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The Kind Instructor

“Kindness: It’s Not Just for Pushovers Anymore” is the title of the last Lilly Conference online session recording that I watched tonight. Julia Kregenow at Penn State University presented without slides! They teach astronomy and shared their website (https://sites.psu.edu/kregenow/teaching/kindness-in-teaching/). They taught a class in “the forum” that enrolled 600+ students! Kregenow teaches this large class […]
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A Tool for an Inclusive Syllabus

Sal Meyers, Professor of Psychology at Simpson College, presented at the Lilly Conference Online a recorded twenty-minute session entitled “Writing an Inclusive Syllabus that Students Read.” Meyers introduced the Social Justice Syllabus Design Tool: bit.ly/SJSDT22Lilly The tool draws on syllabus best practices, stereotype threat interventions, and social justice pedagogy principles. The researchers involved in the […]
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The Syllabus as a Bridge to a Supportive Environment

Happy Fourth of July! It was a nice day at home. While we won’t be watching the fireworks because one child is scared of them, we did request a “story” so… tonight we will be watching a session entitled “Using the Syllabus to Foster a Supportive Campus Environment”by Naomi Jeffery Petersen Central Washington University. Peterson […]
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