Episodes

Aug. 31, 2016

Connected Learning for the Curious, with Laura Gogia

Laura Gogia shares about connected learning on this week’s Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The most important part of [connected learning] is helping others understand the connections between all the different aspects of their life. —Laura Gogia It’s not a tool-first [mentality] … it’s which tool matches up with what I’m trying to achieve. —Laura Gogia Assessment becomes about documenting [the] process of learning. —Laura Gogia Resources Mentioned Connected Course...
Aug. 24, 2016

Digital Citizenship, with Autumm Caines

Autumm Caines shares about digital citizenship on this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the Episode We have the technology to have conversations with diverse people. —Autumm Caines As educators, we need to empower people to feel okay about making mistakes. —Autumm Caines Resources Tracy Clayton on Twitter https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty Another Round Podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/AnotherRound Heben Nigatu on Twitter https://twitter.com/heavenrants Silence and res...
Aug. 17, 2016

Engage the Heart and Mind Through the Connected Classroom, with Ken Bauer

Ken Bauer shares how to engage the heart and mind through the connected classroom. Quotes from the episode I’m not going to be there and lecture; I want to really connect with my students. —Ken Bauer The number one difficulty for faculty in innovating in their practice is … fear. —Ken Bauer You’ve just got to take baby steps and change those things that you can change. —Ken Bauer Resources Mentioned Amy Collier’s session at Campus Technology 2016 Conference: Love and Risk in Education –...
Aug. 10, 2016

Blended Course Design, with Katie Linder

Katie Linder shares about blended course design on Teaching in Higher Ed episode 113. Quotes from the episode Blended learning is not just a trend, and we’re starting to see technology integrated in really intentional ways. —Katie Linder One of the key things is alignment … between what you’re doing outside of the classroom and inside of the classroom. —Katie Linder Say to your students, “I’m going to give you an activity to do, and I’m going to lay out some guidelines for it, but I’m also...
Aug. 3, 2016

Radical Hope, with Kevin Gannon

Kevin Gannon discusses Radical Hope – A Teaching Manifesto on Teaching in Higher Ed #112. Quotes If I want my students to take risks and not be afraid to fail, then I need to take risks and not be afraid to fail. —Kevin Gannon Teaching is a radical act of hope. —Kevin Gannon We work with the future, and that’s a really incredible responsibility. —Kevin Gannon Resources Episode 052: Respect in the Classroom Moonwalking with Einstein* by Joshua Foer Blog: Radical Hope – A Teaching Manife...
July 27, 2016

On the Horizon, with Gardner Campbell

Gardner Campbell on the higher ed horizon. Gardner was previously featured on show on Episode 107: Engaging learners Resources Virtually Connecting New Media Consortium The 2016 Horizon Report: Higher Ed Book: Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science* by Michael Nielsen Questions about the New Media Faculty-Staff Development Seminar Awakening the Digital Imagination: A Networked Faculty-Staff Development Seminar New Media Faculty Development Seminar Are You Enjoying the Show? ...
July 20, 2016

Self-regulated Learning and the Flipped Classroom, with Robert Talbert

Robert Talbert on self-regulated learning and the flipped classroom. Quotes My view about teaching changed completely when I started having kids. —Robert Talbert You can’t say that you are interested in teaching students how to learn and then spoon-feed them everything. —Robert Talbert Resources Article: The inverted calculus course and self-regulated learning Article: The Inverted Calculus Course: Using Guided Practice to Build Self-regulation Article: We need to produce learners, not ...
July 13, 2016

The Unexpected

Bonni Stachowiak on how the best communicators add a sense of the unexpected to their teaching. Resources Glynn Washington at Snap Judgment LIVE! in Ann Arbor: “The Golden Man” “Times for telling,” introduced to me by Derek Bruff on TIHE episode 71 “A time for telling…” by Daniel L. Schwartz and John D. Bransford Listener Questions Questions from Ari Purnama Day one introductions TIHE blog post: Sticky notes as a teaching tool International education TIHE episode 080: International Highe...
July 7, 2016

Collaboration, with Maha Bali

Maha Bali shares about collaboration. Quotes The reason virtual collaboration works really well is that there’s usually no hierarchy with the person you’re working with. —Maha Bali If you want your students to collaborate, the main role of the educator is to provide them with something where collaboration is valuable. —Maha Bali Virtually collaborating brings the conversations to people who can’t be there in person. —Maha Bali If you want to keep learning, I think collaboration is necessary...
June 29, 2016

Engaging Learners, with Gardner Campbell

Gardner Campbell talks about engaging learners. Quotes Learning is an enormously powerful and eventful kind of experience. —Gardner Campbell Recognize that great ideas of all kinds come from all kinds of people at all stages of their knowledge. —Gardner Campbell There are some great ideas that are forever closed off to an expert because he or she is simply too conditioned by prior learning. —Gardner Campbell Resources Seymour A. Papert’s books APGAR for class meetings by Gardner Campbel...
June 22, 2016

Undercover Professor, with Mike Cross

On this episode, Dr. Mike Cross is an undercover professor. Guest: Mike Cross Professor at Northern Essex Community College Read more in a Chronicle article about Mike Resources EasyBib Bacon Board Gamers Game: Escape Room Game: Rattlesnake Game: Loopin’ Louie Game: Loopin’ Chewie Book: My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student* by Rebekah Nathan Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed ...
June 20, 2016

Professional Online Portfolios, with McClain Watson

Today’s guest, Dr. McClain Watson, at University of Texas at Dallas, advocates for the importance of our students being able to: “ convince people in the professional world that they 1) know what they’re doing, 2) can be trusted, and 3) are interesting to be around?” On today’s episode: Professional Online Portfolios. Guest: McClain Watson Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Business Communication Programs Organizations, Strategy and International Management Bio: http://jindal.utdallas....
June 8, 2016

