Teaching Excellence Symposium - Spring 2023

Digital Posters

Humanizing Online STEM Showcases
Removing the affective and cognitive barriers from learning to provide a pathway towards a more equitable learning experience for all students

Humboldt. Place-Based Learning Communities
Josh Smith & Kat Goldenberg
PBL in the PBLCs

Jianimin Zhong, Ph.D. Stephanie Souter, M.A. Pearl Podgorniak
Understanding and Responding to Systemic Inequity, the Student Success Research Initiative at Cal Poly Humboldt

Amy Sprowles, Ph.D. Biology
The Power of Collaborating with Contemporary Indigenous Communities to Create Opportunities for First-year Collegiate STEM Students

Sara Jaye Hart, Ph.D. Religious Studies
Toward a Public-Facing, Digital Humanities: Religion in America

Cinthya Ammerman, Ph.D. Native American Studies
Learning pods, relational education, and Indigenous pedagogy in a Native American Studies online classroom

Kerry Byrne, Ph.D. Applied Ecology
Educational gains from game-based learning: utilizing the free Kahoot! platform for active learning in the classroom

Amy K. Conley, Ed.D. Education
On the Journey of Ungrading

Sarah Lasley, MFA Art + Film
Using Technology to Improv in the Classroom

Jacky Baughman, Ph.D. Geology
Student Accountability and Engagement in an (Online) Flipped Class

Ramesh Adhikari, Ph.D. Business
Humnath Panta, Ph.D. Business
Improving Success Rate in Quantitative Courses

Junghoon Kim, Ph.D. Kinesiology
The Humanized Online Class During the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Korea

CRGS 430:  Decolonizing Gender & Sexuality
Jessica Aguirre, Paul Michael L. Atienza, Heavyn Johnson, Jade Khalid, Naia Planty, and Z Zenobia
Collaboration Toward Inclusive Learning: Co-Creating Curricular Objectives

Andrea Delgado, Ph.D. English
Learn by Doing: Exploring the Digital Humanities

Course Demos

Career Curriculum Integration Course
This groundbreaking equity program is a collection of career readiness assignments built by a team of Cal Poly Humboldt faculty, CTL, ACAC and students.

Cynthia Le Doux-Bloom, Ph.D. Fisheries Biology
The Power of the Flipped Classroom: Pedagogy, Student Engagement and Instructional Design

Narratives

Keith Sollers, Ph.D.  Mathematics
Using Games to Increase Student Engagement in Critical Thinking

Kate Foley-Beining, Ph.D. World Languages & Cultures
Project for reworking German 306/ Women's Studies 306 to promote inclusive teaching excellence

Videos

Eli Lankford, Ph.D. Kinesiology
Did COVID Force Academia to Become Relevant?

Ramona Bell, Ph.D. CRGS
How Can We Decolonize Our Classroom Spaceto Foster Creativity?

Paper Posters

David Adams, Ph.D. Kinesiology
An Action Research Protocol to Prepare Future Adapted Physical Education Teachers to Best Support Their Individual Students Needs

Caglar Dolek, Ph.D. Sociology
Alternative Imaginations into Law & Social Justice: A Pedagogical Reflection

Michael Fabian, M.M. Music
Diverse Examples in Music Theory

Jenny Cappuccio, Ph.D. Chemistry
Threading Biotechnology through the Curriculum Enhances Student identification as a 5TEM Professional and Critical Thinking Skills