Teaching techniques

Three Low-Intensity Instructional Practices to Support Student Engagement

Christine Kenney, Melissa Sreckovick, and Eric Common from the University of Michigan – Flint presented an asynchronous session at the Lilly Conference on easy to implement practices to promote student engagement. Their perspective as teacher educators was evident, and while the activities they described are used in K-12, they can also be beneficial in higher […]
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Spiderweb Discussions?

How do you visualize a round circle discussion? If you were to draw connections between speakers, it may look like spiderweb! Ian Wolf from Fayetteville Technical Community College presented an asynchronous session at the Lilly Conference entitled “Leveraging Curiosity, Sociality, and Authenticity to Create Impactful, Student-Led Discussion”. Wolf uses questioning and a structure to set […]
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The Process of Onboarding Online

What do you think about when you hear the word orientation? Michelle Fitzpatrick and Chelsea Biggerstaff Austin Community College described their efforts to launch and a year later completely relaunch due to COVID the Faculty Onboarding and Orientation program they oversee. The program was carefully designed, rolled out in phases, and beautifully described by these […]
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Place-based Learning and Course-based Research Experiences

Episode 342 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast with fantastic host Bonni Stachowiak featured Amy Sprowles and Matt Johnson from Humboldt State University. They discussed their journey creating learning communities with cohorts of first-year students learning about the issues and history of the Klamath river area (see Klamath Connection Program website). They described the […]
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An Informative Study on Qualities of Effective and Ineffective Teachers

Dr. Claire Major mentioned in a recent Tweet an article about a study on perceptions by students and faculty about effective and ineffective teachers. Entitled “No Disrespect: Student and Faculty Perceptions of the Qualities of Ineffective Teachers” and published in the journal Teaching of Psychology, Zayac and colleagues review previous studies and provide enough background […]
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Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Remote Teaching

Today I watched another asynchronous session. Lisa Chang, Silvia Bartolic, and Hailey Craig presented o the use of Multiliteracies Pedagogy as a framework to support remote teaching at the Lilly Conference online. This short presentation by Chang made me think. They started with survey data from both faculty and students after the transition to remote […]
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Studying Student Self-efficacy through Writing and the Influence of Instructors

NaTasha Schiller (Wingate University) presented at the Lilly Conference on an ongoing study with Eileen Camfield and Kirkwood Land. Schiller and Land have infused high impact practices into their courses, including large introductory biology at Wingate. They also added writing assignments intended to activate students’ growth mindsets, critical thinking, and learning skills. They described in […]
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