The FACILITATOR

Mike takes a spin at a brief WHAT/WHY/HOW of James Lang's "Small Teaching." Now in its 2nd edition, Lang's book wonderfully lays out and distills 3 key elements form the science of learning - KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING & INSPIRATION. A starter for each of the HOW for the three specific principles under each of the headers can be done in Low/ No Prep by faculty in any area. Episode Resources: Epi...

Flying solo, Mike dives into how application of principles from usability research to our course sites & materials can promote student success, engagement & Retention. Mike introduces the WHAT of Usability with ISO 9241 & Nielsen Norman Group's definitions. The linkage to WHY is addressed with intersection of several course design quality rubrics and teaching best practices. Then the a...

Amid the ongoing scrutiny of the value of higher ed education, Shella & Mike dive into the timely topic of how to increase the learning value of classes with alternatives to lecturing. While lecture lurches on in higher ed (for now) as a predominant teaching technique, science and mounds of data tells it is a poor teaching tool with 5% of info being retained on average from a lecture. As such,...

Wading into the WHAT/ WHY & HOW of levering the powerful learning science of Activating Prior Learning for Engagement, support student (& Faculty!) time on task and promoting success. Episode Resources: NCSC Ctr for Teaching Excellence Activating Prior Learning Tips/ Resources

Tackling the HOW of Best Practices for teaching condensed/ accelerated 8 week courses for optimizing student success. Shella & Mike get into Sequencing (1:35) - what happens when with integrated 'Spiral' Design reinforcement; Managing Cognitive Load (3:14) on Students; Scaffolding with Support Resources (3:55) to offer built-in recovery/ time efficiency/ engagement;  Time Efficient Canvas Tool...

Shella & Mike discuss the WHAT/ BENEFITS/ HOW & UNIQUENESS of the Perusall 'Social Annotation' tool.  Perusall allows instructors to assign students to annotate and dialog on a layer right around assigned readings, videos or podcasts etc. Instructional opportunities and scenarios with examples are discussed for how to apply this tool to your college courses. Episode Resources: Our Perusall...

Excerpt of the 6/11/24 Teaching Tips Tuesday session on improving online discussions with guest Star Officer Dave Kopeke from the NCSC Criminal Justice Program.  In which, we chat about WHAT online discussion can/ should be to engage and promote meaningful discussion beyond the tool driving the bus; Aligning the Intellectual Task with proven Best Practice models using 1) Bloom's Taxonomy 2) Boettc...

WHAT & WHY of Redesigning college Assignments for the AI Age. 14 ways HOW to both make assignments resistant to cheating with AI, but also use the opportunity of both the Tools themselves and enhancing your assignments with industry Best Practices! Resources: PDF Worksheet for AI Assignment Makeover (CTE)  Top 20 Generative AI Tools & Applications in 2024 (eWeek) "Professors Cautious of To...

Basic Intro to the best practice teaching technique of transparent, randomized selection of students/ groups to call on to start/ continue/ extend activity or discussion.   https://spinthewheel.app/   http://wheeldecide.com/   https://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/  

Follow-up to Ep 18 with how to adapt the best practice active learning course design of Team-Based Learning (TBL) for a fully online asynchronous format with no live class meetings. Prof Bill Roberson's Team based Learning Team Readiness piece approach with Canvas:  https://ctl.pointloma.edu/teaching-online/team-based-learning-online/    

Basic Intro to the best practice active learning course design of Team-Based Learning (TBL) utilized throughout the world to great effect, as well as some data & lessons learned from its utilization at North Central State College.

Part 2 of Interview with Sara Rollo of North Central State's Math program - sharing how she has had success with Reflections to promote student engagement, success & retention. See also Episode 5 for more on the power of Reflections in teaching.

Part 1 of Interview with Sara Rollo of North Central State's Math program - sharing how she has had success with Mini Lecture Recordings with Zoom to promote student engagement, success & retention.

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 7- Respect Diverse Ways of Learning

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 6- High Expectations

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 5- Support STUDENT Time on Task

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 4- Prompt Feedback

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 3- Active Learning

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 2- Encourage Student-Student Interaction. 

Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 1- Encourage Faculty-Student Interaction. 

Part 3 & conclusion of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Supporting Time on task with Canvas and other means as well as some of his personal Teaching Innovation inspirations.

Part 2 of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Surprise Simulated Audit Exercise to Communicate High Expectations.

Part 1 of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Active Learning using Case Studies.

Reflecting on the under utilized teaching super power of Reflection for enhancing student outcomes. For more info or to consult on anything on any Facilitator Podcast, contact the CTE at: cte@ncstatecollege.edu

Small Groups for GOOD in Learning! Why do SMall Group activities had a bad rep?! What is even the value of the things?! How to do them well? For more info or to consult on anything on any Facilitator Podcast, contact the CTE at: cte@ncstatecollege.edu