What’s Trending in Teaching and Learning?
Great places to find answers to this question are the Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning held annually at six sites from coast to coast. These conferences invite participants to engage in lively dialogue about the scholarship of teaching and learning, share best practices and hone teaching skills. Lilly Conferences are not specific to any course modality; they cover classroom, hybrid and online teaching. I found the three topics from August’s Lilly – Asheville Conference of particular interest: alternative approaches to traditional grading, faculty and student empathy, and strategies to enhance the effectiveness of lectures. Alternative Grading Systems Michael Palmer, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence, challenged conference attendees to address the question “How does … What’s Trending in Teaching and Learning?
