Paws and Practice Mindfulness: Mental Health and Misconceptions (3 of 3)

This episode discusses the mental health misconceptions that create barriers to practicing mindfulness.

Paws and Practice Mindfulness: Time Constraints (2 of 3)

This episode discusses how time constraints prevent time for mindfulness and offers strategies for fitting it in into a busy schedule. A guided breathing exercise is included.

Paws and Practice Mindfulness: Our Nervous System (1 of 3)

This is the first podcast in a three-part series based on research into barriers that prevent mindfulness practice: understanding our nervous system, time constraints, and mental health and misconceptions. Created by EIU undergraduate Hazel Norris and Dr. Misty Rhoads as the result of an URSCA grant project: Paws and Practice: Barriers to Mindfulness for Students (P-A-W-S, like a panther's paw), each episode addresses one barrier with insights and strategies applicable to anyone seeking to incorporate mindfulness into their life. This episode discusses our nervous system and includes a guided meditation.

Designing For All: Digital Accessibility in Your EIU Courses

FDIC Instructional Support and Training Specialist (ISTS) Keerthana Saraswathula joins Instructional Designer Kim Ervin to discuss the upcoming ADA Title II Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA compliance deadline and what faculty need to know about the digital accessibility standards.

Show notes and resources:

ADA title II WCAG 2.1 AA Compliance Timeline PDF

FDIC Digital Accessibility Compliance Webpage

FDIC Digital Accessibility SharePoint

EIU Office of Accessibility and Accommodations Website

SensusAccess @ EIU Webpage - does not require account creation for use

FDIC Digital Accessibility Remediation Request Form

To reach out to Keerthana, please feel free to contact her at 217-581-7856, knsaraswathula@eiu.edu, or through MS Teams.

Dr. Misty Rhoads, Professor from the Department of Public Health and Nutrition Dr. Andrew Kerins, Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator from the Department of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation join Instructional Designer Kim Ervin to discuss faculty burnout – the why, how it can manifest, and what faculty can do to respond to it.

Show notes and resources:

Visit the FDIC Faculty Learning Community Webpage and scroll down to find the “Making Mindfulness Matter for Educator and Classroom Wellbeing” section for the 2024-25 academic year. This page is regularly updated as communities continue to develop.

If you are interested in furthering the conversation about faculty burnout, please feel free to reach out to – mlrhoads@eiu.edu, ajkerins@eiu.edu, kservin@eiu.edu, or fdic@eiu.edu

FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses regular and substantive interaction (RSI) and why these are foundational for online courses, and why, at its core, RSI is really about creating meaningful online learning experiences for our students that are just as rich and rewarding as any face-to-face class. RSI is really about good instruction.

Show Notes

Code of Federal Regulations Webpage

What is Regular & Substantive Interaction in Online Courses? Webinar Recording (59:49) and Slide Deck by Anthony A. Pina, Chief Online Learning Officer, Illinois State University

Director of the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at EIU, Jessie Shuemaker, joins FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie to talk about new ADA Title II rules on digital accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, and accessibility innovation that may help all learners.

EIU Office of Accessibility and Accommodations

EIU Digital Accessibility Information and Resources

ADA Title II Information

FDIC Instructional Designer, Kim Ervin, shares insights on open educational resources (OER), including how to incorporate OER into your instructional design.

Show Notes

FDIC Backward Design Webpage (includes template)

FDIC Course Alignment Webpage

Finding OERS PDF

About Creative Commons Licenses Webpage

Summarized Achieve OER Rubric PDF

Creative Commons License Chooser Webpage