Episodes

Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence. -Jon Ippolito It’s a problem because...

Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode In the college classroom, we don’t often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that’s worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication. -Judith Dutill Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree...

Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once ...

Leon Furze shares the myth of the AI first draft on episode 521 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode We need to provide opportunities for people to find things hard, to persevere, and to see if they come out the other side. -Leon Furze For me, brainstorming, idea generation, drafting, all of that is far more important than the finished product itself. -Leon Furze If we’re going to accuse students of cheating and then allow professo...

Dave Stachowiak interviews Bonni about Bird Brains on episode 520 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks. -Bonni Stachowiak For those of us that teach in a higher education context, there are so many different classroom observation tools that are far more grounded in research. -Bonni Stachowiak Let’s celebrate it for the whole 10th year. We are going to be launching an opportunit...

Danielle De La Mare shares how to foster self compassion as a professor on episode 519 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode And I worked way, way, way, way, way harder than I should have because I thought that if I didn’t work hard, people would see that I wasn’t worthy of being their teacher. -Danielle De La Mare Let’s just take a second and really feel all the pain that you’ve been feeling. And put your hands over your heart. -Dan...

José Bowen shares about Teaching with AI on episode 518 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode The technology changed the standard that we accept. -José Bowen There’s a huge equity issue here, but there’s also an opportunity to raise standards. -José Bowen There are different things that AI can do to help us with student learning. -José Bowen AI has the capability to increase our ability to have relationships with students by takin...

C. Edward Watson talks about thinking with and about AI on episode 517 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Where will things be 2 and a half years? And how do you prepare students for that world that’s rapidly evolving? -Eddie Watson You must use AI as a starting point in the real world. -Eddie Watson Even the best tool on the market says that it gets it wrong one out of 20 times. You know, there’s a false positive. It’ll accuse a...

Karen Robert + Aga Palalas share about their co-edited book, Presence in the Online World, a Contemplative Perspective and Practice for Educators, on episode 516 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode This practice really focuses on the beautiful part of us, which is compassion. -Aga Palalas What is my intention? Why am I here right now? -Aga Palalas Practices take practice. -Karen Robert Come back to yourself. -Karen Robert Resources Presence in the Online Worl...

Jody Greene discusses faculty’s role in student success on episode 515 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode The special power of literature comes from that capacity to have one foot in the factual or the real and one foot in the imagination or the fictional. -Jody Greene We know that there are so many other important elements to students’ success, their well-being, their thriving, their career pathways, their ability to pursue intere...

Joe Hoyle shares lessons from more than 50 years of teaching and from his free book: Transformative Education, on episode 514 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode If you want to become a better teacher, find someone who has an interest in teaching like you do. -Joe Hoyle Great teaching is terribly, terribly complicated. -Joe Hoyle Having a good teacher who is kind to you is very, very important. -Joe Hoyle Your success, or your l...

Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss share how to develop your MicroSkills – small actions for big impact on episode 513 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I love that no is a complete sentence. -Resa Lewiss Taking intentional deliberate breaks makes you even more effective and efficient at work. -Resa Lewiss In academics, we are told to always say yes. -Resa Lewiss [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources MicroSkills: Small A...

Tolulope (Tolu) Noah describes how to create engaging microlecturees on episode 512 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Microlectures prompt students to do something with the information they’re learning. -Tolu Noah I always find myself learning so much more about the power and potential of my devices through watching his videos than I would ever figure out just by tinkering around on the device on my own. -Tolu Noah Providing inf...

David Clark discusses using alternative grading practices to foster student learning on episode 511 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Does this represent what I really care about? -David Clark Most of us are used to giving feedback in some way, but making it helpful is the tough part. -David Clark A reassessment always needs some reflective parts, some metacognition, because that’s part of the feedback loop. -David Clark Peopl...

Robert Talbert shares about the principles of grading for growth on episode 510 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode In one shot, she can’t get a B in the class. And I sat there and just watched her sense of self worth and her excitement in the class just decay away right before my eyes. -Robert Talbert When you look at grades as we often use them in a traditional setting, they are much of what we do is under the guise of object what...

Kem Saichaie talks about how to teach in active learning spaces on episode 509 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Flexibility requires familiarity. -Kem Saichaie Oftentimes, at least at the research intensive level, we have this false comparison between STEM and non STEM types of teaching in classrooms. -Kem Saichaie At the heart of many active learning classroom design spaces is the concept of flexibility. -Kem Saichaie [/divw...

Scott Shigeoka shares about his book SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World on episode 508 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode It is a really beautiful experience to have multiple generations in the same house where we’re all just living and learning alongside one another. -Scott Shigeoka Students can feel unsafe on their campuses because of the discourse or the lack of discourse. -Scott Shigeoka [/divwra...

Tamara (Tami) Shetron shares a vision of higher education for all (including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities on episode 507 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode My background is in a field called developmental education, which is some people used to call it remedial education, but the term evolved into developmental because remedial is the idea of fixing things, whereas developmental follows more the natural huma...

Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students. -Justin Shaffer The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment. -Justin Shaffer I don’t think the structu...

Karen Costa shares how role clarity and boundaries can help us thrive on episode 505 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I saw people being asked to, like, completely revamp their entire course and learn how to online, but nothing was removed from their plate. -Karen Costa So the first question I want folks to ask themselves is what are my qualifications in this role. -Karen Costa Just because you are qualified to do it does not m...

Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz share about Higher Education for Good on episode 504 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode People are in a state of despair. -Laura Czerniewicz Sometimes sets of values are at odds with the measuring systems in the university. -Laura Czerniewicz Little moments of glimmers of innovation, not in the business sense of the word, but in the imaginative sense of the word, are good enough. -Laura Czerniewicz We tried to model the va...

Safary Wa-Mbaleka + Leni Casimiro share about their work in online higher education around the globe on episode 503 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode As we deal with our local contexts, we adjust according to the culture of the people and how they learn. -Leni Casimiro Eventually I went to study and get a degree in about online education, then it really became a part of who I am today as an educator. -Safary Wa-Mbaleka The definition of online education is much ...

Dave Cormier shares about his new book, Learning in a Time of Abundance, on episode 502 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I want you to include the word hate in front of learning styles and see what happens. -Dave Cormier It’s not about it being right or wrong. It’s about understanding where people are from. -Dave Cormier I value the headspace of a child whenever they’re learning. And I value that more than whether or not they g...

Autumm Caines + Maya Barak help us with expanding our collective understanding of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on episode 501 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It’s good to be skeptical. -Autumm Caines And I feel like a lot of times students sign up for all these accounts without reading the terms of service, without reading the privacy policy, without thinking about the data that we’re giving over, and without thinking about how that data could be used...