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Student-authored Websites for Future Students

The first group of presentations of OpenEd 2021 included a presentation by Heather Miceli from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. The session was entitled “Open Pedagogy as a Tool to Increase Confidence and Lower Anxiety in Science Courses.” Miceli teaches a “Core 101” course that all students at Roger Williams University must take as […]
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Innovation in Content Re-usability

Tonight I finished the week by starting (ha!) the OpenEd 2021 recordings. I had a lot of fun in our sessions! The first recorded session I watched was by Kenneth Feldt and entitled “Open is insufficient: How Innovative Re-use of Content Can Extend Institutional Reach.” Feldt is a managing partner of the Electric Book Company […]
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Promoting Independence and Access

Chris Smith from NC Virtual education was the October 20, 2021, Quality Matters (QM) Success Stories session. Smith shared their background and work. Prompting us to define accessibility in the chat, Smith mentioned that we often look at accessibility from the legal or accommodations perspectives. Chris had a slide with a title that stuck with me: promoting […]
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What is a Learning Technologist?

Tonight’s ALT 2021 workshop we watch was entitled “Being a learning technologist: designing an open primer course” presented by Stuart Nicol, Tracey Madden, and Marcello Crolla. They spoke about the “rapid increase in new Learning Technologists” during the pandemic and the need to “create a supported short course on what it is to be a […]
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Video Accessibility and Silver Linings

Tonight I watched two session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference from this past June. The first session tied into something I discussed today: image accessibility and use of accessible multimedia. The title of the session was “Incorporating Accessibility Principles into Student Video Projects” presented by Nicole Triche, Associate Professor of Cinema and Television […]
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Mindful UNCW

I did not feel well today. I did an only synchronous Zoom class and several meetings, and at the end of the day… crashed. I had to close my eyes for a while. Now I pulled up the Lilly Online Conference 2021 talk entitled “Mindful UNCW: A Campus-Wide Initiative Promoting the Practice of Mindfulness” by […]
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Suggestions for Online Course Accessibility

“Ensuring Accessibility and Equity in Learning in Online College Courses” was the title of the 2021 Lilly Online Conference session I watched tonight. The presenters were Courtneay Kelly, Mina Chun, and Deanna Cash from the University of Lynchburg. Chun talked about the percent of enrollment and how it has declined. The percentage of students who […]
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Virtual Tours and Effective Breakout Groups

Another long tough day… I did enjoy working on the Moodle site for the online course and… the discussion forums and survey responses! Tonight I watched the 2021 Lilly Conference online session entitled “Virtual Visits: Designing Online Field Trips in Environmental Science Courses” by Megan Lupek, a colleague I admire at NC State University! Lupek […]
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Bringing Your Personality to the Online Class and Check Your Course Site

Shannon Eastep from Northern Kentucky University presented a 20-minute recorded session about “Bringing Personality into an Online Classroom: Don’t Leave YOU Out of Your Online Class.” Eastep started by explaining why their video feed was included in the recording: to build strong relationships and bring your personality. Eastep mentioned that building strong relationships with faculty […]
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