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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 […]
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Practicing Reflective Thinking Skills

Today we swam, played outside, and somewhat organized the garage. The Lilly Conference session I watched tonight is entitled “Stepping Into Their Shoes: Perspective-Taking Activities to Spark Critical Conversations and Combat Implicit Biases.” Drs. Sarah Marie Berry (Winthrop University), Tammy Burnham (Winthrop University), and Mary Slade (Towson University) presented a 40-minute recorded session. Slade was […]
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Countering Microaggressions through Microaffirmations and Understanding

Anuja Gupta presented at Lilly Conference Online on “Micro-Affirmations in Higher Education.” Gupta is the Chair of the Business Department and MBA Program Director. The objectives of the session were to understand microaggressions and micro affirmations. Gupta talked about race in higher education and the disparities that exist because of a lack of college readiness. […]
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Why Am I So Tired?

That was the big title that Rachel Gallardo presented at the ITLC Lilly Conference Online 2022. Gallardo is from Blinn College and was interested in the cognitive barriers of Zoom fatigue and solutions for online instruction. Gallardo teaches psychology and wanted to address common frustations, introduce definitions & symptoms and provide potential solutions to keep […]
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Culture Codes

Christie Kleinmann is a Professor of Public Relations at Belmont University and presented at ITLC Lilly Conference Online last month. The session was entitled ” Capitalizing on What Matters: Understanding the Culture Code of the College Classroom.” Kleinmann did a “which is better” slide annotation activity on Zoom with two images of a sunrise and […]
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Improving Outcomes in a Chemistry Series

Amanda Holton from UC Irvine Chemistry presented “A Solution to the Pitfalls of Preparatory Courses” at ITLC Lilly 2022. Holton teaches chemistry courses with 250-400 students. The student demographics at UC Irvine include 98% first-year college students, 37% Asian, 15% White, and 25% Hispanic. UC Irvine is considered a Hispanic Serving Institution and has ~60% […]
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Privileges that Hinder

Tonight we watched another ITLC Lilly ONline Conference plenary. Chavella Pittman has presented at other conferences and did a workshop with us last year. The title of the session at Lilly 2022 was “3 Surprising Ways Privilege Ruins Inclusive Teaching (& How they Provide Hope).” Pittman is a faculty member and faculty developer. At this […]
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Faculty Development for Online Courses in 2022 and Beyond

Gabrielle Likavec is an Instructional Designer at Saginaw Valley State University and Anne K. Huebel is an Online/Hybrid Support Specialist also at Saginaw Valley State University. They presented at the Lilly Online Conference on “Pivoting Online Teaching Training: Applying Lessons Learned in the Pandemic to Faculty Development. They used Nearpod to engage the audience using […]
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Evaluating Faculty Learning Communities

Milt Cox has been involved with Faculty Learning Communities for over forty years! Cox is also the Director Emeritus and Founder of the Original Lilly Conference. Cox spoke at the Lilly Conference online about Faculty Learning Community (FLC) learning efforts. The learning objectives for the twenty-minute session were to describe FLCs, the positive impact that […]
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