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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 2, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Virtual Learning Environments and Donkey Sanctuaries

A fun Saturday with the family, scooters, and pumpkins. Tonight, I watched a recorded session from ALT 2021 entitled “Leading through listening: drawing from staff and student experiences to adapt the implementation of a new VLE” presented by James Youdale and Malcolm Murray from Durham University. VLE is the acronym for virtual learning experience. During […]

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 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 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 […]