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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Are Students Knowledge Consumers or Co-Producers? A discussion on academic co-creation with Robert Gray

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...

Redefining Academic Integrity in the Age of AI with Phill Dawson

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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Phill Dawson about how and why college students “cheat.” Phillip (Phill) Dawson is the Co-Director of the Centre...

880 Eyeballs: Mastering Active Learning in Large Classes with Justin Shaffer

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The Secret to a Connected Classroom? Names Matter. A Discussion with Michelle Miller

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