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Care in the GO-GN Network and Monetization for Open Creators

Martin Weller, Rob Farrow, Beck Pitt and Paco Iniesto presented about “Care and Community in the GO-GN Network” as part of day 2 of the OERxDomains21 conference. Before this conference, I did not know about GO-GN, and I have watched several sessions about it. GO-GN also supports doctoral students doing open practice. Weller talked about […]
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Student Stories in Experiential Learning

Dr. Mary Ann V. Smith from Penn State described in a recorded 2020 Lilly Conference several course-based research experiences and the role of storytelling. Dr. Smith’s talk was entitled “Student Stories in Science: Alternative Methods for Student Experiential Learning” and used several examples from courses. The presentation itself used several icons and effective slide design. […]
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Improving Communication Skills for Difficult Conversations

This is the second 2020 Lilly Conference I watch that highlights the benefits and opportunities of interprofessional education. An interdisciplinary team from Grand Valley State University composed of Paul Christensen, Sherri Fannon, Allison Metz, Molly Paulson, and Martina Reinhold from medical, nursing, science, and theatre backgrounds described a new collaborative effort to train health care […]
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Integrative Thinking

The asynchronous Lilly Conference session by Brad Sottile, Maggie Slattery, and Laura E. Cruz from Pennsylvania State University described a multi campus initiative to create general education courses with integrative thinking. I was immediately captured by their description of wicked problems, grand challenges, and UN Sustainability Goals and the importance of integrative thinking. They defined […]
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Sustainability, Gamification, and Case Studies

Yesterday we decided to cancel the BIT 295 Biotechnology and Sustainability course we were developing because of low enrollment. I was disappointed, yet relieved because I now have more time to develop a 200-level course that include a course-based research experience and pedagogues and assignments I want to implement. Tonight I was listening to asynchronous […]
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