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October 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, DBER and SoTL, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Digital Ethnography on Display

I am finishing the ALT 2021 recorded sessions! Tonight we watched a session entitled “From digital ethnography to exhibition: Exploring the entanglement of learning online, work and life” presented by Paula Shaw and Marlies Gration from the University of Derby. Gration and Shaw undertook an ethnography pilot study and then observed several courses from February […]

October 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, ALT, Case Studies, Course Design, Guest Speakers, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Distance in Online Courses

The last parallel session of day 3 of ALT 2021 was entitled “Distance makes the heart grow fonder?” with speakers Tarek Zoubir and Gabriella Bishop. They are both at Imperial College in the Business School. At the EdTech lab, they develop software platforms and collaborate with other business schools. The presenters wanted to explore how […]

October 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Workshop

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 […]

October 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, ROSE, Why

Messaging on Day 1

Today I watched a ROSE seminar agbout first-day experiences in STEM courses. Claire Meaders presented work done as a postdoctoral scholar with Michelle Smith, Brian Couch, and A. Kelly Lane, among others. Meaders asked the audience: why does the first day matter? Citing Vygotsky 1978: “Every class is a social context in which learning is shared between people. Meaders […]

October 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Support for Course Improvement

It was a rough long day, yet we were able to learn in lab and troubleshoot together. Tonight, we watched a session entitled “When support and quality assurance collide: A learning technologists’ journey to maintain staff wellbeing in a world full of data” by Laura Hollinshead from the University of Derby. Hollinshead worked with their […]

October 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Cameras Off? Cameras On?

We had an awesome OpenEd 2021 session despite a tough day. Tonight, we watched a recorded presentation from ALT 2021 entitled “Should we see students’ cameras when we teach online synchronous sessions?” presented by Catherine Bazela, Pete Mella, and Robert Spark. Mella began by asking the audience: “if we asked you to switch on your […]

October 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Why

Making Media Accessible for an Entire Campus and Comparing Discussions

It was a busy day with scooters, painting, chalk, and baking. Tonight, we watched an ALT 2021 day 3 session entitled “Making Video and Multimedia for Learning Accessible and More Inclusive, at Scale” presented by Sandra Partington, Maria Kaffa, and Sandra Guzman Rodriguez. Partington spoke about the transition to online teaching and use of video. […]

October 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Peer Partners

Today I watched a session from day 3 of the ALT 2021 conference that I had watched before, a couple of weeks ago. The session entitled “Promoting Connectedness – the importance of peer mentors in an intra-curricular online learning space” caught my attention. The speakers were Peter Bryant, Juliette Overland, Danielle Eden, and Natasha Arthars. […]

October 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Workshop

Professional Development at The Open University

Today was the first metagenomics lab session. It was a lot of fun… though also a long session. Tonight we watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “The show must go on: reflecting on transitioning a programme of face-to-face staff development events online.” The presenters, Charlotte Stevens and Karen Hamilton, are part of the instructor development […]

October 8, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Identifying and Addressing Inequities in the Digital World

Tonight we watched an ALT 2021 conference session entitled “Addressing structural inequities in an expanding digital world” by Femi Nzegwu, Joanna Wild, and Fiona Khandoker. Wild talked about the Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (TESCEA) program. Technology was used to enhance the workshops and provide virtual mentoring. Wild mentioned that since the […]

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