retrieval practice

October 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques

The IMMUNOLOGY Game

Tonight I watched the ASMCUE recorded session entitled “IMMUNOLOGY! A Board Game to Learn the Immune Response,” presented by Alicia Cecil, Mary Gobbet, and Emma Wade. This is a board game Cecil created with colleague Gobbet and student Emma Wade. They mentioned the game is adaptable to other topics. Cecil teaches clinical microbiology at the […]

June 6, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

Preparing Students for Learning

Terry Doyle is a Professor Emeritus from Ferris State University and co-author with Todd Zakrajsek of The New Science of Learning, and Brendan Doyle is VP Learner Centered Teaching Consultants. They both presented at Lilly Conference online in May on “Preparing the Brain For Learning” and shared information they think we should be sharing with […]

February 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Revisiting Flip Learning

Dr. Guillaume Jaubert from Vincennes University recorded a session for the 2020 Lilly Conference online that focused on how flipping works during a pandemic. Jaubert quoted Peter Lenn’s definition of flipping: “learner doing homework in c oh ass with help” that I had not heard! I like the simplicity and the inclusion of with help […]

February 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Reflections

Using Suggestions from The Learning Scientists

I listened to the latest podcast episode from The Learning Scientists yesterday. Episode 53 was with an applied linguist and author Alex Poole. I stared it with my mom and started talking about the many resources on the website: https://www.learningscientists.org. For several years now I have been sharing the videos and links with students as […]

February 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques

Memory and Creative Assessments

On episode 348 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Michelle D. Miller and host Bonni Stachowiak talked about memory and memorizing in higher education. I enjoyed the discussion about explaining to students that even though we can use Google, there are some things we should learn and be able to retrieve from memory. […]

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The IMMUNOLOGY Game

Preparing Students for Learning

Revisiting Flip Learning

Using Suggestions from The Learning Scientists

Memory and Creative Assessments

Understanding Alternative Splicing with Blessy R Package

Advancements in Antisense Oligonucleotide Design

Ultra-Fast Classifiers for Pediatric Tumors: Insights from Lennart Kester