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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 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 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 […]

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, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

What digital competences do students need to develop?

Another ALT 2021 session that caught my attention was entitled “What digital competencies do our students need to develop?” This session was sponsored by Vevox, and now I am curious about what Vevox is. The session was presented by Rob Lowney. This is not the first presentation I watch from Lowney. The slides were shared […]

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 8, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Suggestions and Considerations for Relationship-Rich Teaching

Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference entitled “Teaching Re-Imagined: Reigniting Passion for Teaching and Learning by Implementing Relationship Based Teaching” presented by Ashley St. Martin, Course Instructor, Western Governors University and Muhsin Michael Orsini, Evaluation Scientist, Independent Consultant. They presented together and discussed the relationship based education research by […]

September 4, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Elon T&L, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Why

Cultivating Arts Leadership through Service Learning

After a fun day gardening and playing with the kids, we watched a session from the June 2021 Teaching and Learning Conference hosted (virtually) by Elon University. The session entitled “Cultivating Arts Leadership: A Student-led Arts Management Consulting Project” was presented by Wen Guo, Assistant Professor of Art Administration, Elon University and Shineece Sellar, Executive […]

September 3, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Wellbeing

Google Apps for Teaching

Happy Friday! Tonight I watched a session from the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference 2021 entitled “New Ways to Engage Students with Google Applications.” Denise Wilkinson, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning Center, Virginia Wesleyan University started by talking about how students embraced technology. However, this past year has […]

August 31, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Elon T&L, Instructor Behaviors, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

After the Fire, We Embrace Discomfort

Today was a fun day: I met with students, worked on some items that we needed, and met with colleagues. Tonight we continued watching recorded sessions. Megan Knight, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Rhetoric Department from the University of Iowa, presented at the Elon Teaching and Learning Conference in June 2021. The presentation was […]