Episodes

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni reflect on generous lessons from you on episode 500 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I am filled with gratitude today for all of the ways in which people have shared how this community has helped you to laugh boldly, cry openly, show up, think deeply, think again, be humble, connect generously, and amplify voices. -Bonni Stachowiak Let’s do 500 more! -Bonni Stachowiak [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half...

Will Hennessy shares about fostering neurodivergent learners’ growth on episode 499 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, internal and external tics that occur repeatedly in the same way. OCD is a neurological disorder that causes problems with information processing. -Will Hennessy I honestly thought that I just wasn’t as smart as my peers, that I just needed ...

Stein Brunvand talks about equipping educators to navigate artificial intelligence (AI) on episode 498 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode When a novice teacher might observe a more experienced teacher, they’re not always going to notice the kinds of decisions that the teacher is making that aren’t verbalized. -Stein Brunvand It’s not so much about learning a specific tool, but being open to learning what’s available to you and usin...

Paul Galbally & Fevronia Christodoulidi discuss personalized learning pedagogies on episode 497 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The closer we get to each other, the more we understand each other. -Paul Galbally This course will make you uncomfortable. And if it doesn’t, we’re not doing our job. -Paul Galbally We get to know our students, and they get to know us. -Paul Galbally A brave space is when you can make a space safe by talking about things. -Paul Ga...

Jennifer Coon talks about how to know our audience in an AI world on episode 496 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I’m always interested in talking with students about how they got to the point that they’re at today. -Jennifer Coon There is value in the blank slate. -Jennifer Coon Professors are the ones who are really training students to be the next economists, to be the next scientists, to be the next accountants, to be the n...

Tolulope (Tolu) Noah shares about using QR codes to design engaging learning experiences on episode 495 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode QR codes can be used to support universal design for learning (UDL) principles, specifically in regards to providing multiple means of engagement and providing multiple means of representation. -Tolulope (Tolu) Noah If your students created a video, why not create QR codes to share that video wi...

Todd Zakrajsek shares about the ones who are too often left behind in higher education on episode 494 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I don’t want to see a person left behind. -Todd Zakrajsek I just assumed that teaching looked a certain way, and then little by little, I started meeting different individuals who struggled for different reasons. -Todd Zakrajsek Teaching is the profession that makes all professions possible. -T...

Maha Bali exudes openness as a way of being on episode 493 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode I don’t really know everything I have to say, but I’m willing to share my unfinished thoughts with you and I am willing to be criticized for it. -Maha Bali If people don’t have the vocabulary to express how they feel, they’ll just say they are fine. -Maha Bali This is a space where everyone in the room has to be collectively inclusive, a...

Mike Caulfield shares about Verified, which he co-authored with Sam Wineburg, on episode 492 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode The real impact is that you have a number of people within a community that kind of keep other people in check. -Mike Caulfield The field of argumentation theory has provided illuminating insights. -Mike Caulfield I want you to have the tools to be taken seriously. -Mike Caulfield I want you to be able...

Stephen Bloch-Schulman talks about teaching through experiences on episode 491 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode When students tell me what they think their beliefs are, what I’m hearing is what they wish they believe, not what they believe. -Stephen Bloch-Schulman I think what we’re doing when we’re talking about beliefs is often just naming how we wish we were. -Stephen Bloch-Schulman [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Reso...

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak talk about navigating insecurity in teaching on episode 490 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode 20 years later and I still run into nervousness. The intensity and the kind of nervousness is different, and it often comes up in unsuspecting ways. -Dave Stachowiak How can you open the first 10 seconds of a class to capture attention, tell a story, and engage participants? -Dave Stachowiak I always...

Lindsay Doukopoulos talks about teaching with artificial intelligence on episode 489 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Learning is exceptionally difficult to really assess in a meaningful way at scale. -Lindsay Doukopoulos Students are almost exactly at the same place that faculty are in terms of their skepticism and anxiety about these tools. -Lindsay Doukopoulos Learning is change. -Lindsay Doukopoulos [/divwrap][divwrap cla...

