Teaching techniques

February 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Memory and Creative Assessments

On episode 348 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Michelle D. Miller and host Bonni Stachowiak talked about memory and memorizing in higher education. I enjoyed the discussion about explaining to students that even though we can use Google, there are some things we should learn and be able to retrieve from memory. […]

January 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Carlos… speaks… slowly?

I finally did it. I watched our recorded presentation for the 2020 Lily Conference today. I recorded it in November in a single Zoom session with Deb and didn’t look back. I’ve been watching one or two recorded sessions each night and admiring the beautiful slides and thoughtful interactions presenters incorporated. I wondered: how long […]

January 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Active Teaching for Today’s Students

It has been an interesting week! Classes started, and I have enjoyed the energy that students bring. I observed a Zoom synchronous session, launched our online yeast course, participated in a virtual workshop, and attended a faculty and instructional design virtual break. At the same time, I’m working on scheduling and planning our summer programs […]

January 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Team Teaching and Co-instructors

Sean Camp and Dr. Susan Egbert from Utah State University presented on web-based team teaching for the 2020 Lilly Conference. Their recorded session was a lot of fun to watch and clearly shows that they are a dynamic and captivating pair of instructors. They work well together and spoke in a conversational and engaging way. […]

January 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Case Studies, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Templates for Community of Inquiry in Real-Time Remote Learning

Drs. Carolyn Samuel, Angela Guadagno, and Mariela Tovar from the McGill University shared tips and templates for real-time remote learning at the 2020 Lilly Conference. The three work as educational developers at Teaching and Learning Services at McGill and developed strategies instructors could use to enhance engagement in Zoom sessions, including webinars. Their recording was […]

January 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Gratitude and Reflective Writing Practices

Dr. JoAnne Bullard from Rowan University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on the use of reflective writing and gratitude to increase resilience of undergraduate students. Bullard reviewed literature about the anxieties that affect students and the research on using journaling and reflection to promote well-being. I did not know that studies have indicated that […]

January 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
annotation, Articles, Discussions, Information Literacy, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Undergraduate Research

Text Sets for Courses… and Graduate Projects?

Drs. Greta Freeman and Brooke Hardin from USC Upstate presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on Text Sets. Freeman and Hardin are both faculty in the School of Education with extensive experience as teachers and in literacy. I didn’t know about text sets, and as the name suggests, these are collections of texts on a […]

January 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Storytelling in the Classroom!

Dr. Corrie Whitmore, Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on the use of storytelling as a high impact educational practice. The welcoming native land acknowledgement was beautiful, honest, and thoughtful! Whitmore recommended two books supported by the Ford Foundation and available online: Stop Talking, Dialogues […]

January 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques

Cases, Skills, and Deliverables: the CBC Model

Drs. Nicholas Grahovec and Tyler Wood from Northern Illinois University presented a recorded session at the 2020 Lilly Conference I watched tonight. They described a type of case study I didn’t know about: case-by-collaboration (CBC). The presenters began by discussing the importance of critical thinking and project-based learning. Grahovec and Tyler teach courses in occupational/physical […]

January 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Classroom Currency

Dr. Robert Chatt from Westfield State University in Massachusetts presented at the Lilly Conference last year an asynchronous session on an approach they are using to increase motivation in a finance course. I had the opportunity to watch this session this evening and enjoyed Chatt’s honesty and conversational tone as well as enthusiasm for the […]

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