Team-based learning

November 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Undergraduate Research, Website, Why

A CURE with Culturomics and Teamwork

I realized I had skipped a Microbrew session! So, tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew entitled “Microbrew. MicroCURE – A Hybrid, Team Approach to Course-based Research Experiences.” Michael LaMontagne and Caroline Kmiecik teach this course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at the University of Houston Clear Lake. The student learning goals LaMontagne stated were primary […]

October 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Articles, Case Studies, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning

Confidence and Scientific Literacy in a New Semester-long Course

“Increased Confidence and Scientific Literacy using a Semester-Long Case Study and Research Project” was the title of the ASMCUE 2022 recorded session I watched tonight. Nicole McAllister is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hill University. They teach microbiology at a private liberal arts 1800-student university in PA. Most students are focused on clinical health (68%!). […]

July 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, QM, Reflections, Team-based learning

Team-based Learning in Large Online Courses

“Team-Based Learning to Facilitate Active Learning in Large-Size Online Courses” was the title of the presentation by Sarah Arrington from Appalachian State University. They spoke about using Team-Based Learning (TBL) and creating effective teams. They used InteDashboard, which I had never heard about. It seems that Arrington has been teaching online since 2011 and was […]

June 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning, Why

Mapping Equitable Teamwork at WPI

Lisa Stoddard and Geoff Pfeifer from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) presented at the Lilly Conference Online about “Addressing Bias and Stereotyping: Tools for Equitable and Effective Teamwork.” I graduated from WPI and love learning what they have done. They have a 42-year history of high-impact practices, run on a quarter system, and have interactive qualifying […]

June 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Team-based learning

PIVOT and Community Based Learning

“Tips for Developing and Maintaining CBL Partnerships in a Virtual Environment” was the session I watched by Jodie Parys from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. CBL is community-based learning, and the goals for this session were to learn strategies to modify face-to-face CBL partnerships into virtual and hybrid offerings and consider the needs of stakeholders. Parys […]

May 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

The OT Jigsaw Study

Olivia West Hammond from Penn State presented “The Occupation of Learning: Re-imagining the OT Classroom Post-pandemic” as a recorded twenty-minute session at Lilly Conference online. West Hammond teaches at a smaller Penn State campus in the occupational therapy assistant program. This is a 2.5-year program with mostly commuter students. West Hammond also defined occupational therapy […]

May 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

Building Stronger Teams with Technology

Drs. Lisa Bergson and Thomasena Shaw from Bridgewater State University in MA presented “Tools, Tips, and Technology to Foster Teamwork in Masked, In-Person Classes” at Lilly Conference online. Their goals were to share tips and tools they learned while implementing teamwork in masked, in-person classes during the pandemic. The strategies they shared that are promoted […]

March 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Website, Why

Teaching with the Open Learning Initiative (OLI)

Dr. Robert Hoople from SUNY-Oneonta presented a ten-minute recorded session at Open Ed 2021 entitled “Open Learning Initiative: An Open OER Learning Platform That Can Work For You.” Hoople has taught for over eleven years psychology and… many different LMSs! Wow. Hoople has written chapters of a psychology textbook. Hoople spoke about requesting access to […]

September 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Interprofessional Education, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Team-based learning, Why, Writing

Transdisciplinary Education during the Pandemic

We are almost finished with the Elon Teaching and Learning 2021 Conference recordings! The sessions have been great and address a variety of issues and emerging trends. Tonight, we watched a session entitled “Maintaining Transdisciplinary Training in Developmental Screening in the Time of COVID-19” presented by Katrina Fulcher-Rood, Associate Professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Department, […]

September 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Wellbeing, Why

Immersive Learning and Design Thinking

Tonight we watched another Elon Teaching and Learning Conference session entitled “From Creating to Sustaining Innovative, Experiential Curricula: Immersive Learning Practices Pre- and Post-Pandemic” presented by Phillip Motley, Associate Professor, Elon University and Danielle Lake, Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor, Elon University. Lake began by discussing that immersive learning practices and project-based learning that […]