Teaching in Higher Ed

Personal knowledge management and mastery. How to capture information, curate it, and create new knowledge from it. It can be so challenging to keep up with everything we have on our plates, let alone to what’s happening in the world and in areas that are most important to us. Podcast notes Guest: Dave Stachowiak This episode introduces the terms personal knowledge mastery and management. Di...

How can we use silence to condition our students to answer the questions we pose? Podcast notes: Eight seconds of silence that will transform your teaching It is counter-intuitive. We want students to engage with us, so we pose questions. Then, they just look at us, or down at their desks, with a pained or bored expression. We decide this whole question-asking thing is for the birds… or, at...

Overcome the excuses we make that stop us from pursuing more professional development opportunities in this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed . There’s a sign posted in our local (and beloved) grocery store: Trader Joe’s . “Please do not use this machine if you have not been trained,” it reads. The machine in question is a drink dispenser. As absurd as this is, in some cases...

How to formulate, refine, and articulate your teaching philosophy. Podcast notes The academic portfolio: A practical guide to documenting teaching, research, and service by J. Elizabeth Miller Miller provides examples of the narrative from actual promotion and tenure portfolios. What is a teaching philosophy? Why we teach. Why teaching matters. Not just a formula for teaching structure, but the ra...

This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Lessons in Teaching from The Princess Bride The Princess Bride on Facebook – official site Store ( selling magnets … if only today&#...

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Quotes n/a Resources Mentioned Introduction to Rubrics * : An Assessment Tool to Save Grading...

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Guest Dave Stachowiak, Ed. D Strawberry Farms Three things my children have taught me about te...