engagement

September 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections

PAL Learners

Tonight I watched an ALT 2021 session entitled ” Challenges and lessons learnt in building a student led online learning community in a pandemic” with several speakers from the University of Derby in the UK. This session had several speakers including mental health nurses (Longbone) and students (Hill): Jennifer Allam, Johanna Westwood, Sian Hill, and […]

September 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

The HigherEd4All Project and PebblePad

What a week! Lots of fun stuff in the lab, on Zoom, and over email. I was happy to be able to interact with wonderful students in the lab. Tonight’s ALT 2021 session was entitled “The HigherEd4All Project: Design and delivery of accessible, inclusive full-time online degree programmes for students from under-represented groups” by Jacqueline […]

September 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Providing Access to All Students

Logan Gin spoke about a study on students with disabilities during the pandemic at the September 24, 2021, Online with LSE CBE webinar. Gin is the author of a recently published study. The research question was to what extent did students access their established accommodations following the transition to online STEM courses due to COVID-19? They interviewed 66 students […]

September 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

How are students (in the UK!) experiencing their learning online?

The title of an ALT 2021 caught my attention tonight: “How are students experiencing their learning online?” presented by Sarah Knight and Clare Killen. Knight talked about the data they collected and “listening to the voices of our learners and students” with 62,658 student responses to the 2020/2021 surveys focusing on the online learning context […]

September 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Constructivism, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why, Writing

Promoting Connectedness

A session from ALT 2021 caught my attention: “Promoting Connectedness – the importance of peer mentors in an intra-curricular online learning space” since I am working on instructor presence this week. The speakers of this session were Peter Bryant, Juliette Overland, Danielle Eden and Natasha Arthars. Bryant acknowledged the indigenous people in Australia. Bryant teaches […]

September 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Workshop

What is a Learning Technologist?

Tonight’s ALT 2021 workshop we watch was entitled “Being a learning technologist: designing an open primer course” presented by Stuart Nicol, Tracey Madden, and Marcello Crolla. They spoke about the “rapid increase in new Learning Technologists” during the pandemic and the need to “create a supported short course on what it is to be a […]

September 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, ALT, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Reflections

Be Specific, Transparent, and Mindful

I got to play in the lab today with students and the BitBot liquid handler. That made me so happy! I also started watching ALT 2021 conference sessions I missed. I started with the pre-conference workshop 4 presented by Dr. Miranda Melcher from City University of London. The session’s title was “Pre-Conference Workshop 4: Practical […]

September 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Approachability, Adaptability, and Vulnerability

Tonight, we watched the last session of the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021. The session was “Building Community in the Class and Beyond: Strategies and Self-Reflection” presented by Jennifer Ibrahim, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University College of Public Health with contributing authors: Anne Frankel, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, Temple University; […]

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 12, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Wellbeing, Why

Immersive Learning and Design Thinking

Tonight we watched another Elon Teaching and Learning Conference session entitled “From Creating to Sustaining Innovative, Experiential Curricula: Immersive Learning Practices Pre- and Post-Pandemic” presented by Phillip Motley, Associate Professor, Elon University and Danielle Lake, Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor, Elon University. Lake began by discussing that immersive learning practices and project-based learning that […]