Disability Accommodations and Other Listener Questions, with Dave Stachowiak

On this week’s episode, Dave and I discuss disability accommodations and other listener questions. 1) Disability accommodations Dyslexia simulator Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism* 2) Online scenario manager resource Geogebra.org Geogebra – Spreadsheet View 3) Preparation for getting doctorate degree Julie Wilson’s bio www.Lynda.com www.Zotero.org 4) “Small” approaches to reclaiming teaching as a focus TIHE 092: Small Teaching (James Lang) www.doodle.com The Lean Startup* by Eric Ries ...
June 1, 2016

Critical Instructional Design, with Sean Michael Morris

On this week’s episode, Sean Michael Morris and I discuss Critical Instructional Design. Guest: Sean Michael Morris Sean is a digital teacher and pedagogue, with experience especially in networked learning, MOOCs, digital composition and publishing, collaboration, and editing. He’s been working in digital teaching and learning for 15 years. His work as a pioneer in the field of Critical Digital Pedagogy is founded in the philosophy of Paulo Freire, and finds contemporary analogues in the work ...
May 25, 2016

Proactive Inclusivity, with Carl Moore

On today’s episode, Dr. Carl Moore and I have a dialog about proactive inclusivity. Guest: Dr. Carl Moore Dr. Moore is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Research Academy for Integrated Learning (RAIL) at University of DC. Prior to his current role he served as an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education as well as the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Temple University. More Quotes There are stages in which a person can honestly, truly feel [col...
May 18, 2016

Public Sphere Pedagogy, with Thia Wolf

On this week’s episode, Dr. Thia Wolf shares about public sphere pedagogy. Guest: Thia Wolf Thia is a Professor of English and Director of the First-Year Experience Program at California State University, Chico, where she has worked since 1989. Prior to her appointment in the FYE program, she coordinated a variety of writing programs, including the first-year composition program and the writing across the disciplines program. Since 2006, she has been collaborating with faculty in several disci...
May 11, 2016

The Failure Episode, with Dave Stachowiak

Eight faculty share their failure stories on this special #100th episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. CV of Failures Johannes Haushofer’s CV of Failures HBR article about Johannes Haushofer Quotes At the time, I felt like I had to know everything in order to be a good teacher, so instead of admitting that I didn’t know the answer to the student’s question, I dismissed it. —Cameron Hunt-McNabb I think I understand way better now what kinds of issues my students think are important. —Doug McKe...
May 4, 2016

Encouraging Accountability, with Angela Jenks

Dr. Angela Jenks shares about her experiences encouraging accountability in her students on today’s episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Guest: Angela Jenks Angela is a medical anthropologist and Lecturer, PSOE (Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also directs the M.A. in Medicine, Science, and Technology Studies program. Quotes It’s not necessarily a kindness to not fulfill the requirements of the class...
April 27, 2016

The Skillful Teacher, with Stephen Brookfield

Stephen Brookfield shares about his book, The Skillful Teacher, on today’s episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes I think I internalized early in my career that my job was to talk, to profess. And that if I wasn’t talking, then I really wasn’t earning my money. I still feel that, and I fight against it constantly. —Stephen Brookfield Skillful teaching is whatever helps students learn. —Stephen Brookfield College students of any age should be treated as adults. ...
April 20, 2016

Integrating Personal Management Techniques into Curriculum, with Dustin Bakkie

Dustin Bakkie shares how to integrate effective study methods, learning tools, and personal management techniques as a part of your curriculum. Guest: Dustin Bakkie Lecturer at California State University, Chico email: dbakkie @ csuchico dot edu website: EpicHigherEd.com (coming soon) twitter: @dustinbakkie Quotes The best time to learn something is right as you’re about to forget it. —Dustin Bakkie A lot of the time, students are just looking for someone who is on their side. —Dustin B...
April 13, 2016

The Clinical Coach, with Jeffrey Wiese

On today’s episode, I have the honor of talking with Dr. Jeff Wiese about how he uses coaching skills in his teaching of residents. Guest: Dr. Jeff Wiese Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, is a Professor of Medicine with Tenure, and the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He is also Associate-Chairman of Medicine, the Chief of the Charity Medical Service and the Director of the Tulane Internal Medicine Residency Program. He has also served a...
April 6, 2016

Teaching in the Digital Age, with Mike Truong

In this week’s episode, Mike Truong and I discuss teaching in the digital age. Quotes In our instant and very distracted culture … it’s critical to learn how to pay attention. —Mike Truong As faculty, we need to find ways that force us to slow down. —Mike Truong I try to prioritize in-person interactions over virtual ones whenever possible. —Mike Truong It is a real discipline to turn off our devices … the default is to be connected all the time. —Mike Truong Resources Tim Stringer’s ...
March 30, 2016

Retrieval Practice, with Pooja Agarwal

On today’s episode, I get the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pooja Agarwal about retrieval practice. Guest: Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. Cognitive Scientist, Memory Expert, and Education Consultant, Founder of RetrievalPractice.org www.retrievalpractice www.poojaagarwal.com Twitter: @poojaagarwal Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is committed to bridging the gaps between research, teaching, and policy. Passionate about evidence-based education, Pooja has conducted retrieval practice research in a variety of...
March 23, 2016

Strength Through Habits, with Natalie Houston

Natalie Houston talks about strength through habits. Quotes Habits save us tremendous time and energy, but they can also lead us to doing a lot of things mindlessly. —Natalie Houston Sometimes we have goals or intentions that are outdated, they’re from who we used to be. —Natalie Houston Habits often work really well when they’re connected to each other. —Natalie Houston If you successfully create one habit, it’ll be easier to create others. —Natalie Houston All of us have habits that ...