Episodes

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak share about ways to reduce the potential for introducing bias while grading exams. PODCAST NOTES Grading exams with Integrity In today’s episode, Dave Stachowiak and I share about ways to reduce the potential for introducing bias while grading exams. Risks of bias in grading exams Halo effect Exam-based halo effect Inflating favorite students’ grades Vikram David Amar calls “expectations effect” Exhaustion factor Techniques to reduce potential bias Blind grading ...

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak revisit the topic of personal knowledge management and discuss how our processes have evolved. Podcast notes Personal knowledge management revisited James Lang’s article in The Chronicle about Teaching in Higher Ed Harold Jarche PKM is a set of processes, individually constructed, to help each of us make sense of our world, work more effectively, and contribute to society. PKM means taking control of your professional development, and staying connected in the network...

Ainissa Ramirez shares about how and why to make challenging subjects fun. Making challenging subjects fun Guest: Dr. Ainissa Ramirez http://www.ainissaramirez.com/bio.html https://youtu.be/H5TNkGC4p3Q “I learned that this thing of investigating and being curious around the world was the thing that people called science.” -Ainissa Ramirez Early influences The television show 321 contact https://youtu.be/-4273oOYy7s “By seeing my reflection in this young [African American] lady on televis...

Josh Eyler, and Bonni Stachowiak talk about lessons in teaching from Pixar. PODCAST NOTES #065: Teaching lessons from Pixar Guest: Dr. Joshua Eyler, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University Former guest on episode #016, Biology, the Brain, and Learning Josh Eyler’s Blog Josh Eyler on Twitter Josh’s Pixar course The hero’s journey Loss in children’s media WallE – environmental messages, religious messages/themes Student-taught teaching, supported by Rice’s Cente...

Bonni Stachowiak shares how she improves her productivity through a structured, weekly review. Podcast notes The Weekly Review Getting Things Done, by David Allen Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them. – David Allen Having a system you trust GTD Methodology Guides LifeHacker’s guide to the weekly review GET CLEAR Scannable Inbox zero for all inboxes (physical and electronic) Drafts app Brain dump / sweep GET CURRENT Review task manager (I use OmniFocus) Review calendar (las...

Bonni Stachowiak shares about the triumphs and failures in her first day of teaching this semester. Podcast notes Triumphs and failures of day 1 Thanks for the encouragement on the Terrors of Teaching episode #059 Mac Power Users episode on emergency preparedness Content warnings Rick rolls You are an idiot Failures Treyvon trip up Race is on my mind Stephen Brookfield – The Skillful Teacher – micro-agressions Peter Newbury on episode #053 Forgotten supplies Planbook Triumphs Mostly...

Rebecca Campbell shares about the power of mindset. Podcast notes Mindset Guest: Dr. Rebecca Campbell Recommended by Michelle Miller, from episode #026. Associate Professor of Education and the Director and Department Chair for Academic Transition Programs at Northern Arizona University. Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. – Christopher Robin Background on mindset Early introductions Dissertation work ...

Lee Skallerup Bessette joins me to talk about how to deal with and manage when stuff get’s out of control in our lives, as well as how to address those situations when it happens to our students. Podcast notes Guest: Dr. Lee Skallerup Bessette Faculty Instructional Consultant at the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at the University of Kentucky Dr. Skallerup on Twitter: @readywriting Dr. Skallerup on Inside Higher Ed Digital humanities … the intersection between technolo...

Edward Oneill joins me to talk about practical instructional design. Podcast notes Practical instructional design Guest Edward Oneill, Senior instructional designer at Yale. Teach Better Podcast I know a little bit about a lot of things. – Edward Oneill (and also Diana Krall, etc.) What Edward’s clients often need intuitively-appealing ways of conceptualizing the learning process a survey of the relevant tools & which fit their needs & capacities Edward’s special skill …finding the poi...

Bonni Stachowiak shares some of her fears about teaching and ways that she often attempts to resolve them. Podcast Notes The Skillful Teacher, by Stephen Brookfield Common fears Quantity over quality Confusion Lacking balance Being inadequate Attempts to resolve fears Carve out time for deeper connections Use checklists and leverage Remind more Ideal week template | Outsource (virtual assistants)/insource and say no more often Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less, by Greg Mc...

Jesse Stommel, shares about how he enhances his teaching with Twitter. Podcast notes Teaching with Twitter Guest: Jesse Stommel About Hybrid Pedagogy Twitter basics Getting started with Twitter Jesse’s blog post: Teaching with Twitter Twitter Pedagogy: An educator down the Twitter rabbit hole, by Kelsey Schmitz The rules of Twitter, by Dorothy Kim Jesse’s background When I grew up, I always wanted to have my own school… [Hybrid Pedagogy] is not really as much a repository for articles, bu...

Mark Hofer shares how he implements Universal Design for Learning in his teaching, so that all students have the opportunity to learn. Podcast notes Guest: Mark Hofer Universal design for learning Student, Tony, who helped Mark identify the need for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) …gives all individuals equal opportunities to learn. – National Center on Universal Design for Learning National Center on Universal Design for Learning UDL on Campus Interactive version of UDL guidelines Pr...

