TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 150: Guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to talk about the importance of cultivating a more global perspective on our online higher education field and shares how a new book can help. The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education is out now. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 150 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode...

About Episode 149: Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 149 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highli...

About Episode 148: Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty.  Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 148 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Sin...

About Episode 147: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss highlights from and reactions to the CHLOE 8 report, including the importance of faculty preparation, other quality assurance practices, and more. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 147 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee from Einstein Broth...

About Episode 146: In this second of two back-to-back episodes on AI in higher ed, guest Dr. Rohan Jowallah joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to share his insights and advice after years of evaluating and working with AI tools. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 146 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Pike’s Place Blen...

About Episode 145: Hosts Tom and Kelvin conclude that “nobody’s through talking about AI” and provide the first of two back-to-back episodes with an update on developments within the digital teaching and learning space, reflections on institutional support, and a conclusion that we need “more of the human element.” Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 145 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis...

About Episode 144: In this episode, UPCEA CEO Dr. Bob Hansen joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the intertwined histories of professional/continuing education and online education and the importance of attending to the “business” of both. Podcast Recording UPCEA CEO Dr. Bob Hansen Download Transcript:  PDF Episode 144 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highli...

About Episode 143 Hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss how to talk about the value of online education in various ways that matter to different audiences, including speaking about return on investment (ROI), social mobility, quality of learning, and more. Podcast Recording Download Transcript:  PDF Episode 143 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitt...

About Episode 142: Guest Dr. Kathy Gosser joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss how faculty, instructional designers, and others can adopt habits of “repurposing” across the multifaceted work of online education and digital learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript:  PDF Episode 142 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Link...

About Episode 141: In this episode coinciding with American Independence Day, hosts Kelvin and Tom invite a consideration of distinctly American contributions to the models of online higher education. These contributions continue to shape the evolution of online learning around the globe. Podcast Recording Download Transcript:  PDF Episode 141 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View com...

About Episode 140: Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript:  PDF Episode 140 Show Notes: Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin during Episode 140 of Season 9. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of epis...

About Episode 139: More options to scale efficiencies through automations are available now than ever before. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin for a consideration of how well-intentioned digital teaching automations can go horribly wrong. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 139 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links: Singl...

About Episode 138 Bonus Segment: In this special bonus segment, the conversation from episode #138   continues between Jarret and Tom as they dive further into the 2U lawsuit against the department’s guidance letter and how the federal agency has responded thus far.      During the initial episode found  here , Jarret Cummings, from Educause, and hosts Kelvi...

About Episode 137: In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 137 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-origin...

About Episode 136: Guest Dr. Bettyjo Bouchey joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights gained from leading a book project compiling case studies of successful online learning organizations. Examining similarities and differences allows us to better understand and improve our own practices. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 136 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter Dr. Bett...

About Episode 135: In this episode hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the importance of institutional context in how we carry out our common work of societal transformation through online/digital teaching and learning in higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 134 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Singl...

About Episode 134: Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of “self-care” and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact of decisions now on long-term sustainability is a theme. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Dylan Barth Assistant Vice President of Learning (OLC) Episode 134 S...

About Episode 133: Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the importance of continual growth and professional development across the various roles that make up the online education field and discuss how professional associations can help. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 133 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-Or...

About Episode 132: Guest Joseph Riquelme joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights gained from leading a 100% remote online learning team that was “born during the pandemic.” Success strategies for remote work are increasingly important for all of us. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 132 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Tw...

About Episode 131: The currently free beta version of the chatbot ChatGPT has captured the imaginations and free time of many in the field of education and elsewhere. Hosts Kelvin and Tom weigh-in on ChatGPT’s place in higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 131 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links S...

About Episode 130: Guest Dr. Tanya Joosten joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss findings from eight years of research data collected at the National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement (DETA).  Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 130 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Singl...

About Episode 129: In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the concept of “education deserts” and how a strategic approach to online education can increase educational access in these under-resourced geographic areas. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 129 Show Notes: Left to right: Kelvin, Producer Tim, and Tom in the physical studio. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View comple...

About Episode 128: In this episode, 1EdTech CEO Dr. Rob Abel joins hosts Kelvin and Tom as a guest to discuss the history and role in the online education community of the professional association formerly known as the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 128 Show Notes: Dr. Rob Abel 1EdTech CEO Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episod...

About Episode 127: In this “call-in show” episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by multiple voices from the online education community to distill wisdom in making sense of 2022 and preparing to make the most of 2023 in our collective work. Themes include centering on student needs and supporting increased hybridity. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF From left to right: Dr. Thomas Cavan...

About Episode 126: Guest Dr. Jocelyn Widmer joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights from her interviews of 100+ Chief Online Learning Officers (COLOs). The importance of institutional context in applying lessons learned from this rich community is emphasized. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Dr. Jocelyn Widmer Episode 126 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list...