CETL: The Podcast

Dr. Caran Howard and Dr. Gayle Rhineberger reframe online teaching around student needs rather than content delivery. For example, Dr. Rhineberger's students, many of whom work full-time in criminal justice, can't attend synchronous sessions, so she's built a course structure around flexibility, personal connection, and transparency that respects their constraints. Faculty teaching asynchronous co...

What gets lost when we automate? Dr. Kevin Mason, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa, uses an unexpected analogy: you can get an efficient cheeseburger at McDonald's, or a better one from someone who cares about the human presence in the process. Applied to education, this raises questions about what automation gains in efficiency versus what it sacrifices in human c...

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Allison Rank, who joined the University of Northern Iowa in July 2025 and has already made an enormous impact on campus. Dr. Rank brings together a deep understanding of classroom practice, community engagement, and scholarly research on teaching and civic learning. In this episode, we explore student participation in the college classroom, not just as an instru...

In this episode, Wilson Rojas speaks with Deb Young and Rachel Morgan, faculty members at the University of Northern Iowa, about their research on students' use of AI in first-year writing classes. The conversation explores the implications of their research, the importance of clear communication about AI policies across disciplines, and strategies for helping students build confidence as writers...

In this episode of the CETL Podcast, host Jonathan Chenoweth sits down with Angie Cox, Associate Professor at UNI’s Rod Library and liaison librarian for several Health Sciences departments, to explore the evolving role of information literacy in higher education. Angie shares how information literacy connects with other key literacies—digital, media, data, and AI—while emphasizing the core skills...

In the first episode of this season of the CETL Podcast, Jonathan Chenoweth hosts a panel discussion on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations influence digital accessibility in higher education, particularly at the University of Northern Iowa. The panel includes: Leah Gutknecht, Assistant to the President and Director of Civil Rights Compliance at UNI. Magdalena Galloway, Instr...