Episodes

Anastasia Salter on episode 188 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast discusses designing inclusive games for the Higher Ed classroom. Quotes from the episode What comes out of it is what someone imagines. —Anastasia Salter The first thing to decide is why you are making the game. How do you want people to encounter this concept you have? —Anastasia Salter Start out trying to build the thing that brought you to games. —Anastasia Salter Resources Mentioned Thanks to John Stewart for Recom...

Todd Zakrajsek discusses laptops – friend or foe? – on episode 187 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Laptops weren’t the problem to begin with — attention was the problem. —Todd Zakrajsek Banning the problem doesn’t change the attention to you — it changes it to something else. —Todd Zakrajsek We live in a better system of thinking than dichotomies. —Todd Zakrajsek You can’t ban bacon thoughts. —Todd Zakrajsek Resources Mentioned Paul Blowers on Episode 179...

Eddie Watson shares about assessing the impact of open educational resources on episode 186 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Episode 137 – Eddie talked about Teaching Naked Techniques Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes by Antonio Bowen and‎ C. Edward Watson* OpenStax at Rice University National Survey of Student Engagement Chemistry – OpenStax U.S. History – OpenStax Salt Lake Community College’s research: Open Educational Resour...

Christian Friedrich shares about privacy and safety in online learning on episode 185 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Privacy and safety are not the same thing. —Christian Friedrich Safety and privacy usually are contextual. —Christian Friedrich Notes Nishant Shah: Making Safe (you look different, gender is different, so let’s invent something that prevents people like you from being harassed) Keeping Safe Being Safe Safeguarding Feeling Safe: agency, ne...

Pooja Agarwal discusses the science of retrieval practice on episode 184 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Lyle, K. B., & Crawford, N. A. (2011). Retrieving essential material at the end of lectures improves performance on statistics exams. Teaching of Psychology, 38(2), 94-97. Roediger III, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tests improves long-term retention. Psychological science, 17(3), 249-255. K...

Robin DeRosa inspired us through open education on episode 183 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode [divwrap class=”one-half first”] What is invisible to me about my teaching that could be better? —Robin DeRosa I had taught my students to devalue their work. —Robin DeRosa Open is not the opposite of private. —Robin DeRosa How do we need to build it differently to get different participation? —Robin DeRosa [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources Mentioned...

Christian Friedrich discusses equity in learning design on episode 182 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I always try to work with the learners themselves. —Christian Friedrich Lots of faculty fall into the trap of judging people’s contexts by looking at their own … that’s how we work as humans. —Christian Friedrich There are many layers where you cannot be “right” in your course design and where you have to make tough choices. —Christian Friedrich Resources M...

Dave and Bonni Stachowiak share ideas for holiday gifts on this special 181st episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Greetabl* (15% off link) Blinkist* (free trial) Kindle* Audible* (2 free books + 30 days free) Article on digital reading Amazon Fresh* (free trial) Blue Apron* Acuity Scheduling* (free trial) Sanebox* (free trial and $15 off) Apple Watch Apple AirPods The Way to Stop Spinning Your Wheels on Planning Best Year Ever course* Are You Enjoying the...

Katie Linder and Bonni Stachowiak talk about returning to the role of the student on episode 180 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We can become a student to become a better teacher. —Katie Linder People like to learn in different ways. —Katie Linder Returning to being a student helps you to have empathy. —Katie Linder Resources Mentioned The Blended Course Design Workbook by Katie Linder* Power Your Podcast with Storytelling on CreativeLive* Master Zoom Co...

Paul Blowers discusses active learning in STEM courses on episode 179 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I am very open about my own failures. —Paul Blowers I tell students right up front: I will not be defeated. And I try to get them in that same mindset. —Paul Blowers My goal is to know every student name by the first week of class. —Paul Blowers My goal is to create a series of tasks and questions that force even the best students to make tough choices. —Pa...

Remi Kalir talks about igniting our imagination in digital learning and pedagogy on episode 178 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Play is not a synonym for fun. —Remi Kalir Our ability to change our minds … is very important. —Remi Kalir Just because a research article has been finished and put out there … doesn’t mean the conversation is over. —Remi Kalir Resources Mentioned On Being: Science of Mindlessness and Mindfulness, with Ellen Langer Remi’s recent k...

Maria Andersen shares about how learning is not a spectator sport on episode 177 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I feel like we’ve made online learning really transactional. — Maria Andersen We’ve taken the joy and excitement out of learning. — Maria Andersen The world is not as cut and dried as the problems we see in text. — Maria Andersen You don’t actually learn until you engage with it. — Maria Andersen Resources Mentioned Thanks to George Woodbury fo...

