stress

Prompts for Mindfulness, Gratitude, and Relaxation

I watched the Lilly Conference 2022 session entitled “Using Evidence-Based Stress Management Strategies for a Reflective Semester-Long Assignment.” Caitlin A. Demsky, Associate Professor of Management at Oakland University, focused on an assignment they developed and had the goal of describing the importance of stress management in the classroom and workplace. Demsky emphasized stress management and […]
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Preparing for the Next Pivot

Drs. Marnie Vanden Noven, Michael Hudson & Mary Clark from Belmont University talked about the struggle students are facing and the difficulties of coming back to campus in the fall as part of the Lilly 2021 conference. I know this topic has been on my mind as I worry about teaching in the fall. Their […]
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Mindfulness-based Strategies for Learning

Tonight I watched a second 2020 Lilly session by Dr. Leslie Cizmas from Texas A&M. Cizmas defined mindfulness as “the practice of maintaining a non-judge mental state of heightened or complete awareness of one’s thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis” based on Merriam Webster. There is no specific technic. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn started […]
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Busywork, Workload, and Online Courses

The Leading Lines podcast with Derek Bruff recently (episode 090) had Betsy Barre from Wake Forest University and Karen Costa, faculty developer specializing in online pedagogy and trauma-aware teaching and author of the 2020 book 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos. I enjoyed Costa’s book and have found Barre’s workload estimator really […]
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