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June 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Customizing CATs

Dr. Diane Chapman from North Carolina State University presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online on “Customizing Classroom Assessment Techniques for Online Teaching and Learning.” Classroom assessment techniques (CATs), Chapman stated, are “in-class activities designed to give you and your students useful feedback on the teaching-learning process as it is happening.” They are simple and […]

June 11, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Bundled Course Grading… with Tokens

I have been thinking about how to plan for an online section of our molecular biology semester-long course. Sandy Diec and Merlyn Joseph from Texas A&M College of Pharmacy are coordinators for a skills course in the pharmacy program. They have about sixty students in two lab sections that meet for 1.5 hours a week. […]

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 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 […]

June 3, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Technology to Amplify Voices and Create Community

We just finished a fun 3-day HITS workshop! It is tough doing it virtually yet breakout rooms and engaged participants helped! Our challenge was having interdisciplinary groups of educators and researchers form and plan the design and implementation of a case study. Building community is critical, and helping participants form groups and define topics and […]

April 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Why

Labor-based Contract Grading for Equity

Today I attended a talk that was rescheduled after an unfortunate Zoom bombing incident… Asao B. Inoue discussed what labor-based grading contracts is. Inoue described labor-based grading contracts as: a set of social agreements with students in a course identifies how to determine the final course grade uses labor as the only measure for grades carefully articulated in a […]

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