The Higher EdTech Podcast

We highly encourage everybody to take some down time to decompress over the winter break, but that doesn't mean you have to turn your brain off. Tim & Brent discuss some ways to keep your thoughts stimulated without worrying about the pressures of school life. Links & Show Notes at https://www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com

Are people asking you what gift you want for the holidays, or maybe you're struggling to find the right thing for the nerdy someone in your life? Tim & Brent share some ideas for things that a techie teacher might enjoy at the end of 2023. Links & Show Notes at https://www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com

There's a lot of obfuscation around what is needed to get software on a college campus. What may seem easy to a teacher who can get their own subscription in a matter of minutes can take months to get through the approval process at school. Vendors, equally, are often unprepared to sell to higher ed institutions. Today we look through the systems, the administrators, the processes, and the contrac...

Free, open source textbooks and materials, known as OER (Open Educational Resources) are gaining traction across the United States and in California money is being pushed into community colleges to help them adapt to these materials. They're a benefit to students and can be a great way to customize content and delivery for teachers. Tim & Brent look at some of the reasons to consider OER, some of...

Brent and Tim dig into more tools you can look at that use AI as their basis for building your workflow. This is part 2 of a very incomprehensive list of tools. As always, there's more out there than we can possibly know about, so feel free to share if you've found something we missed! Find more information and resources at www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com  

There's been a flood of AI tools for all different purposes that have come out over the last 10 months. Brent and Tim cover some of the tools for different purposes around campus and some ideas on how they might work. Remember that these are coming a mile a minute, so no guarantees they'll be around forever! Show notes and more at www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com  

The world of Zoom Add-ons has grown a lot since it launched 2 years ago. Tim & Brent look at some of the options available and some of the things you might consider if you're hoping to get them installed on your campus. For show notes and more information, please go to http://www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com  

Tim and Brent dive into creating Shadow Student accounts and Sandboxes and how you can use each independently and together to better work with Canvas and improve your students' experiences.  Find more information at TheHigherEdTechPodcast.com

While many teachers may have been on break, the EdTech services certainly haven't. Here we do an overview of the updates that have come to our more commonly used tools including Canvas, DesignPlus, Screencast-o-Matic (now ScreenPal), and Class. Tune in to hear about what's changed and how they can help ease your workflow. Find show notes and other episodes at http://www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com...

Big personal changes for both Tim & Brent, and the show still goes on! Let's catch up after a long summer away and review a few key ideas and things worth remembering as we step into the new semester! More info and other episodes are available at www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com  

Tim & Brent wrap up the season with a brief review of favorite moments from the season, as well as some light advice to help step into summer.  We'll be back in August, so feel free to check out the back catalog at https://www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com in the meantime!

Have you considered what a HyFlex classroom looks like and how it can work for your classroom or college? At IVC, a few intrepid teachers have worked with Tim to experiment with building a "mobile" HyFlex classroom before investing in a full-on classroom rebuild. Join in to hear Dr. David Bugay's experiences, successes, and failures as he has experimented with building out some of the first HyFlex...

Tim & Brent are doing a broad overview of an in-the-weeds topic: Canvas Trust. Canvas Trust allows students from across the California Community College district to log into their courses across campuses with a single log-in. Sounds simple, but in reality there are a lot of considerations. Log in to hear what it all means and how it might affect you as you deal with students, faculty, and other st...

As the conversation around AI continues, we wanted to hear about the uses and concerns of services like ChatGPT from a student perspective. IVC student Austin Wagner joined us to share about how he is using it and what he thinks about the concerns that are being brought up. More info and other episodes are available at www.thehigheredtechpodcast.com  

We've got Adam Lopez back to share updates on what's happening with IVC's Esports program and how students can leverage Esports as a career pathway. If you've got a career in mind, there's a link between it and Esports. Listen in to hear about how gaming can tap into any professional field.

As conference season approaches, we take a look at what physical tech (and non-tech) you should consider bringing with you to workshops & on vacation, as well as some simple ideas for things to have for online teaching and moving between physical classrooms. Listen in to hear if you're over-packing like the rest of us!

Canvas' Gradebook has a lot of features, both hidden or underutilized, that can help you out in your work. Tim & Brent take a look through a selection of them and discuss how they might be a benefit to teachers. Listen in to get some tips on improving your gradebook game!

The conversation about ChatGPT continues, this time moving from the theoretical to the practical. Tim & Brent sit down with Irvine Valley College writing professor, Academic Senate Vice President of Equity, and Academic Senate President Elect, Rebecca Beck to talk about specific ways and reasons teachers can and should incorporate ChatGPT into their classroom. Listen in for some awesome insights a...

Tim & Brent dig into ChatGPT, Generative Text, and the implications it has for education and writing. With a topic this big, we reserve the right to change our minds!

Tim & Brent open the new year by looking at some lesser-known features tucked away in Canvas, as well as some new features recently released. Then they look at a long list of conferences that might be of interest to the HigherEdTech Podcast audience.  For show notes, please visit TheHigherEdTechPodcast.com  

If you're looking for last minute gift ideas for the techy teacher in your life (or if you just want to forward this episode to someone who knows YOU are the techy teacher), Brent & Tim explore some options for fun or for productivity. Let us know if we missed anything, and have a great break!

As the end of the semester approaches, Tim & Brent revisit some considerations before you start to wrap up your semester, and explore a few ideas on how you can get your prep on early for the spring semester. 

Class Technologies works to blur the line between synchronous online learning and the physical classroom in a way we sometimes refer to as "Zoom on steroids". With features like in-app collaboration, viewing breakout rooms without entering, student control over who can see them, and more, it works on many problems we struggled with throughout the pandemic. Tim & Brent sit down with Jason Bedford &...

A recent white paper put out by professors at MIT makes suggestions for what Higher Education institutions might look like in the future. Brent and Tim walk through the good, the bad, and the in-between. 

Tim & Brent sit down with James Taylor at Pronto to discuss the chat service. They talk about the value of an embedded chat platform for building community, increasing communication, creating backchannels, and more. Listen in to hear some ideas and ways Pronto is used at IVC.