Episodes

In this episode, Dave Stachowiak joins me to answer community questions. Podcast notes Bonni gives an update on lessons from cheating lessons episode with James Lang Community Questions Gilbert asks: How do I engage students in discussion boards? WordPress.com A domain of one’s own (talked about on episode 18 with Audrey Watters) Use different mediums to mix it up each week Engage in some meaningful way with at least one other person YouTube’s creator studio A listener asks: How do I t...

Catching a student cheating can evoke all sorts of feelings: frustration, disappointment, anger, ambivalence. In episode 19 of Teaching in Higher Ed, Dr. James M. Lang joins me to talk about lessons learned from cheating. Podcast notes Our reactions to cheating Disheartening experience Feels personal You’re the last thing on their mind. When a student is cheating… their cheating isn’t an assault on your and your values. – James M. Lang The reality of how many students are cheating in highe...

Audrey Watters joins me for episode 18 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to talk about how technology is changing higher education. Podcast notes Audrey Watters on Twitter Kassandra in Greek mythology Kassandra on Urban Dictionary Alan Levine @CogDog University of Mary Washington’s Maker Space The mythology Science and technology obsession We tend to not look at the past very well, in considering EdTech The history of teaching machines Predates computers Patents in late 1800s buildin...

Guest Dr. Janine Utell Bio Blog Profile on Academia.edu Study your own teaching Be a reflective practitioner Collect data on yourself Involve the students Teaching is something that is happening all of the time. – Dr. Janine Utell Bonni used Remind service/app to connect with her students to see if the song sung at the start of this This American Life episode was still in their heads, the day after we listened to it in class The Dip The Course of a Course, by James Athernon The trouble...

Biology, the brain, and learning Guest Dr. Joshua Eyler, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University His Bio on Rice University’s Center for Teaching Excellence His Blog Follow Josh Eyler on Twitter Initial interest in the field of teaching and learning as a scientific enterprise What the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain Brain-based learning Amazing discoveries, but some limitations Gulf was created between the scientists and educators Cherry-picking results Too l...

The reading has been assigned. You have prepared the questions, in advance. As you ask them, you are met by blank stares. This week on Teaching in Higher Ed: How to get students to participate in discussion with Dr. Stephen Brookfield. Podcast notes My guest this week is Dr. Stephen Brookfield. His career has spanned decades, with a focus on helping those of us in higher ed more effective at facilitating learning. Guest information Dr. Stephen Brookfield His band: The 99ers Playing music… br...

Dave and I talk about how to deal with students that we perceive as difficult, engaging them in the learning experiences in higher ed. Podcast notes Engaging difficult students in higher ed Guest: Dave Stachowiak Dave and I talk about how to engage students that we perceive as difficult. We start by describing the dangers in labeling people as difficult. Be cautious about focusing on the more challenging students, at the expense of the learner who is engaged and desiring to learn. Dave tell...

Help classrooms become worthy of human habitation… a dialog with Chip Espinoza on generational cohorts, specifically millennials. Podcast notes Generations “We aren’t saying that all these people are the same, just because they are the same age.” “My desire is not to have a conversation about millennials, but have a conversation with millennials. I don’t want to have a conversation about professors; I want to have a conversation with professors.” Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World th...

It that season again: A lot of new faces and a lot of new names. How to get better at learning students’ names. Podcast notes How to get better at learning names Dave and I talk about the approaches we use to learn students’ names. Attendance2 iphone app on iTunes (iOS) There is an iPad app, in addition to the iPhone app, but they don’t sync/connect with each other. It is best to choose the device that you’ll have with you during each class session, to make the process of attendance tracking ...

It can be stressful to head back into another year of teaching in higher ed. However, there certainly are actions we can take to make our experience more peaceful and be more present for our students as we get our new academic year underway. Our foci for the Fall Sandie and I share about where we are focused for the start to our academic year. We both have very different roles at the university, but share a desire for continually wanting to improve our students’ learning experiences in our cla...

It is going to take creative collaboration to better equip college students to develop 21st century skills. My guest, Jeff Hittenberger, has worked in higher ed, K-12; in the U.S. and abroad; and as a teacher and as an administrator. His unique perspective helps us think about how to prepare our students in higher ed for tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities. Inspiration from childhood in Haiti Learned from experiences growing up in Haiti. Most common response to the question: “What’s up?” ...

Librarians can be such a wonderful resource to us as faculty. Today’s guests are Georgia Tech Academic Librarians: Mary Axford and Crystal Renfro. They have been a tremendous help to me – and I’ve never even met them in person. Call it a testament to the power of academic personal knowledge management… Episode 9: Academic personal knowledge management These are the notes from our dialog together about academic personal knowledge management for academic researchers and librarians. Podcast note...

Enough with the hypothetical. Now we share what tools we use in our personal knowledge management systems. Podcast notes This episode walks through each of the phases of a personal knowledge management system and the tools we each use for each step. Discipline of finding information, making meaning of it, and sharing it with others. Personal knowledge management definition “Discipline of seeking from diverse sources of knowledge, actively making sense through action and experimentation and ...

Personal knowledge management and mastery. How to capture information, curate it, and create new knowledge from it. It can be so challenging to keep up with everything we have on our plates, let alone to what’s happening in the world and in areas that are most important to us. Podcast notes Guest: Dave Stachowiak This episode introduces the terms personal knowledge mastery and management. Discipline of finding information, making meaning of it, and sharing it with others. Personal mastery “...

How can we use silence to condition our students to answer the questions we pose? Podcast notes: Eight seconds of silence that will transform your teaching It is counter-intuitive. We want students to engage with us, so we pose questions. Then, they just look at us, or down at their desks, with a pained or bored expression. We decide this whole question-asking thing is for the birds… or, at least, for a different kind of class/discipline than the one in which we teach. Guest: Dave Stachowiak ...

Overcome the excuses we make that stop us from pursuing more professional development opportunities in this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. There’s a sign posted in our local (and beloved) grocery store: Trader Joe’s. “Please do not use this machine if you have not been trained,” it reads. The machine in question is a drink dispenser. As absurd as this is, in some cases, there’s more training required to dispense raspberry lemonade than there is to teach a college class. Guest: Dave Stachowi...

How to formulate, refine, and articulate your teaching philosophy. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Podcast notes The academic portfolio: A practical guide to documenting teaching, research, and service by J. Elizabeth Miller Miller provides examples of the narrative from actual promotion and tenure portfolios. What is a teaching philosophy? Why we teach. Why teaching matters. Not just a formula for teaching structure, but the rationale behind the structure. Why is having a teaching philos...

This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Lessons in Teaching from The Princess Bride The Princess Bride on Facebook – official site Store (selling magnets… if only today’s fridges were magnetic) Princess Bride party game IMDB: The Princess Bride Test your knowledge: The Princess Br...

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes n/a [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources Mentioned Introduction to Rubrics*: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedb...

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Guest Dave Stachowiak, Ed.D Strawberry Farms Three things my children have taught me about teaching in higher ed It’s often not about me You never know what they’ll remember It’s the littl...