engagement

October 7, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Wellbeing, Why

Boats and Surveys of Student Online Learning Experiences

What a day! Great meetings and lots of running around! Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was presented by a team and entitled “We are not all in the same boat. We are all in the same storm”: An exploration of the student experience of the shift to fully online teaching in response to the Covid19 Pandemic” […]

October 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Discussions, Diversity, Learning Communities, Mentoring, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Action Learning Sessions to Tackle Racism

ALT 2021 had so many interesting sessions! Today we watched the session entitled “When learning technologists tackle sectorial racism via recruitment and staff development” by Teeroumanee Nadan, Monica Chavez and Tracey Madden. Nadan explained how the team came together and how different groups had charges including reading and summarizing information. Nadan talked about hiring practices […]

October 4, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Emergent Learning and Remixes

I am moving on to day 2 of the ALT 2021 annual conference! Tonight we watched a session with a title that caught my attention: “Lines of thought: the serendipitous emergence of collaborative learning” by Sarah Honeychurch and Wendy Taleo. This session was sponsored by Talis, and now I am curious what they do. Honeychurch […]

October 3, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why, Workshop

Developing Inclusive Materials with Student Feedback

Tonight we ended the weekend by watching an ALT 2021 session entitled “Accessible and inclusive learning online: challenges and opportunities” by Jessica Humphreys and Kerry Pinny. Humphreys began by explaining their roles as a senior teaching fellow. They also described the new regulations for inclusive practices in 2018 and the shift away from the deficit […]

October 1, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Supporting Online Teaching for Vision Impaired Instructors

Happy Friday! This evening we watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “The unexpected transition to online teaching for a vision impaired lecturer: Overcoming accessibility issues during the pandemic” presented by Vanessa Mar-Molinero and Karla De Lima Guedes. De Lima Guedes spoke about working with an instructor with visual impairment and cited data that there are […]

September 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Wellbeing, Why

Student Creation of Digital Resources and Perceptions of Captions

I had an awesome day with our RLOE team! They are inspiring and wonderful people. That’s what I needed today. Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was entitled “Re-creating ‘Creating Digital Learning Resources’ online – lessons learned from a meta experience” presented by Anna Ruff, a learning designer. Ruff discussed a first-year medical student selected unit in […]

September 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Course Design, Discussions, Guest Speakers, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Students as Partners

Students as partners. We mention the phrase often, and I think it has a variety of different ways of being implemented. Cliodhna O’Callaghan from the University College Cork, Ireland presented at ALT 2021 on the Teach Digi project. O’Callaghan is the project lead on this initiative for “shared learning and students as partners.” The Enhancing […]

September 28, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Co-creation in Accounting

Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was entitled “Creating a student led on-line inclusive community of learning and co-creation of programme content using digital technology” presented by Sue Evans, Ellen Spender, Tracey Williams and, Lesley Davies. Spender talked about the swift move to online teaching and learning of their accounting courses last year. They had the challenge […]

September 27, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Who is the teacher?

Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was entitled “Learning online – who is the teacher? A critical reflection of different perspectives and shared learning experiences” with speakers Fiona Kennedy and Jennifer Jackson. The aims for the session were to gain insight into the developmental programs for Graduate Teaching Assistants, explore strategies used, and share practical ideas for […]

September 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Embedding Inclusive Practice into Online Teaching Guides

I have been thinking a lot about blended learning as part of the QM courses and preparing for BIT 295 in the spring. An ALT 2021 session that caught my attention tonight was entitled “Embedding Inclusive Practice for Blended and Distance Learning” presented by Mark Maher, Robin Clarke, Carmen Miles, and Stephen Walker. They have […]

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