


December 2020

Address & Reconnect
in our community with presentations by ENAHEC and CoNECT.
Time: 9:30AM-3:30PM
Location: Virtual Event
Registration: Please register below.

Date: Monday, January 11
Time: 12-4:30PM
Location: Zoom

Time: 2:45-4:30PM
Location: Zoom
VIDEO: Branding in Five Minutes by Jesse Stoddard

Time: Individual sessions
Location: Simulation Center or Virtual meetings
Interested in teaching in the Sim Center?
Debriefing Simulation Scenarios: 2 hours
Preparation for Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator: One on One mentoring through the process; 1 hour weekly meetings as needed

Date: Thursday, February 4th
Time: 12:30-1:30PM
Location: Zoom

Time: 12:30-1:30PM
Location: Zoom

Time: 12:30-1:30PM
Location: Zoom

Time: 12:30-1:30PM
Location: Zoom



- Intro to gamification
- Incorporating gamification into course design
- Examples of gamification in the classroom
- Illustrate an example of gamification in an online lab setting



Social media teaching can be an incredibly useful educational tool. The social networks students use are conducive to so many facets of modern learning. Things like collaborative planning, data and resource sharing, and progress updates concerning group work all apply with social networks. They appeal to our digital natives, and with social media they become easy to adopt. The prospect of social media teaching can be alluring or repulsive, depending on your understanding of it, and your experience with it…..
Best Practices for Unprecedented Times
The Proctorio team shared the following best practices PDF with us. I hope this is helpful as we begin our transition to fully remote learning after Thanksgiving…

As part of its 2012 revision of general education, Washington State University (WSU), a research-intensive university with six campuses, added a capstone course requirement for all undergraduates. Capstones are a well-known high-impact practice, offering “opportunities to integrate, synthesize, and apply knowledge [which] are essential to ensuring deep, meaningful learning experiences”…..

‘Realizing the Value of Comprehensive Assessment’
The word “Pedagogo” comes from the Latin and means “educator.” To us, it’s also a place for educators and administrators to go for information and resources. Our Pedagogo podcast is designed help faculty and administrators keep up with what’s trending in higher education in a way that’s practical, applicable, and timely….

The Emotional Toll of Racism
Black students continuously experience, fight against, and bear emotional scars from racism, which can lead to increased anxiety and poor mental health outcomes. Some colleges are just starting to address these issues…

Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve student learning. Democratic principles are rooted in inclusion, and faculty and staff have a responsibility to provide personal and professional skills so that students fulfill goals of graduation and employment….
Here, we’ll delve into inclusive practices that can be implemented within higher education by considering four key areas:
1.) purposeful curriculum
2.) supportive climate
3.) language
4.) desirable difficulty.


A Resource Collection for College Faculty
The ITI and the ITI Advisory Committee are developing a new project: The Pedagogical Playbook – an idea submitted at the 2020 Ideation Huddle. The Pedagogical Playbook will be a video resource for faculty to share tips, tools, and teaching stories with one another – “faculty helping faculty”. Our goal is to gather at least one video per academic department. Please consider submitting a short video (5-25 minutes) with the ITI. Suggested topics below:
- Tell us about a lesson that goes really well every time.
- Tell us about how you connect with your students.
- Tell us about a challenge you faced one day in the classroom.
- What has your online lab experience been like?
- What has teaching online been like for you?
- What are some teaching tools you can’t live without?
- What are some resources or tips you can share with your colleagues?

Faculty from all departments recognized during awards ceremony

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 NYSOTA Awards!
Selected for their significant contribution and exceptional dedication to the profession of occupational therapy, these twenty-eight honorees inspire us and remind us just how much can be accomplished with passion, commitment and hard work.
President’s Award
Janice Tona, PhD, OTR/L
Theresa Vallone, EdD, MS, OTR/L

BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — D’Youville College was able to order 1,000 rapid covid tests from New York State’s Health Department and test its entire on-campus population in under a week.
This was all done to meet the new state requirements for colleges and universities.
More than 350 people were tested with only ONE positive result….

