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Keep on Teaching at NC State

Tonight’s Lilly Conference online 2022 session was from our NC State DELTA, Libraries, OIT, and OFE team! Entitled “Instructional Considerations for Academic Continuity: Mid- and Post-COVID-19,” Diane Chapman, Maria Gallardo-Williams, Stacy Gant, Jonathan Holloway, and David Woodbury from NC State University presented on efforts to improve instructional practices on our campus. They are, as Chapman […]
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A Study about Social Presence in Online Courses

How do you establish a social presence in online courses? Trish Harvey from Hamline University presented about this topic at the Lilly Conference Online earlier this year. Harvey was a K-12 social studies teacher and digital learning facilitator and also helped several teachers move their courses online. At Hamline, Harvey is a member of the […]
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Guided Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning

“Deepened and Transformative Learning in Leadership Education Using Guided Critical Reflection” is the Lilly Conference online session title by Dr. Sequetta Sweet, Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership from Stockton University. Sweet asked the audience: “How have you used reflection activities in your classes?” People mentioned journaling, e-portfolios… Sweet mentioned that in teaching leadership, getting students […]
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Student Wellbeing and Mindfulness

Eve Hoover from Midwestern University presented at Lilly Conference online 2022 about “A Mindful Approach to Student Well-Being.” Hoover is an Associate Professor in the Physician Assistant Program. They are very interested in wellbeing and stress. Along with a colleague, Hoover worked on a curriculum focused on the well-being and avoiding burnout that is now […]
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Discussions about Student Resistance

“Preparing Students for Change: Addressing Student Resistance Through Graduate Advising” is the Lilly Conference 2022 session title by Michelle Gorenberg, Clinical Associate Professor at Widener University – Institute for Occupational Therapy, and Jeni Dulek. Gorenberg and Dulek shared experiences from the classroom and advising students and posed the question: “What have you seen or heard […]
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Redesigning Assignments to Engage Students

Tonight Amada and I watched the Lilly 2022 session entitled “Combating “Study Sites” Through Engaging Assignment Re-Design” with presenters from Texas A&M. The presenters were part of a Faculty Learning Community to discuss engagement strategies. Presenters included Joyce Juntune (Instructional Professor at Texas A&M), Suzanna Ramos (Assistant Lecturer at A&M), Hector Ramos Garcimartin (Lecturer at […]
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Redesigning Courses for Reading Comprehension

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference online session “The Effectiveness of Metacognitive Reading Strategies in the College Classroom” by Jiyoung Kim from Fayetteville State University and Trela Anderson from the National Defense University. They assessed metacognitive reading strategies in the courses they teach. The data is from the reading across the curriculum program at Fayetteville […]
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Tips and Theory for Increasing Doctoral Student Motivation and Persistence

Dr. Justina Kwapy is a full-time online professor at Grand Canyon University and presented at Lilly Conference online a session entitled “Increasing Doctoral Students’ Motivation and Persistence.” Kwapy has a background in special education & educational/organizational leadership and serves on the committee of several students. The presentation goals were to explore the effects of internal […]
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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 […]
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The Bad Test Takers

Brian C. Smith is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, and presented at the Lilly Conference online. The session was entitled ““I’m Just a Bad Test-Taker:” Consequences and Interventions.” This twenty-minute recorded session focused on student beliefs that they are bad test-takers and how this may interfere with performance in […]
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