Teaching techniques

Preparing Students for Learning

Terry Doyle is a Professor Emeritus from Ferris State University and co-author with Todd Zakrajsek of The New Science of Learning, and Brendan Doyle is VP Learner Centered Teaching Consultants. They both presented at Lilly Conference online in May on “Preparing the Brain For Learning” and shared information they think we should be sharing with […]
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Peer Feedback using Kritik

We have been talking about peer review for a while now. I use several assignments that have a peer review step. It is good practice for students to learn how to review the work of others and provide constructive feedback. Delivery of honest and useful feedback is a skills. I have used software to automatically […]
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Technology to Amplify Voices and Create Community

We just finished a fun 3-day HITS workshop! It is tough doing it virtually yet breakout rooms and engaged participants helped! Our challenge was having interdisciplinary groups of educators and researchers form and plan the design and implementation of a case study. Building community is critical, and helping participants form groups and define topics and […]
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Bias, Implicit Bias, and Teaching

​​Spencer Benson from the University of Maryland, College Park spoke at the 2021 Lilly Conference online in May about checking our implicit and unconscious biases. The talk is entitled “Fostering Inclusive Learning Spaces: Managing Inclusive Teaching and Implicit Bias” and presented using Adobe Spark! I thought that was really neat and haven’t seen anyone do […]
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Grading Systems, Technology, and Equity

Todd Zakrajsek from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and ITLC presented on May 19th on “Game Changing Teaching Tips: Best Free Ed Tech Tools to Engage Students” as part of the Lilly Conference online 2021. Zakrajsek gave the audience a task and put them in break out rooms with access to a Padlet. […]
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Relational Cultural Theory and Taxonomies

Harriet Schwartz from Carlow University talked about “Connected Teaching” as part of the 2021 Lilly Conference Online. The recording started a little bit (I hope) into the conversation, yet just in time to watch Schwartz talking about the importance of relational teaching. Schwartz mentioned being authentic yet knowing how much to disclose and still help […]
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Metacognition and Self-regulation

Today, after playing with Camtasia, I continued watching Lilly Conference. Dr. Stephanie Foote from the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellent in Undergraduate Education presented on “Metacognitive Teaching: Reflecting on Our Teaching Practice.” I watched one or maybe two sessions led by Foote as part of the Lilly Conference last fall and enjoyed how interactive […]
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Implementing Reflective Writing and Design Thinking to Improve Learning Experiences

​JoAnne Bullard from Rowan University presented “Cultivating Resilience in the Classroom Utilizing Gratitude and Reflective Writing” on May 12th as part of the Lilly Conference Online. I was able to catch this one live with a couple of Slack & Amada interruptions! Bullard emphasized the importance of understanding college student well-being, citing studies where stressed-out students have […]
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Good Teaching is Inclusive Teaching

Bryan Dewsbury and Cynthia Brame were on Online with LSE on May 7th, 2021. Brame began by talking about the LSE Inclusive Teaching guide and instructor checklist. These are wonderful! There are five guides: group work, inclusive teaching, peer instruction, modeling, and metacognition. Dewsbury mentioned that the Inclusive Teaching guide is longer than others and draws heavily from the […]
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Modalities and Engagement

I have been thinking about openness and collaborative projects in Spanish lately. Another OERxDomains21 session about openness and collaborative spaces presented by Giovanna Carloni focused on “Digitally-enhanced collaborative international spaces for content and language learning” and provided some ideas of how other countries approached emergency remote learning. Carloni discussed how the course was structured and […]
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