TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 125: In this episode hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through the valuable role alternative (“non-credit”) online learning opportunities can play for the local communities we serve and for the continued relevance of online higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 125 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Cof...

About Episode 124: Guest Dr. Nicole Johnson joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss research on course modality definitions in Canada and the US and why clarity about course modalities is important for advancing the field of digital teaching and learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF DR. NICOLE JOHNSON Executive Director, Canadian Digital Learning Research Association Episode 124 Show...

About Episode 123: In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through the insights and predictions from the CHLOE 7 report, with a focus on anticipated widespread hybridity in courses, programs, and student support services. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 123 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Video: Equato...

About Episode 122: Guest Katrina Wehr joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to talk about how the role of instructional designer can lead to more equitable outcomes for all students within the work of online/digital teaching and learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 122 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Katrina Wehr Senior Lea...

About Episode 121: Join hosts Tom and Kelvin for a consideration of the value that in-person engagement has in our work of online education, particularly in the support and professional development of online teaching faculty. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 121 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Bird Rock Co...

About Episode 120: Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Jeff Young Managing Editor at EdSurge Episode 120 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode hi...

About Episode 119: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin contemplate the potential for chatbots in online education as a benefit to online students and as a support to both faculty and student services staff. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 119 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links “ Guatemalan Coffee: The Comp...

About Episode 118: WCET’s Megan Raymond joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to comment on patterns observed in the current job market for online higher education professionals including instructional designers and related roles. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 118 Show Notes: Megan Raymond Senior Director, Membership and Programs, WCET Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of e...

About Episode 117: In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 117 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Nicaragua Coffee Beans From Home Grounds...

About Episode 116: Guest Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss lessons learned from studying six exemplar higher ed institutions that have achieved “3fold gains” by improving educational quality, access, and affordability. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 116 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffe...

Hi this is Kelvin for TOPcast. As an accompaniment to episode 116 , Tom and I would like to offer to everyone a brief bonus clip with Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann from late 2021 in which Steve reflects on the impact of the famous article he co-wrote in 1996 with Arthur Chickering (The title of that article, if you are not familiar, is: “Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever” ) and in th...

About Episode 115: As a companion piece to episode 111 on “onlineness,” in this episode hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the related concept of “blendedness” – the deliberate design of a unified in-person + online experience in ways that benefit students directly. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 115 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlig...

About Episode 114: NPR education correspondent Anya Kamenetz joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to pause for a holistic check-in evaluation of the on-going impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 114 Show Notes: Anya Kamenetz , NPR education correspondent Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter...

About Episode 113: In this Season 8 opener, Tom and Kelvin share sample student profiles illustrating the varied needs of students enrolling in online courses, and they call for a strategy of integrated data to better inform such profiles. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 113 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Link...

About Episode 112: Guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd join hosts Kelvin and Tom to bring some breaking news on governmental regulation that could change the way online higher education works in the US. Listen carefully and share with institutional colleagues to avoid unpleasant surprises. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 112 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete...

About Episode 111: In this episode Tom and Kelvin unpack what it means for online courses to be “online” and why it matters to students if instructional designers or instructors make decisions that negatively impact this “onlineness.” Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 111 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Hid...

About Episode 110: Guest Kerlene King joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss what it takes for the learning management system (LMS) to be used strategically at institutions of higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 110 Show Notes: Kerlene King, UCF LMS Administrator Team Lead Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links...

About Episode 109: Reports continue of individuals leaving the field of online higher education as part of the Great Resignation (or Reshuffling). In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss how to make our online learning teams positive environments where people find purpose and pursue vision as we carry out this meaningful work. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 109 Show Notes...

About Episode 108: Guest physics professor Dr. Zhongzhou Chen joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss a compelling vision for transforming the nature of STEM education via digital learning practices and technologies. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 108 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter Preview in new tab Zhongzhou Chen Ph. D, Assistant Professor Department of Physics Univer...

About Episode 107: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin delve into the online program rankings associated with US News’ “Best Colleges” Rankings and discuss both the problems and the value such rankings bring to higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 107 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links “ 100%...

About Episode 106: Guest Dr. Shawna Dark joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the importance of the emerging higher education role of the Chief Academic Technology Officer (CATO) and its relationship to online teaching and learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 106 Show Notes: Shawna Dark, Ph. D., Chief Academic Technology Officer and Exec. Director of Research, Teaching, an...

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About Episode 105: Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 105 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Link...

About Episode 104: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Kristen Eshleman to consider the benefits of scaling liberal arts education to serve and transform our regional communities. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 104 Show Notes: Kristen Eshleman, Vice President for Library & Information Technology at Trinity College-Hartford Episode Synopsis via Twitter...

About Episode 103: At year’s end, hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by an interactive group of past guests and regular listeners to identify some lessons learned from 2021 as we plan for the new year ahead. See how your perspectives relate to theirs. This is a great episode to share with a colleague and discuss together! Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 103 Show Notes: Episode Syno...