learning

July 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Instructor Behaviors, Interprofessional Education, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Undergraduate Research, Why

Collaborative Research and Reciprocal Altruism

Tonight, Amada and I watched Sayonita Ghosh Hajra from California State University, Sacramento and Abeer Hasan from Humboldt State University present a recorded Lilly Conference online 2021 presentation entitled “Managing REU in between Two Institutions During a Pandemic.” This summer we have been hosting a virtual REU. It has been busy and really cool. I want […]

July 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Discussions, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why, Workshop

Stereotype Threat and Professional Development

Brian C Smith and Sal Meyers from Simpson College presented a recorded Lilly 2021 session entitled “Creating More Inclusive Classrooms: Applying Stereotype Threat Interventions.” They are both social psychologists and talked about stereotypes and disidentification and stereotype threat. They defined stereotype threat as a situation in which stereotype is relevant and there is a self […]

July 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Scaffolding the Online Student Learning Experience

Madhu Mahalingam and Elisabetta Fasella from the University of the Sciences presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference online in May a recorded session entitled “‘Scaffolding’ Student Learning in General Chemistry for Online Synchronous Classes.” I have been learning about what others are doing with their labs to offer an online experience. At the University of […]

July 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Guest Speakers, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Take a Hike?

Christopher D. Johnson from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga took their course and connected it to nature. During Johnson’s Lilly Conference online entitled “An Experiment in Outdoor Learning in the Time of COVID,” Johnson described intentional outdoor activities and coursework. Johnson cited Ken Bain’s new book Super Courses to mention how deep learning can take […]

July 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Four As of Experienced-based Learning

Our UNC-system colleagues, Nancy Winfrey and Audrey Dentith from North Carolina A&T State University presented at the May 2021 Lilly Conference online a recorded session about “Designing for Experienced-Based Learning: A Neuroscientific, Pedagogically Sound Framework.” They started with introductions about their experience and family lives and then a quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Experience […]

July 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

The Different Stages of Metacognitive Teachers

Anton Tolman and Nathan Martin from Utah Valley University and Greg Mullen from Exploring the Core presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference Online in May on “Building Better Teachers: Metacognition Enhances Student Transfer to Higher Education.” Nate Martin is an undergraduate research assistant doing this research, and Greg is an educator. Nate began by defining […]

July 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Pausing to Think about Expert Blindspots

Barry Sharpe and Shannon Scotece from Western Governors University presented at the 2021 Lilly Conference Online on “Teaching and Learning Without Grading.” I have watched presentations by Sharpe before. Sharpe started by defining Course Instructors (CIs) that design, direct instruction, and do not grade! The presenters talked about frequent recommendations from the literature and their book […]

July 15, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Student-Faculty Partnerships

As part of the 2021 Lilly Conference online, Molly Robinson from Lewis & Clark College presented a recorded session entitled “Improving Pedagogy through Faculty-Student Collaboration.” Robinson helps run a program through their Teaching Excellence Program. The idea of faculty-student partnership was inspired by a similar project at Bryn Mawr college. The partnerships contribute to inclusive […]

July 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Students Teaching Each Other

Tonight’s session from the Lilly Conference online 2021 was entitled “Peer teaching: Mastering Concepts Through Active Learning” and presented by Sherry Lin from Texas A & M University. Lin defined active learning as “a method of learning where students are involved in the learning process” and “engages students in their own learning by doing things […]

Connecting Classes and Developing Intercultural Competency Skills

It is always great to see what good friends are doing and presenting at Lilly! Erin A. McKenney from North Carolina State University and Diana J. R. Lafferty from Northern Michigan University (NMU) presented a session entitled “Leveraging Remote Learning for Cross-Institutional Collaborative Scholarship” that highlights how they joined forces to teach together! Students were […]

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