collaboration

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 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

RAFT!

Friday! It was an interesting day indeed. Lots of computer work and Zoom… and some great conversations. Tonight, we watched a recorded session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “Resilient and Flexible Teaching (RAFT): Staying Afloat in Rough Waters” by Heather Keith, Executive Director of Faculty Development & Professor of Philosophy, Radford University and Christina […]

September 9, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Writing

Student Perceptions of Feedback on Writing in a Spanish Course

It was an interesting day! I had some technical issues… several fun meetings, and lots of coursework. Tonight, I watched another recorded session from the June 2021 Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session entitled “Students’ Perceptions of Effective Feedback” was presented by Pablo Celis-Castillo, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Elon University. Celis-Castillo mentioned that this […]

September 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Guest Speakers, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Community and Power-Sharing in Online Courses

This long weekend was full of gardening and playing outside… and cleaning! It was a lot of fun, though I am now exhausted. Tonight, we watched another session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference. The session was entitled “Continued connections: using community-and technology-rich education post-pandemic” with several presenters from Elon: Patti Burns, Senior Lecturer […]

September 5, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Elon T&L, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Historical Role-Playing Games from Instructor and Student Perspectives

We did lots of gardening and playing outside today! We enjoyed the beautiful weather and playing in the mud and with pine needles. Tonight, we watched another Elon Teaching and Learning Conference session entitled “Creating Historical Role-Playing Games: Active Learning and Game Design.” Elong has a rich history and experience with role-playing and games in […]

September 4, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Elon T&L, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Why

Cultivating Arts Leadership through Service Learning

After a fun day gardening and playing with the kids, we watched a session from the June 2021 Teaching and Learning Conference hosted (virtually) by Elon University. The session entitled “Cultivating Arts Leadership: A Student-led Arts Management Consulting Project” was presented by Wen Guo, Assistant Professor of Art Administration, Elon University and Shineece Sellar, Executive […]

September 3, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Wellbeing

Google Apps for Teaching

Happy Friday! Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 entitled “New Ways to Engage Students with Google Applications.” Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Center, Virginia Wesleyan University started by talking about how students embraced technology. However, this past year has […]

September 1, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Design Thinking for Crucial Conversation Skills

I went to the office today after a couple of weeks away and being sick. I had so much fun the hour I got to clean up in the lab and talk to people! I also enjoyed working from the office with two screens. Tonight, I watched 30-minute sessions from the Elon Teaching and Learning […]

August 31, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

After the Fire, We Embrace Discomfort

Today was a fun day: I met with students, worked on some items that we needed, and met with colleagues. Tonight we continued watching recorded sessions. Megan Knight, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Rhetoric Department from the University of Iowa, presented at the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference in June 2021. The presentation was […]

August 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

The Cypher!

Happy Monday! It was great to interact with students today and facilitate a session. It was not seamless, yet it was energizing and fun. Tonight, I continued watching sessions from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference earlier this summer. The session we watched (Amada watched a little) was entitled “Inclusion has a Voice and It […]

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