Teaching in Higher Ed

  Robin DeRosa discusses considering open education with an interdisciplinary lens on episode 195 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode How do we make higher education more accessible to learners by rethinking the structures of our programs? —Robin DeRosa It’s really about empowering learners. —Robin DeRosa Design structures that reflect the fact that universities are...

James Wilson on episode 194 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast shares about Interactive Theatre in the classroom. Quotes from the episode Humans are hardwired for learning by doing. —James Wilson Everybody in everyday life is an actor … it shouldn’t be deemed an untouchable art form. —James Wilson I haven’t come across a medium of teaching which attaches a higher state of emotion to learning exp...

Amer Ahmed shares how higher ed rates in diversity and inclusion on episode 193 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Are we healing when we’re in a constant state of frustration? —Amer F. Ahmed Getting people off the defensive is really important. —Amer F. Ahmed People don’t just snap their fingers … and then be a fundamentally different person. —Amer F. Ahmed The moment I...

Eric Loepp discusses how he uses data to stimulate student learning on episode 192 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Beyond Polls: Using Science and Student Data to Stimulate Learning FiveThirtyEight New York Times Washington Post You Draw It: What Got Better or Worse During Obama’s Presidency Qualtrics Parks and Recreation

Ric Montelongo describes how he creates immersive learning experiences in online classes on episode 191 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If you experiment, look at what support your institution has to offer. —Ric Montelongo Technology isn’t limited to online classes. —Ric Montelongo Be very mindful of privacy — not everyone likes to be recorded. —Ric Montelongo Resourc...

Eddie talks about studying our teaching and his new book: Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past: Research on High Impact, Active Learning Practices * on episode 190 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We should take teaching … as seriously as we take researching. —C. Edward Watson Are students learning what we are trying to ensure that they learn? —C. Edward Watson R...

Judith Boettcher shares her expertise designing online experiences for learners on episode 189 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Autonomy really means helping students have their own sense of self. —Judith Boettcher What we really want to do is structure experiences where we don’t have the answers. —Judith Boettcher Review your courses and see where you can take the ans...

Anastasia Salter on episode 188 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast discusses designing inclusive games for the Higher Ed classroom. Quotes from the episode What comes out of it is what someone imagines. —Anastasia Salter The first thing to decide is why you are making the game. How do you want people to encounter this concept you have? —Anastasia Salter Start out trying to build the thing that b...

Todd Zakrajsek discusses laptops – friend or foe? – on episode 187 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Laptops weren’t the problem to begin with — attention was the problem. —Todd Zakrajsek Banning the problem doesn’t change the attention to you — it changes it to something else. —Todd Zakrajsek We live in a better system of thinking than dichotomies. —Todd Za...

Eddie Watson shares about assessing the impact of open educational resources on episode 186 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Episode 137 – Eddie talked about Teaching Naked Techniques Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes by Antonio Bowen and‎ C. Edward Watson * OpenStax at Rice University National Survey of Student Engagement Chemi...

Christian Friedrich shares about privacy and safety in online learning on episode 185 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Privacy and safety are not the same thing. —Christian Friedrich Safety and privacy usually are contextual. —Christian Friedrich Notes Nishant Shah: Making Safe (you look different, gender is different, so let’s invent something that prevents people lik...

Pooja Agarwal discusses the science of retrieval practice on episode 184 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Lyle, K. B., & Crawford, N. A. (2011). Retrieving essential material at the end of lectures improves performance on statistics exams . Teaching of Psychology, 38(2), 94-97. Roediger III, H. L., & Karpicke, J. D. (2006). Test-enhanced learning: Taking memory tes...

Robin DeRosa inspired us through open education on episode 183 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What is invisible to me about my teaching that could be better? —Robin DeRosa I had taught my students to devalue their work. —Robin DeRosa Open is not the opposite of private. —Robin DeRosa How do we need to build it differently to get different participation? —Robin DeRosa...

Christian Friedrich discusses equity in learning design on episode 182 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I always try to work with the learners themselves. —Christian Friedrich Lots of faculty fall into the trap of judging people’s contexts by looking at their own … that’s how we work as humans. —Christian Friedrich There are many layers where you cannot be “right” in y...

Dave and Bonni Stachowiak share ideas for holiday gifts on this special 181st episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Greetabl * (15% off link) Blinkist * (free trial) Kindle * Audible * (2 free books + 30 days free) Article on digital reading Amazon Fresh * (free trial) Blue Apron * Acuity Scheduling * (free trial) Sanebox * (free trial and $15 off) Apple Watch Apple Air...

Katie Linder and Bonni Stachowiak talk about returning to the role of the student on episode 180 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We can become a student to become a better teacher. —Katie Linder People like to learn in different ways. —Katie Linder Returning to being a student helps you to have empathy. —Katie Linder Resources Mentioned The Blended Course Design Workb...

Paul Blowers discusses active learning in STEM courses on episode 179 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I am very open about my own failures. —Paul Blowers I tell students right up front: I will not be defeated. And I try to get them in that same mindset. —Paul Blowers My goal is to know every student name by the first week of class. —Paul Blowers My goal is to create a...

Remi Kalir talks about igniting our imagination in digital learning and pedagogy on episode 178 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Play is not a synonym for fun. —Remi Kalir Our ability to change our minds … is very important. —Remi Kalir Just because a research article has been finished and put out there … doesn’t mean the conversation is over. —Remi Kalir Resources Men...

Maria Andersen shares about how learning is not a spectator sport on episode 177 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I feel like we’ve made online learning really transactional. — Maria Andersen We’ve taken the joy and excitement out of learning. — Maria Andersen The world is not as cut and dried as the problems we see in text. — Maria Andersen You don’t actually learn un...

Bonni Stachowiak shares her experience attending OpenEd17, as well as other teaching lessons, on episode 176 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Open Education 2017 Conference Student Panel – Santa Ana college American Concrete Institute’s Annual Conference Robin DeRosa’s Open Textbooks post Pressbooks Matthew Bloom Scottsdale CC The Ohio State University Open Education...

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak answer listener questions on episode 175 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 1 Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 2 Choose Your Own Adventure Assessment National Center on Universal Design for Learning 159: Dynamic Lecturing with Todd Zakrajsek UDL guidelines – version 2.0 – Examples and reso...

Laura Gogia shares how to develop learning objectives for the 21st century on episode 174 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There are people out there who live and die by learning objectives, and there are people who think they are the work of the devil. —Laura Gogia Knowledge is a dynamic, creative process. —Laura Gogia There are going to be times when it needs to be o...

  David Webster and Nicola Rivers resist resilience and share other unpopular opinions on episode 173 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A very human approach to learning sees students as individuals. —David Webster I’m increasingly concerned with how anxious our students are. —Nicola Rivers This well-intentioned discourse is not as benign as it seems. —Nicola River...

John Warner shares about values, interdisciplinary knowledge, and pedagogy on episode 172 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I realized I could make choices consistent with what I think is important. —John Warner What we think is best is highly dependent on our values. —John Warner Attention by itself is not a function of learning. —John Warner The classroom belongs to t...

Anton Tolman shares about his book Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students edited by Anton O. Tolman and Janine Kremling on episode 171 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Everybody who has taught has run into student resistance in one form or another. —Anton Tolman We need to start seeing student resistance as a signal. —Ant...