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Beyond classwork: Real-world social work applications through course-long ePortfolios

Join us for an insightful presentation through which Master’s level social work students' submissions demonstrate the powerful potential of ePortfolios. This seminar is designed for…

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Student Design and Revision of a Class Survey

Surveys are a popular research method in many disciplines. In this presentation I will describe a classroom activity in which students develop and revise questions for a class survey. The activity is…

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How to create meaningful learning experiences in the age of GenAI

Here is a situation:  In the era of generative AI, I am developing a master’s level course without a traditional textbook.  How can I leverage GenAI to prepare an engaging and meaningful…

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An improved hybrid teaching approach to maximize student learning and success while minimizing cheating

Higher education has evolved into a new era post pandemic with a significant rise in teaching courses in an online or hybrid format. A hybrid approach is meant to combine the best of both worlds by…

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Finding the Balance: Pedagogical Challenges and Educational Labor within Learning Communities

The work of instructors in higher education has grown increasingly broad and difficult to define. Our current era is marked by a rapidly changing student population, a polarized political climate,…

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Building Purposeful Connections in Online Classes: Practical Strategies for Student Engagement

As instructors, we want to share the love of learning and teaching with our students. How can we connect with students and provide personalized, authentic learning experiences in an online…

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2024 SoTL Conference Keynote; From Stress to Success: Creating Supportive and Motivating Learning Experiences

From Stress to Success: Creating Supportive and Motivating Learning Experiences As higher education evolves, creating inclusive, supportive, and engaging learning environments is crucial. Given the…

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Blooming with Bloom’s

This presentation will share application and usage of the classic educational tool Bloom’s Taxonomy, describing how this valuable pedagogical powerhouse can lead to increased student…

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2023 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference Keynote - Demonstrating Your Teaching Excellence Through Sharing Your Teaching Materials

Do you have a passion for teaching? Are you designing engaging and effective learning experiences for your students? Are you seeking ways to demonstrate your teaching excellence that go beyond…

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Supporting Student Success with Body Doubling

Some students who experience ADHD have difficulty focusing or starting tasks due to executive dysfunction. One possible way to support students who experience ADHD is called body-doubling, which…

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Unleashing Potential: AI Tools in Writing Instruction for Second Language Learners

This presentation immerses participants in the transformative potential of AI tools, focusing on their application in academic writing for second language (L2) learners. We will embark on an…

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Using Gamification to Increase Student Engagement

How can we spark a passion for learning in a world filled with routine quizzes, tests, discussion boards, and research papers? How can we increase motivation and maximize retention? The solution…

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Improving Equity in Your Classroom

I have always believed that every student in my classroom deserves an equal chance. However, this doesn't come easily or automatically; it requires a conscious and dedicated effort to respond…

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Creating Inclusive Education for All

This presentation will cover core concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), understanding how it promotes equitable access, engagement and can improve success for all learners. We will…

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How Students Like an Automated Case Assignment

This presentation will demonstrate how students like a win-win teaching approach in a foundation finance course. Automating the traditional case teaching method in an online course (which can also…

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Co-Teaching in Teacher Education: Elementary Math and English Language Learner Professors Co-Designing and Modeling Equity

Our objective for this group presentation is to share a research-based framework that identifies effective and equitable co-teaching practices for EPPs to use to co-design, model, and measure…

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Using Content Release Strategies to Enhance Student Engagement in Asynchronous Online Courses

Student motivation and self-regulation can be a challenge in asynchronous online courses. One strategy to improve student engagement and self-regulation is the use of conditional content release…

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So, You Enrolled in my Hybrid Course? Let’s Scrimmage!

In my experience teaching quantitative courses, students often do not know how to practice or learn outside of class at the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy. It is often uncomfortable or…

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Figures, and Charts, and Tables, Oh My! - A Workshop on Data Visualization Literacy

Data visualization (DV) literacy is becoming a more important skill for the public. Many disciplines are poised to help improve DV literacy among students. In this workshop, we begin by…

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Turning Theory into Practice: "Bellarmine Pathways: Knights Lighting the Path for College Success"

In 2020, I completed an instrumental, multi-site case study examining the non-cognitive skills needed to persist in and graduate from college, using Lin’s (1999) social capital theory as a…

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(Re)Examining and (Re)Constructing a Philosophy of Education

Teaching is a craft, one that requires mindful reflection of the what, why, and how in learning spaces. The answers form the foundation for one's philosophy of education and inform most every…

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Engaging Adults with Developmental Disabilities Online

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the delivery of instruction for many learners. It was challenging for students across educational settings to adapt to the new way of learning. One group of learners…

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Creating Classrooms of Radical Hope

Radical Hope (Gannon, 2020) is a pedagogical philosophy based on Paulo Freire’s work. Freire called for a radical transformation of society by raising students’ critical consciousness…

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Second Time's the Charm: Why Giving Second Chances to Students Improves Online Engagement

Students these days are more disconnected, burnt out, and frustrated with classes than ever before. Online classes can be an even more difficult environment to ensure they are staying on track,…

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2022 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference Keynote Presentation

Combating Stereotype ThreatCarol Hostetter, Ph.D., LCSW Interim Senior BSW Director / BSW Program Director and Professor, Indiana University BloomingtonWe have all had students who express doubts…

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