Managing email using the Inbox Zero approach. Podcast notes Getting to zero inbox Be strategic about what times you check email Use email like a real mailbox with physical mail Leverage a to do list / task manager Make use of snippets for commonly-asked questions (TextExpander or Breevy) Schedule meetings with doodle or the best day Create a hub for committees and other collaboration Merlin Mann’s video on Inbox Zero Recommendations Bonni recommends: Tim Stringer’s Learn OmniFocus cal...

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak talk calendar management. Podcast notes Guest: Dave Stachowiak Dave shared about his “Wayne’s World” moment, coming back as a guest on the show. Chart on Twitter about service hours invested by gender/race: hrs/wk assoc. profs spend on service by race/gender pic.twitter.com/vf4EA7xL6L — Tressie Mc (@tressiemcphd) June 28, 2015 Keep the calendar’s purpose central Exceptions to only having items calendared that have to happen at a particular time Grading, as a means...

Jonathan Malesic on finding meaning in our work. PODCAST NOTES Guest: Jonathan Malesic His blog Jon on Twitter What typically doesn’t show up on Jon’s bio: The Parking Lot Movie I learned a lot working as a parking lot attendant. I think it’s made me a better worker and a better person. – Jonathan Malesic Don’t search for “purpose.” You will fail. by Jonathan Malesic in The New Republic. Pursuing “purpose” Find your purpose! pic.twitter.com/m3WKV2tWAa — Jon Malesic (@JonMalesic) May 23, 2...

Peter Newbury joins me to talk about peer instruction and using clickers in the higher ed classroom. Early experiences with clickers The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative Achieving the most effective, evidence-based science education (effective science education, backed by evidence) The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI) is a multi-year project at The University of British Columbia aimed at dramatically improving undergraduate science education. The CWSEI helps departme...

Kevin Gannon shares ways how to respect our students in our teaching. Podcast notes Guest: Kevin Gannon Kevin shares the “behind the scenes” backdrop of the photo with the alligator (above and on his blog-about page). Book mocking college students that Kevin mentions has been retitled, it appears. Ignorance is Blitz: Mangled Moments of History from Actual College Students Kevin quotes Maslow: If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow On our percep...

Sandie Morgan and Bonni Stachowiak talk about how vulnerability shows up in our teaching. A former guest on Teaching in Higher Ed, Josh Eyler, gets me thinking about vulnerability in our teaching… Podcast notes Guest: Sandie Morgan Luke bringing me a broken egg yesterday. What’s this, Mommy? What was inside, Mommy? With vulnerability comes a lot of poop. Josh Eyler talking about how vulnerable our students need to be on episode 16 Wrote a powerful post about his wife’s health challenges an...

Past guests and listeners celebrate significant learning from 50 episodes of Teaching in Higher Ed. Many also share their recommendations to the listening community, too. Episode 50 Podcast Notes *** Dr. David Yates, Director Southeastern University Center for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching A Department of the School of Extended Education Cameron Hunt-McNabb on episode #24, shared how to cultivate creative assignments. David mentioned: Ken Bain on episode #36 Stephen Brookfield o...

Bonni Stachowiak provides an update on some of the edtech tools she experimented with in Spring 2015. Podcast Notes Slack Team communication for the 21st century. Imagine all your team communication in one pace, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Create channels, which include messages, files, and comments, inline images and video, rich line summaries, and integration with services you use every day, like Twitter, Dropbox and Google drive. How did we use it? Has default chann...

Scott Self and Bonni Stachowiak share how they each integrate Evernote into their classes and workflows. Even if you aren’t an Evernote user, you’re bound to pick up a few tips. Podcast notes Guest: Scott Self Director, University Access Programs, Abilene Christian University Productive Nerd Blog The landscape of options for notebook-type applications Microsoft OneNote Writing-specific applications, such as Ulysses or Scrivener Circus Ponies Notebook Guidance on maximizing the value of cou...

Todd Zakrajsek speaks about developing metacognition skills in our students. Podcast notes Todd Zakrajsek, Ph.D. Todd speaks at TEDxUNC Metacognition Todd’s two unusually low grades in college Our brain as a smart phone Working out our brains Multitasking Music, sleep, and exercise Defining terms Tools Asleep app on iOS Android white noise app Logitech wireless presenter Help students draw less cognitive energy on exams by giving them a preview of what it will be like to take a test i...

Bonni Stachowiak suggests strategies for ending well. Podcast notes Ending well Guard against student fatigue Sleep deprived Focused on the short term Challenged by their context Thinking a lot about context, especially after speaking with Steve Wheeler on episode #038) Beware the temptation to vent Josh Eyler reminded us of this on episode #016 Research shows it doesn’t help There was that research that said cursing helps, though Recognize their achievements Demonstrate how the learn...

Aaron Daniel Annas and I converse about how we have calibrated our teaching over time. Podcast Notes Calibrating our Teaching Aaron Daniel Annas Assistant professor of cinema arts Faculty Director of the Vanguard Sundance Program Reflections on year one Bonni reflects on her first year Taking things personally (a good lesson on how to avoid this is to hear Cheating Lessons author, James Lang, on episode #043) Aaron Daniel reflects on his first few semesters You’re not giving someone a g...