Bonni Stachowiak shares her experience attending OpenEd17, as well as other teaching lessons, on episode 176 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Open Education 2017 Conference Student Panel – Santa Ana college American Concrete Institute’s Annual Conference Robin DeRosa’s Open Textbooks post Pressbooks Matthew Bloom Scottsdale CC The Ohio State University Open Educational Resources Recommendations Take a look at the varied reasons people use Twitter via Storify Advice o...

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak answer listener questions on episode 175 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 1 Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 2 Choose Your Own Adventure Assessment National Center on Universal Design for Learning 159: Dynamic Lecturing with Todd Zakrajsek UDL guidelines – version 2.0 – Examples and resources CAST’s UDL resources Getting Things Done Fork Your Syllabus, You Slackers Annotating DML www.learnhowtop...

Laura Gogia shares how to develop learning objectives for the 21st century on episode 174 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There are people out there who live and die by learning objectives, and there are people who think they are the work of the devil. —Laura Gogia Knowledge is a dynamic, creative process. —Laura Gogia There are going to be times when it needs to be one way, and there are going to be times when it needs to be other ways. And that’s okay. —Lau...

David Webster and Nicola Rivers resist resilience and share other unpopular opinions on episode 173 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A very human approach to learning sees students as individuals. —David Webster I’m increasingly concerned with how anxious our students are. —Nicola Rivers This well-intentioned discourse is not as benign as it seems. —Nicola Rivers Try to think more broadly about how we define success and how we define failure. —Nicola Rivers ...

John Warner shares about values, interdisciplinary knowledge, and pedagogy on episode 172 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I realized I could make choices consistent with what I think is important. —John Warner What we think is best is highly dependent on our values. —John Warner Attention by itself is not a function of learning. —John Warner The classroom belongs to the student as much as the instructor. —John Warner Resources Mentioned Chicago Tribune’s ...

Anton Tolman shares about his book Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students edited by Anton O. Tolman and Janine Kremling on episode 171 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Everybody who has taught has run into student resistance in one form or another. —Anton Tolman We need to start seeing student resistance as a signal. —Anton Tolman When they’re resisting, they’re telling me something. —Anton Tolman A common error...

Cathy O’Neil shares about her book, Weapons of Math Destruction, on episode 170 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode This has very little to do with technical knowledge and everything to do with power. —Cathy O’Neil They think that because something is mathematical … it’s inherently more fair than a human process. —Cathy O’Neil There’s absolutely no reason to think that algorithms are inherently fair. —Cathy O’Neil It doesn’t make sense for all colleges to be mea...

Cathy Davidson shares about her book, A New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux on episode 169 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We’ve divided things up into very strange and restrictive categories in a world where those categories are completely merged and mixed and changing every minute. —Cathy N. Davidson Every generation has some new technology which we’re convinced is going to destroy us. —Cathy N. Davidson ...

Teddy Svoronos talks about how to effectively use presentation tools in our teaching on episode 168 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A real tech win to me is a device that both enhances the student experience and also reduces friction. —Teddy Svoronos Think very carefully about what will enhance the learning of the people watching the presentation. —Teddy Svoronos When we adopt technology, there are are two considerations: how valuable it is and how much fricti...

Maria and Ben share about educational technology across the disciplines on episode 167 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There’s really no end to the ways screencasting can be used. —Ben Kahn Don’t try to go it alone, because there’s such a great community out there that wants to help. —Ben Kahn What’s often driving these really unique, innovative uses of technology is a desire to connect with students. —Maria Erb Resources Mentioned University of Portland Te...

Bruce Hoskins and I attempt to model how to have healing conversations about racial identity on episode 166 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode People are not necessarily the problem, it’s what people are taught that is the problem. —Bruce Hoskins If we want to create different behavior, we have to change the behavior at the institutional level rather than on the individual level. —Bruce Hoskins Resources Mentioned Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher* by Ste...

Dave Stachowiak and I talk about teaching lessons from my course evaluations on episode 165 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I hope students realize that I’m learning too, and I’m willing to grow and change and adapt. — Dave Stachowiak Is there anything worthwhile you can glean from this [evaluation] that can make you a better teacher? — Bonni Stachowiak Resources Mentioned Betsy Barre talks about Research on Course Evaluations in Episode #089 The Lean Startup...