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.

Listen to latest episode

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning Cover Art

Follow Our Podcast

Recent Episodes

Dead Ideas about the Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning and Institutional Change with Mary Wright

Posted September 14, 202300:29:57

Have Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) actually created change in higher education teaching? Have they been able to demonstrate this change?...

The Students Have the Final (and Best!) Word on the Science of Learning

Posted April 20, 202300:31:34

In our final episode of Season 6, we speak with two undergraduate Columbia University students, Emily Glover and Kyle Gordon, who serve as Teaching...

The Science of Learning in Action with Samantha Garbers and Adam Brown

Posted April 6, 202300:22:15

How can instructors use research on teaching and learning to create change and tackle challenges in their courses? What can learning analytics tell...

Dead Ideas in Intercultural Development with Tara Harvey

Posted March 23, 202300:30:51

Tara Harvey, Founder of True North Intercultural, defines Intercultural...

Teaching Students About the Science of Learning with Todd Zakrajsek

Posted March 9, 202300:27:08

How should we educate students on the science of learning? Does this require systemic change? And do faculty have a moral obligation to teach students...