engagement

June 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Mobile Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Team-based learning, Website, Why

ARS?! Time to poll the class!

A 2021 Lilly Conference online presentation entitled “The Benefits of Using an Audience Response System in Class” caught my attention tonight. Frank Spors from the Western University of Health Sciences spoke about the optometry program there. At Western U, they have a four-year doctoral optometry program with class size between 75-90 and lectures for all […]

June 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why, Writing

Beyond the Text… and Instructor/Student Resources!

Tonight, I watched a 2021 Lilly Conference Online asynchronous session by Dr. Silvia Bartolic from the University of British Columbia. The session was entitled “Promoting Digital and Visual Literacy Through Multimodal Projects” and began with the numerous reasons why instructors should use multimodal assessments. The challenge, as mentioned by Bartolic, is how to design multimodal […]

June 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Ungrading through Specifications Grading?

I was reading the Ungrading book today and have been looking into Digital Pedagogy Lab resources. Tonight, I watched a presentation entitled “Specifications Grading: Ungrading :: Outcomes: Heart” by Dr. Jennifer McCrickerd from Drake University as part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online. McCrickerd has a Ph.D. in philosophy and specialized in ethics. McCrickerd described […]

June 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Ungrading and Metacognition at the Elon T&L Conference

I love the Teaching & Learning Conference Elon University has each year. While I miss going to their beautiful campus, I was glad that the experience was virtual AND recorded this year. I was able to catch a couple of sessions today, though I missed the keynote by James Lang. Christopher M. Jones, Assistant Professor of […]

June 10, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, annotation, Constructivism, Delftia, Guest Speakers, Information Literacy, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Undergraduate Research, Website, Why

Educational Technology for Digital Organization and Scholarship

I have been intrigued by note-taking in the classroom for almost a decade now. My first proposal for an educational study when I came to NC State was using Livescribe pens to capture student concept maps and share them to evaluate and compare to other digital tools such as Lucidchart. We have been using electronic […]

June 9, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

Interactive Presentations and Social Presence

I have heard several talks that mention the importance of relational teaching. I was happy to see that Rachel Hammond from Cornerstone University presented on “Developing Social Presence: Teaching Relationally and Creating Community in the Hybrid/Bimodal Classroom.” I watched another presentation by Hammond last year and enjoyed the emphasis on relationship-rich education regardless of modality. Using […]

June 8, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Guest Speakers, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Teaching techniques, Why, Workshop

The NC State SoTL Institute

I spent the day in the office for a change. I had so much fun interacting with people and finding things in the lab. While I was in several Zoom meetings, I was still in the office and able to see students and our team during breaks. I can’t wait to work with Delftia and […]

June 7, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Team-based learning, Wellbeing, Why

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy

Andrew Estrada Phuong from the University of California, Berkeley was a speaker at the Lilly Conference Online 2021 and presented on the “Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy: A Framework for Increasing Student Engagement and Success in Your Classrooms.”Estrada Phuong used the Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy (AEO) to evaluate teaching strategies and challenges. I had not heard about AEO […]

June 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Preparing Students for Learning

Terry Doyle is a Professor Emeritus from Ferris State University and co-author with Todd Zakrajsek of The New Science of Learning, and Brendan Doyle is VP Learner Centered Teaching Consultants. They both presented at Lilly Conference online in May on “Preparing the Brain For Learning” and shared information they think we should be sharing with […]

June 5, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

Rethinking Education

Day 4 of the Lilly Conference was Wednesday, May 26th. I am watching the recordings a couple of weeks after the live session. I do like the format with four Wednesday sessions. Todd Zakrajsek from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and ITLC started each week with “Game Changing Teaching Tips” and this last […]

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