Karen Costa shares about climate action pedagogy on episode 488 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Start where you are. -Karen Costa Some folks are starting to use these renewable resources like solar and wind to power servers. -Karen Costa [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources adrienne maree brown Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown Holding Change, by adrienne maree brown Pithari, example from Sandie Morgan’...

Ijeoma Nwaogu shares about her book on Overcoming Imposter Anxiety on episode 487 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode We start to question ourselves, and that feeling is really uncomfortable. -Ijeoma Nwaogu One word that I use in the book is called imposterize. -Ijeoma Nwaogu It’s so valuable to be around diverse folks, folks who are different from you, but it’s so important to also be in with like-minded folks, folks who look lik...

Jenae Cohn speaks about design for learning on episode 486 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode At the core of any class we’re teaching, we have to think about how a student or a user is going to navigate through that experience. -Jenae Cohn I encourage a balance of getting some feedback from your students after the class is over and using the analytics within it to come to some conclusions about what you could revise or do different...

Pia Lauritzen shares how to use questions in new ways on episode 485 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode We know that questions are extremely powerful. -Pia Lauritzen We actually use questions to distribute responsibility. -Pia Lauritzen [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources Pia Lauritzen’s website Questions: Brief Books About Big Ideas, by Pia Lauritzen What You Don’t Know About Questions (TEDx Talk) Six Reasons Succes...

Sarah Silverman shares an introduction to neurodiversity on episode 484 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Autism is increasingly understood as a spectrum condition and experience. -Sarah Silverman It is important to reflect on your own educational journey. -Sarah Silverman [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources Instructors are learners too: Making faculty development accessible to faculty, by Sarah Silverman A correctio...

Jesse Stommel shares about Undoing the Grade on episode 483 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode For us to be talking about something like unlearning or ungrading, there’s an irony in that because we are the people who need to do that work the most and the people for whom that work is probably the hardest. -Jesse Stommel The only wrong way to do something is to do it unintentionally, to do it in a way that isn’t carefully thinking th...

Isis Artze-Vega and Oscar Miranda Tapia discuss Connections Are Everything on episode 482 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If it’s not working for you and you can’t maintain a certain level of wellness, then it’s not working. No matter what you’re seeing happen in your students, it is not working because it cannot happen at the cost of your wellness. – Isis Artze-Vega It’s about being present. – Isis Artze-Vega The relationship that you have with someone does n...

Derek Bruff shares about assignment makeovers in the AI age on episode 481 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode The technologies at play in higher education changed dramatically in a very short amount of time, and that required us to kind of rethink what we were doing as teachers. -Derek Bruff For my course, I felt like it is fine to teach them to write using the AI tools as long as I can help them learn to use the tools well. -Derek...

Ryan Johnson shares about teaching philosophy outside on episode 480 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode What are the dominant sounds on campus? What are the kind of patterns at which people move? What are the movement of the trees versus the light versus the animals versus people? -Ryan Johnson The relationship between the teacher and a student is not intelligence to intelligence, but instead will to will. -Ryan Johnson A good dis...

Pooja Agarwal shares about lessons in life and retrieval practice on episode 479 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode 100 years of research demonstrates that the magic of learning happens at the third stage, the retrieval stage. -Pooja Agarwal I normalize forgetting, that’s part of learning. -Pooja Agarwal Be practical and realistic when it comes to incorporating the science of learning. -Pooja Agarwal [/divwrap][divwrap class=”o...

David Rhoads and Bonni Stachowiak revisit the topic of hyflex learning on episode 478 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Hyflex in general is a choice between in person and synchronous, or in person and asynchronous, or a choice of all three of those things. -David Rhoads [/divwrap][divwrap class=”one-half”] Resources Hyflex Learning Community Hybrid Flexible Course Design, edited by Brian J. Beatty Episode 309: Hyflex Learning w...

Yasser Tamer discusses ways of being intentionally inclusive on episode 477 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. [divwrap class=”one-half first”] Quotes from the episode Students are not actually advised to memorize or even to learn a theory by heart, but they are advised to reflect. -Yasser Tamer Do whatever you are interested in. -Yasser Tamer Let students choose their own pathway. -Yasser Tamer It is equitable, but let’s make it more accessible. -Yasser Tamer [/divwrap][divwrap cl...