Course Stories

Ready for a story of educational evolution? On the latest episode of Course Stories, we dive into the inspiring transformation of TMC 330: Leading the Enterprise. What happens when you take a good course and make it truly exceptional? Join us as we chat with the passionate team behind this remarkable redesign, including Assistant Professor Joy Griffin and Instructional Designers Nick Lindquist and...

Dive into accessible learning! 🎧 Our latest episode features Dr. Jacob Bunch discussing disability reclamation, multimodal research, and empowering learners. Check it out!!

S0603: HCD 404 Advanced Concepts in the Science of Healthcare Delivery by Course Stories

Step into the time machine with Course Stories as we revisit our Live From the Inaugural FOLC Fest from 2024 as we get ready for FOLC 2025!! We are joined by Kileigh Erickson interviewing Maria Tatto, Katrina Volmer sharing their work with Timiebi Aganaba, and Wes Fleming and Michael Arseneault discussing AI. We also get a chance to introduce the FOLC Band!

It’s a pod-ception! We sit down with Roddy Nikpour, Assistant Teaching Professor, and DeAnna Soth, Director of Instructional Design, to discuss how they took podcasting from the studio to students online. Roddy shares some challenges they overcame to create an accelerated and comprehensive course about podcasts that covers the theoretical to the practical. Hear about how Liz and Roddy started thei...

In this insightful episode, Michael Miller sits down with Bonnie Chapman to delve into the innovative teaching approaches of TWC 301: Foundations of Writing for Digital Media. Bonnie chats about their unique strategy of using memes to foster an authentic learning environment, engaging students in a way that resonates with their digital-native sensibilities. We also explore the use of Slack as a pi...

Join the Course Stories team as Student Success and Retention Specialist, Michaela Owen, and Instructional Designer, Katrina Vollmer, sit down with the myth, the legend, Jonathan Davis, CIS 105 Instructor. Hear why Jonathan has become a bit of a Success Coach legend for his use of course communications through the Academic Status Report feature. We don’t want to give it away, but Jonathan’s use of...

Join us as we sit down with Dr. Kaelin Groom as she shares with us the experience of redesigning a course to include new technologies, guiding learners in using AI, and integrating one of ASU’s key Design Aspirations into a meaningful service project. Kaelin explores taking an inherited course and giving it a personal spin that’s meaningful to the instructor and how this improvement translates int...

We're interrupting your regularly scheduled episode this week - I know we promised a totally regular season, but this is Course Stories, we are nothing if not exciting every week! We promise though, we're interrupting that feed for some exciting news and opportunities for you, our listeners! Next week, Course Stories will be live, in person at FOLC Fest! This is the inaugural FOLC Fest where passi...

In this week’s episode, we have the privilege of introducing a remarkable team that operates in the shadows, working tirelessly on ASU’s high-impact courses. Join us as we sit down with the extraordinary faculty members from the Writers’ Studio: Michelle Stuckey (Clinical Assistant Professor and the Writing Program Administrator), Zach Waggoner (ENG 101 Coordinator), John Buckley (Writers’ Studio...

In this episode, we dive into virtual reality in the classroom as we explore how the faculty behind GPH 212 bring students into the eye of the storm - literally - or figuratively? You be the judge! Rachael Kaye, an instructor, Ph. D. student, and two time Emmy winner for meteorological broadcasting, teams up with Robert LiKamWa, Director of the Meteor Studio, to create a story driven VR experience...

S05E00 Welcome to Course Stories Season 5 by Course Stories

Join us for the riveting finale of our two-part series on Course Stories, where we delve into the fascinating production world of Study Hall. This episode takes you behind the scenes, revealing how our partnership with Complexly, alongside ASU’s distinguished faculty and innovative producers, crafts each engaging and unique episode. We explore the intricate dance of creativity and academia, showca...

In this special two-part series finale of Season 4 on Course Stories, we’re excited to introduce a new Course Stories correspondent, who’s out in the field at the GSV Summit, bringing us exclusive insights on the innovative partnership between ASU, Crash Course, and YouTube to take higher education to the next level. We delve into the world of creative video content and its impact on higher educat...

Starting your academic career as a new online student can be daunting. Our latest episode unpacks these challenges and how to support students by meeting them where they’re at. Join us as Maria Balderas and Maddie Christus share how they’re changing the student new student experiences for our online students. Marie and Maddie help us explore a unique course, ASU 101: The ASU experience, which goin...

S04E04: Faculty Connection in Student Success, ART 394: Photo Topics - Identity and Representation by Course Stories

S04E03 - Live from OLC Accelerate: The Power of Podcasting in Higher Ed by Course Stories

In the latest episode of Course Stories, we dive deep into the fascinating world of Generative AI in education. Hosts Mary Loder, Ricardo Leon, and Elizabeth Lee sit down with a panel of distinguished guests to explore the groundbreaking course, FIS 394: ChatGPT, led by Professor Andrew Maynard, a Senior Global Futures Scholar at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society Faculty. Joining...

S04E01 Welcome to Course Stories Season 4 by Course Stories

In this episode, Ricardo Leon interviews Emily Zarka, PH.D., the monster expert of ASU and host of the popular PBS show, Monstrum. Emily is an adjunct instructor for ASU Online and teaches a variety of courses that were developed prior to her involvement. As such, she has some unique and impactful suggestions for how to personalize courses when the content is standard and prepared ahead of time. S...

In this episode of Course Stories, we delve into emotional intelligence and the psychology of academic success, two unique courses aimed at dismantling a deficit view of emotions and equipping students with strategies that enable their academic success. We also hear about their new podcast, Sun Devil Psych Online – the Pod. Narin Loa, Instructional Designer Associate at EdPlus, sits down with Dr....

In this episode of Course Stories, Mary and Ricardo are joined by their colleagues to talk about the Flagship workshop at ASU Online, Master Class for Teaching Online. This workshop has been critical to the success of so many faculty and staff at ASU, introducing them to new technology and to the methods and reasons for pedagogical recommendations in online courses. DeAnna Soth, Associate Director...

In this episode of Course Stories, John Ball, Online Learning Manager of Adaptive Learning at EdPlus, interviews Michael Angilletta, a President’s Professor in the School of Life Sciences and the Associate Dean of Learning Innovation at EdPlus, about his favorite course, BIO 432: Why People Steal, Cheat, and Lie. To create this course, Mike performed detailed research and interviewed experts to fi...

Course Stories is taking this show on the road, to the 2023 OLC Innovate Conference taking place in April virtually and in-person in Nashville, TN. Ricardo and Mary take a unique opportunity to debrief with Tamara Mitchell and Elizabeth Lee to find out all the behind-the-scenes details that could help anyone as they prep to attend and present at a conference as prestigious as the Online Learning C...

S03E02: Mapping the Course - PMG 322: Project Time Management by Course Stories