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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How to Help Adjuncts Not Want to Give Up with Kerry O’Grady

Posted April 4, 202400:29:19

In today’s episode we examine the systemic issues and dead ideas that underlie the hiring and supporting of contingent faculty. We speak with

Notes from the Field: Dead Ideas from Columbia CTL Educational Developers

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In this episode of 4 mini-interviews, we ask Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) staff John Foo, Jamie Kim, Rebecca Petitti, and Corey Ptak...

Why is There No Training on How to Teach Graduate Students? with Leonard Cassuto

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In this episode, we continue this season’s examination of graduate education, now looking into how institutions often overlook the need for preparing...

Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Let’s Ask the Grad Students!

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In this episode, we continue the conversation from our last episode on the topic of teaching development in doctoral education—this time from the...

Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Where, When, and How?

Posted January 25, 202400:36:52

Welcome back to Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning! In our first episode of Season 8, we speak with Drs. Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca Natow, Nicholas...