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Advancing Online Teaching

Drs. Kevin Kelly and Todd Zakrajsek were guests on the Tea for Teaching podcast. The discussed their new book entitled Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments, recently published by Stylus publishing. This one is on my reading list, and it was great to hear about it on a podcast I enjoy! The book […]
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Why wouldn’t you?

I was listening to an episode of the podcast Teaching in Higher Ed. This episode had Archana McEligot. McEligot spoke about epidemiology and courses they teach. I had never considered it, but they described how epidemiology is one of the first data science and analytics disciplines. McEligot described how big data requires interdisciplinary approaches and […]
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Keeping Track of References and Synthesizing Notes with Software

Jimmy Fleming from PowerNotes presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference about the use of this software for writing support. I had not heard about PowerNotes before, and use Hypothes.is in several courses for article annotation. PowerNotes is different: users can highlight text, tag/classify it, and summarize it in a PowerNotes project. It also records references […]
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Motivated Student Groups Unite!

The STEM Journal Club had an event this evening, and I had the opportunity to participate. Once again, I watched in awe how students came together to create professional development opportunities and share knowledge. I spoke about my career trajectory and tried to emphasize the energy and motivation that come from student-driven projects! The STEM […]
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Extensive Guest Lecture Use?

Tonight I curled up with a sick toddler and watched another 2020 Lilly Conference session. The title caught my attention: “Extensive use of Guest Lectures for Enhanced Student Engagement” by Drs. Danielle Collins, Heather Maness, and Iske Larkin from the University of Florida. They presented on their online courses on aquatic animal health. This unique […]
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A Creative Assignment to Increase Climate Change Literacy

Dr. Megan Lupek, Director of the Environmental First Year Program at NC State University, gave a recorded presentation for the 2020 Lilly Conference online about a project I had heard about, but hadn’t learned about the details! Dr. Lupek collaborated with a friend and colleague Dr. Zakiya Leggett to create an assignment to engage students […]
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Training Mental Health Clinicians during a Pandemic

I’m waiting for the minivan to get serviced and watched the 2020 Lilly Conference by Dr. Sinem Akay-Sullivan from Sam Houston State University. Akay-Sullivan has extensive experience in counseling and was the director of the counseling clinics at Sam Houston. It was interesting to learn about the accreditation system and structure of training for future […]
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Mind in the Gutter Today!

Today was the first day of classes. It is still surreal to start when teaching an online asynchronous course, and I am starting to enjoy the thought process of designing an engaging online introduction to the course. We tried several new things this semester on our Start Here module for the Yeast Metabolic Engineering course. […]
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Gratitude and Reflective Writing Practices

Dr. JoAnne Bullard from Rowan University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on the use of reflective writing and gratitude to increase resilience of undergraduate students. Bullard reviewed literature about the anxieties that affect students and the research on using journaling and reflection to promote well-being. I did not know that studies have indicated that […]
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Experiential Learning… Virtually

Dr. Laura Hunt Trull from James Madison University shared insights on teaching a grant writing course with significant experiential learning at the 2020 Lilly Conference. Hunt Trull began by introducing (for me, probably review for others familiar with experiential learning) National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) Principles of Good Practice. There are eight principles: intention, […]
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