from One Institution

ASMCUE has been a lot of fun this year! While I haven’t had a chance to watch live sessions, I participated in a podcast, a workshop, a roundtable, virtual office hours, and mini workshop! We’ve been talking a lot about the lessons learned from remote teaching. Therefore, the session I watched tonight seemed appropriate. Kesha […]
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Cultural Humility in Nursing Education

The asynchronous Lilly 2021 presentation I watched tonight was by Joan Humphrey from Penn State Beyond and entitled “Competence: Cultivating Cultural Humility in Nursing Education.” Humphrey starting by reviewing demographic data from nursing education and challenges that are systemic in nature. Wicked problems were defined by Humphrey as complex issues that could be social or […]
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Promoting Motivation and Engagement through Self-Determined Learning

Dr. Edwina Helton from Indiana University East presented on “Engagement and Motivation through Best Practices in Self-Determined Learning” as part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online. Engagement and motivation have been mentioned frequently as critical for online learning this past year. Helton reviewed literature and the perspective of the student experience. The environment affects motivation […]
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