Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors, students, and leaders in higher education to reflect on what they believe about teaching and learning.

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What Learning Looks Like: A Conversation with Lucy Appert

Posted February 26, 202600:28:38

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lucy Appert, Senior Director of Teaching Excellence & Innovation at NYU Arts & Science, and host of the new...

Teaching Pluralism in Higher Education. A Discussion with Mike Whitenton.

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In this episode, we talk with Mike Whitenton, Director of Academic Initiatives at Interfaith America (IA). Mike works at the intersection of rhetoric,...

From Shame to Strength: Supporting ADHD Students. A Discussion with Karen Costa

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Posted November 6, 202500:25:16

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Robert Gray, Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the University of Bergen in Norway, to explore a fundamental...

“Constitutively Irresponsible”: Why Students Can't Be GenAI's Quality Control. A conversation with Gene Flenady and Robert Sparrow.

Posted October 23, 202500:24:22

This week, we have two guests on the podcast. We’re joined by Gene Flenady, Lecturer in Philosophy at Monash University, whose research concerns the...