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Diversity in OERs

Today I had the opportunity to watch to Cynthia Brame and Bryan Dewsbury speak about inclusive teaching. It seemed appropriate to continue and end the day with a session from day 2 of OERxDomains21. Sarah Lambert and Habiba Fadel presented on “Open to Diversity: Inclusive Design Insights from the Australian OER Textbook Project.” They did […]
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Continuous Improvement of Online Courses through Student Feedback

Another Quality Matters (QM) webinar entitled “Improving Course Design Quality Through Online Graduate Student Evaluations” caught my attention. Drs. Amy M. Grincewicz and Cathy DuBois from Kent State University have years of experience in instructional design and online course programs. The goals of the session were to discuss quality assurances in an online degree program, […]
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Studying Faculty ‘Personas’

I watched the Online with LSE: “Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development” webinar tonight. Dr. Paula Lemons from the University of Georgia described their study with nineteen faculty from long-term learning communities at six institutions. These communities focused on evidence-based assessment practices. Lemons started this study in early 2014! The volunteer participants […]
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Lessons and More…

Dr. Marie Allsopp from Purdue University recorded at least two sessions for the 2020 Lilly conference online. A session entitled “Covidly” So – Pandemic Perspectives of Pupils and a Professor” was the second one I watched. This session was short (16 min) and really well organized. I appreciate how Allsopp organized the presentation by describing […]
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Self-care Tips

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 […]
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Partnerships to Improve Learning in a Diversity Course

Dr. Adam Barragato from the University of Michigan and Dr. Natasha Watkins from Purdue University presented a session entitled “Exploring Students’ Perceptions of Learning Partnerships within a Diversity Course” at the 2020 Lilly Conference online. They described a study that was part of Barragato’s dissertation conducted in the class that Watkins teaches. I had heard […]
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Survey of Student Attitudes Towards Online Learning

Spring break 2020 will be remembered in higher education for an abrupt transition to emergency online instruction. Most of us had to make changes to our course structure and delivery that impacted the student learning experience. While there have been numerous presentations about what instructors did and learned, I’ve heard of few surveys of student […]
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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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Survey of Faculty After the Transition to Remote Instruction

Drs. Diane Chapman, Katherine Stewart, and Courtney Thornton from NC State University described a large survey of the faculty there in April 2020. They presented the results and discussed implications in a recorded session for the 2020 Lily Conference. The survey had the goal of learning from instructors about their experience providing academic continuity to […]
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