Cassandra Volpe Horii

Section from an essay by Eric LeMay, with illustrated gift and stars following the text: "Right now, our rights are being taken from us. Right now, our children are being taken from us. Right now, our lives are being taken from us. And so right now, in the midst of this violence and knowing the violence still to come, I want you to know what know in my soul: you are a gift."

I'm catching up on the work of a truly gifted writer with whom I've lost touch in recent years. This essay is still deeply, sadly relevant now. "On Being a Parent Amid this Latest Anti-trans Violence" by Eric LeMay. ericlemay.org/On-Being-A-P...

This worked for me! I have been looking for this fix. Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social.

Wow wow wow - cannot wait to read this! Gratitude to you and the whole writing / editing / publishing team for bringing this into being!

After a wonderful intro to #linocut with @thewonderstruck.bsky.social earlier this year, I’ve been enjoying this form of making. Postcard press from openpressproject.com.

Helpful ideas for classes, meetings, and other settings with people

At least this and also this one www.acenet.edu/Policy-Advoc...

Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching

Here's a new and important consensus study from @nationalacademies.org: Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Supporting Equitable and Effective Teaching. #STEMEd #Undergrad #HigherEd #Postsecondary #Teaching #Learning nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/282...

Calibration verification for stochastic agent-based disease spread models Accurate disease spread modeling is crucial for identifying the severity of outbreaks and planning effective mitigation efforts. To be reliable when applied to new outbreaks, model calibration techniq...

Yay for someone I ♥️ publishing this paper! #ProudMama #altmetric doi.org/10.1371/jour...

There’s also @sarosecav.bsky.social ‘s higher Ed teaching and learning starter pack.

Yes, I believe @edtechdev.bsky.social has one!

In “A Model for Driving Institutional Change through Equity-Minded Inquiry Teams” at #POD24 w/ Amit Savkar, Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Jillian Ives: faculty in cross-functional teams away a focus on “what’s going on with our practices” not just “what’s going on with our students” 👏 #STEMEd

Equity-Based Teaching in Higher Education - Digitally Enabled Teaching & Learning The Levers that Institutions Can Use for Scaling Improvement Summary In this report, we describe what we mean by equity-based teaching (EBT)–an approach that can support the academic success of Black,...

Tues lunch at #POD24, Equity-Based Teaching Collective Lunch Meet-up! Authors shared: this will be a chance to dive into new resource, transformlearning.everylearnereverywhere.org/equity-teach... & discuss actions + ideas.
After getting a box lunch, go to Jackson Park A! 12:00-2:00pm, 12 Nov 2024

What’s it called?

To all conference attendees everywhere, please never decline a mic. The loudness of a voice is not the only thing that makes it intelligible and so some of us cannot hear you regardless of how well you project.

This is my 11th year of tweeting this plea at various conference

#POD24

What is the Important Work? And will AI really free us up to do it?

Oops here’s the actual link! theimportantwork.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

New Substack from @janerosenzweig.bsky.social - The Important Work - seeking writers & readers on teaching writing in the presence of generative AI. #POD24 folks & others take note!
#genAI #HigherEd #EdDev #Writing#Pedagogy

Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free “What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...

Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free. Thank you, @haymarketbooks.bsky.social. www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Inside Out 2 movie poster showing emotion characters, the the heading “make room for new emotions”

Finally watched #InsideOut2 on the plane to #POD24. Love! Pitch for Inside Out 3 — Menopause! New characters include Hot Flash, Brain Fog, Unapologetically Present, Zero F****, Self Care, and What Is My Body Doing Now. Who’s got a Pixar connection?

I think I made this feed to pick up all posts tagged with #POD24 from the last seven day: bsky.app/profile/did:....

I used Skyfeed, which is what @lindsaymasland.bsky.social used last year.

Worst timeline. I very much look forward to seeing you in a few days. Sending support in the meantime.

POD24 W1: Getting Started: Workshop for New Educational Developers <h6>A POD NETWORK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION</h6> <h5>Sunday, November 10, 2024; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm</h5> This interactive workshop orients new educational developers to the field. Participants ...

New to the field of educational development, working in a center for teaching & learning (including as a "center of one" person!)? This workshop at the upcoming POD Network conference is for you! podnetwork.org/product/pod2...
#HigherEducation
#EducationalDevelopment
#ProfessionalDevelopment

Stanford instructors explore teaching excellence at the Course Design Institute Forty Stanford instructors focused on enhancing the student learning experience at the annual Course Design Institute facilitated by CTL

News about the #StanfordUniversity Course Design Institute! ctl.stanford.edu/news/course-... Many places have these & I'm excited about the 2025 book by Jordan Troisi, @michael-palmer.bsky.social, Mary Wright, Lori Hostetler, & Carol Hurney: Developing High-Impact Course Design Institutes

YouTube video by Prime Video Step 1: Fold it in. | Schitt's Creek

Course design institute this week (quarter system so we have a later start). What’s your favorite example of expert forgetting? Here’s one: #FoldInTheCheese #HigherEd #teaching
youtube.com/shorts/MWnGm...

Text on a translucent panel with indistinct figures in the background. Text on Image: They appear familiar and inviting but they are fragile.

Yay & thanks @sarosecav.bsky.social for such a wonderful starter pack of amazing colleagues! I am out of practice yet hopeful re: meaningful online community.
So, what's up, friends in higher ed? This photo I took at SFMOMA a few weeks ago comes to mind re: fall 2024.

Coming soon: Galiot Press A women-led press publishing bold, astonishing books from new and overlooked voices.

A genius writer and friend, Anjali Mitter Duva, is launching a new publishing co, Galiot Press, focusing on bold books by new and overlooked authors + transparency, respect, equity, and sustainability! It would help immensely if you sign up for project news at www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

You are welcome to join the conversation today! Caring Institutions, Successful Students: A Focus on Indigenous Students with the Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. 2:00 - 4:00 PM EDT via Zoom. #STEM #HigherEd
www.nationalacademies.org/event/42162_...

Honored that our book is reviewed alongside @cathyndavidson.bsky.social & @katopodis.bsky.social's! "Despite (or because of) their differences, What Teaching Looks Like and The New College Classroom are complementary contributions to the literature on college teaching today.” doi.org/10.1080/0009...

What Teaching Looks Like - Center for Engaged Learning This open access book by Cassandra Volpe Horii and Martin Springborg showcases authentic photos of teaching and learning in higher education.

Indeed Martin isn’t at #POD23 this year but has been invited to Bluesky! Our book is open access in digital form and with lots of resources at www.centerforengagedlearning.org/books/what-t...

Opportunity to help shape a potentially major new endeavor of the POD Network coming up at 3:30! #POD23 guidebook.com/g/#/guides/p...

Pittsburgh's Light Up Night - Saturday, November 18, 2023 — Downtown Pittsburgh for the Holidays Highmark Light Up Night returns for its 62nd anniversary celebration on Saturday, November 18, 2023, for the official kick-off to the holiday season in Pittsburgh.

Light-up Night is Tonight in Pittsburgh - #POD23 folks check it out downtownpittsburghholidays.com/highmark-lig...