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Pedagogical Decisions During a Pandemic

I heard Kevin Gannon on the Tea for Teaching podcast (episode 174) discussing with the hosts HyFlex teaching on their campus in the fall. Gannon offered an honest summary of challenges with student engagement and attendance in online and in person courses in the fall at their institution. I appreciate how Gannon explained some of […]
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Lessons Learned from the Transition to Remote Teaching

Drs. Don Johnson and Kathryn Zawisza from the University of Arkansas presented at the 2020 Lilly Conference online a review of how their institution’s faculty responded to the transition to remote teaching. They were part of a group tasked with summarizing faculty feedback and providing lessons learned to their community. They were one of three […]
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Online Teaching: Comparing Synchronous and Asynchronous Delivery

I have wrestled with the advantages and limitations of both synchronous and asynchronous online teaching delivery. A year ago, the two terms did not come up too often. Now, I think about, read, and discuss these terms in the context of online teaching daily. I have also formed opinions and have tried to be open […]
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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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Two Articles from the Pros to Prepare for the Spring Semester

Tomorrow we start our spring 2021 semester. I am fortunate to be able to teach an online version of the BIT 480/580 Yeast Metabolic Engineering course with my significant other, Claire Gordy. We have planned the course to be asynchronous to provide flexibility and options to students who could benefit from this alternative. Several undergraduates […]
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Communities of Practice for Reflective Teaching and Learning

In another fun asynchronous Lilly Conference session on faculty development, Steven Eberth and Lisa Singleterry from Western Michigan University presented on faculty learning communities and communities of practice. I love how they started by building online community with a graphic of equality and equity (fence with kids of different heights, in one case using different […]
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The Metacognitive Teacher and Transparency

Tonight I watched Stephanie Foote’s (Gardner Institute) Lilly Conference presentation on metacognition and reflecting on our teaching practice. Building on the work of Tanner and others, Foote provided a framework for reflecting on our impressions of student engagement after our lesson and obtaining student feedback. Several classroom assessment techniques including think-pair-share, minute papers, good fors, […]
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