Drs. Angela Smith and Kim Allen from North Carolina State University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference on tips for self-care during the pandemic. They presented some of the challenges which distance students face including increased depression, anxiety, lack of attention due to prolonged screen time, hard to concentrate on learning, loneliness, lack of interaction […]
Drs. Maru Gonzalez and Sharon Chung presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online a session entitled “Beyond Diversity: Centering Social Justice Education in the Online Classroom” that captured my attention. I had heard from Gonzalez from one of the OFD Certificate programs and was happy to see a presentation. Chung and Gonzalez started with some […]
Sheryl Burgstahler from the University of Washington shared tips for accessible online course design in the 2020 Lilly Conference online. Burgstahler has decades of experience directing units in accessible technology services: the DO-IT Center has now global reach. Burgstahler discussed the student-centered community building model used to focus on the key stakeholders that contribute to […]
Dr. Corrie Whitmore from the University of Alaska Anchorage presented a short recorded session for the 2029 Lilly Conference online. The title of Whitmore’s presentation immediately caught my attention: “Land Acknowledgements: Making them Meaningful and Appropriate,” as I have honestly struggled to use a land acknowledgement during a session. Last year, I edited a land […]
Dr. Aaron Gierhart from Columbus State University presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online on course design, theory, and course participation during the pandemic. Gierhart shared their career experiences and family life. Gierhart completed a doctoral dissertation in February 2020 on narrative studies of five elementary school teachers that integrated technology in different ways at […]
Another Lilly Conference session by Emily Faulconer and John Griffith (and Bobby McMasters) from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University presented results from their study comparing grades in courses taught by instructors rated average or high quality. Their introduction presented by Faulconer reviewed previous studies addressing similar questions. For their study, they analyzed 9-week terms offered in […]