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May 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Team-based learning, Why

The OT Jigsaw Study

Olivia West Hammond from Penn State presented “The Occupation of Learning: Re-imagining the OT Classroom Post-pandemic” as a recorded twenty-minute session at Lilly Conference online. West Hammond teaches at a smaller Penn State campus in the occupational therapy assistant program. This is a 2.5-year program with mostly commuter students. West Hammond also defined occupational therapy […]

May 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

Interprofessional Education

Day 2 of HITS 2022 is over! We had a lot of fun and have some exciting ideas! Tonight, I watched the Lilly Conference session entitled “Breaking the Silos: Integrating Simulated Learning Activities in Interprofessional Education” presented by Melissa Miner, Pamela Pologruto, Valerie Vanderhoff, and Jo Ann Jankoski, from Penn State University, Fayette – The […]

May 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Action Research and Soliciting Student Voices

Tonight I watched a twenty-minute Lilly Conference recorded session entitled “Using Action Research To Recapture Student Voices Lost During The COVID 19 Pandemic.” Paul D. Knowles is an Assistant Professor of Education Leadership at the University of Maine at Farmington. The objective of the session was to classroom research can allow student voices to help […]

May 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Reflections, Softwares

Engaging Participants with Padlet Boards about Student Engagement

Todd D. Zakrajsek from UNC-Chapel Hill and ITLC Lilly spoke about “Game Changing Teaching Tips” at the Lilly Conference Online. Zakrajsek spoke about how to engage students. The prompt was “what strategies do you use for student engagement?” Zakrajsek explained that he first lets people know that there will be breakout rooms to prepare them […]

May 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Improving Outcomes in a Chemistry Series

Amanda Holton from UC Irvine Chemistry presented “A Solution to the Pitfalls of Preparatory Courses” at ITLC Lilly 2022. Holton teaches chemistry courses with 250-400 students. The student demographics at UC Irvine include 98% first-year college students, 37% Asian, 15% White, and 25% Hispanic. UC Irvine is considered a Hispanic Serving Institution and has ~60% […]

May 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Community of Practice, Discussions, Diversity, Guest Speakers, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing, Why

Organizing and Closing Open Ed 2021

The Friday Open Ed 2021 plenary to close the conference was entitled “The Future of Open Ed.” Andrea Scott is the OER Coordinator at Salt Lake Community College and introduced the Strategic Planning Committee. Stephanie Pierce is the Head of the Physics Library at the University of Arkansas Libraries and started a Mentimeter poll. Pierce […]

April 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Information Literacy, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why, Workshop

Perspectives from Working on a Collaborative Interdisciplinary OER Project

Laura Clark Hunt, faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Janet Koposko, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Braham Baldwin Agricultural College, presented at Open Ed 2021 about “A Case Study in Information Literacy: OER Interdisciplinary Project on Research as Inquiry.” The title of their presentation was “Discipline Specific Information Literacy.” This was a grant […]

April 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Moodle and OpenStax

Krassi Lazarova presented at Open Ed 2021 on “OpenStax College Physics – tips and tricks for implementation with Moodle.” Lazarova is an Associate Professor of Physics at Centenary University. They have searched for Open Educational Resources (OER) at their institution. Lazarova shared statistics about OER use and savings. They also described the challenges of OER […]

April 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

A Peer-Reviewed Question Bank Created by Two Institutions

The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Collaborative Test Bank Development: Multi-Institutional & Pandemic Style” had several speakers. , an Assistant Professor of Management Practice at Virginia Tech, worked with a team of undergraduate assistants. Candice Vander Weerdt is an Assistant College Lecturer at the College of Business at Cleveland State University. Mandi Goodsett is the […]

April 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

The OER Buffet

“A Plate for Every Student: A Buffet Style Approach to Course Development Using OER” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. The presenter was Jennifer Schneider, an Assistant Professor at Community College of Philadelphia. The goals stated by Schneider were to identify OER collections for use in course design, assess […]