Teaching in Higher Ed

Jeremy Podany explores career leadership and learning on episode 220 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Circles of trust matter to students. —Jeremy Podany Resources Mentioned Everyday Innovators on The Career Leadership Collective Social Innovation for the Future of College Career Education: The Big Problem Lessons from Early Social Innovators

Rebecca Pope Ruark discusses her book, Agile Faculty, on episode 219 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What if we create experiences rather than courses? —Rebecca Pope-Ruark How do we help our students learn rather than just play school? —Rebecca Pope-Ruark The goal of articulating tasks is to break them down into reasonable chunks. —Rebecca Pope-Ruark Resources Mention...

Alan Levine shares how he creates courses as stories on episode 218 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Instead of thinking about the world through headline news stories, think about it through the experiences that people have living in these different communities. —Alan Levine You get better by just practicing. Not rote practicing, but stuff where you’re free to explore....

Jesse Stommel shares about how to ungrade on episode 217 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The worst rubrics don’t create space for surprise or discovery. —Jesse Stommel Asking [students] to evaluate themselves ends up being a really important learning experience. —Jesse Stommel Something as complicated as learning can’t be reduced to … rows in a spreadsheet. —Jesse Sto...

Peter Felten discusses the research on engaging learners on episode 216 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Notes from the episode Shape what our students do and what they think in the most efficient ways possible. —Peter Felten Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the stud...

Bryan Dewsbury describes teaching as an act of social justice and equity on episode 215 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Mistakes are normal, but how you respond to the challenges is what will make you a better intellectual. —Bryan Dewsbury It is not my job to give them information — it is my job to extract potential they already have. —Bryan Dewsbury Don’t assume you...

Stephen Finley, Lori Martin, and Biko Mandela Gray share about their article: “Affirming Our Values”: African American Scholars, White Virtual Mobs, and the Complicity of White University Administrators on episode 214 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I try to have very honest conversations with my students. —Stephen Finley You have to have integrity before you stand be...

Harold Jarche discusses personal knowledge mastery on episode 213 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode You can’t turn data into information until you have the knowledge to understand the data. —Harold Jarche We are the sum of our interactions, our experiences, with others. —Harold Jarche Whatever you do, make it shareable. —Harold Jarche Leadership in the network era is he...

Bonni Stachowiak answers listener questions on episode 212 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We actually can create motivation in the students we have. —Robert Talbert Motivation is hard work. —Robert Talbert Resources Mentioned Email debt forgiveness day Question 1: Assessing reflective essays Episode 209 with Asao Inoue How to Ungrade, by Jesse Stommel Assessing refle...

Quotes from the episode The questions that we ask are often not really the questions that we’re asking. —Catherine Haras People learn through emotions. —Catherine Haras People learn when they’re surprised. —Catherine Haras Resources Mentioned Noel Burch and the Four Stages for Learning Any New Skill  Sarah Rose Cavanaugh on Teaching in Higher Ed The Spark of Learning by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh *

James Lang shares about teaching the Literature Survey course on episode 210 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What do we expect, in terms of breadth of knowledge within a discipline, and how do you get students to learn that? —James Lang Deep learning is when students create connections between the course material and their own lives. —James Lang Where are the opportun...

Asao B. Inoue discusses antiracist writing assessment ecologies on episode 209 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Racism is a set of structures that often are invisible to us because they seem so natural. —Asao B. Inoue We all come from and work in hegemonic systems. —Asao B. Inoue I don’t think that anyone is a bad person … what we have are bad systems. —Asao B. Inoue T...

Bonni Stachowiak shares the 208 backstory on episode 208 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Do what you can to find out the lay of the land and don’t rely solely on interviews. —Bonni Stachowiak   Resources Mentioned Charlie’s Angels TextExpander * Managing Transitions, 25th anniversary edition: Making the Most of Change by William Bridges * The Way Of Transit...

Wendy Purcell shares about rethinking higher education on episode 207 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think you’re seeing that universities now are needing to be much more connected to the society we serve. —Wendy Purcell You really will be learning throughout your life. —Wendy Purcell The very best education should transform you. —Wendy Purcell You are supporting t...

Jeffery Galle discusses inquiry-based learning on episode 206 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Students get excited when they’re confronted with problems which they have confidence to explore. —Jeffery Galle Being an actively engaged student is not easy. —Jeffery Galle Start small and work outward from there. —Jeffery Galle Resources Mentioned Inquiry-Based Learning fo...

Jay Parkes and Dawn Zimmaro discuss their book The College Classroom Assessment Compendium: A Practical Guide to the College Instructor’s Daily Assessment Life on episode 205 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We see the need both for that just-in-time answer but also for faculty to do more thinking systematically about why they do what they do. —Jay Parkes Stop and say,...

Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares about her book, The Spark of Learning, and more on episode 204 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Students are not going to learn if they’re not engaged, if they’re not curious. —Sarah Rose Cavanagh Students will remain engaged … if we initially generate excitement. —Sarah Rose Cavanagh We need to be authentically ourselves. —Sarah Rose Cavanag...

Jan H. Jensen shares about his flipped classroom on episode 203 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I didn’t flip the whole classroom at once. —Jan H. Jensen If you really have to generate your own teaching material … then videos are the fastest way of doing that. —Jan H. Jensen If you’re starting a course from scratch … it’s not that much more work to flip it. —Jan H. Je...

Kevin Jones describes ways we can support our students who are veterans on episode 202 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode They feel like it’s very difficult for them to relate to the other students on campus. —Kevin Jones Your education doesn’t end when you finish your degree. —Kevin Jones Work with the community you’re in. —Kevin Jones I think everybody in higher ed nee...

Dave Stachowiak and I talk about frictionless systems on episode 201 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I’ve realized the importance of ending the day well and that having a sense of accomplishment is really important. —Dave Stachowiak Let’s automate all the things we can automate so we can spend more time doing the things we should never automate. —Dave Stachowiak Once...

Maha Bali, Robin DeRosa, and Mike Truong discuss changing our minds about teaching on episode 200 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I have learned that I don’t need to defend technology. —Mike Truong What happens if you structurally start to build [courses] around the real-world issues that students are bringing in? —Robin DeRosa In certain times of my life I think bett...

Sierra Smith shares a student’s perspective on episode 199 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode College is a lot more traditional than I expected. —Sierra Smith I love a class that allows for natural interactions with other students. —Sierra Smith What you put into an experience is what you get out of it. —Sierra Smith I feel like it’s very non-productive when a professor...

Nic Holt shares about the intersections between play, games, and learning on episode 198 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Always try to create those cross-silo engagements. —Nic Holt Before we can all learn together, we have to be nice and good to one another. —Nic Holt If you have a new piece of technology in your class … let everybody play with it. —Nic Holt To learn...

Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan describe how inclusivity can help close the achievement gap on episode 197 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode How do I communicate that their work ethic was actually more important than innate ability? —Viji Sathy When I first started teaching, I thought the classroom had to look a certain way. —Kelly Hogan The attention span of a class goes do...

Nicholas Hengen Fox shares about his book, Reading as Collective Action , on episode 196 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE Like a lot of faculty members and grad students, I have a lot of privilege. That shapes the way I see the world and interact with texts. —Nicholas Hengen Fox Resources Mentioned September 11 attacks Sep 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden Grapes of Wrath * by Jo...