TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 84: Guest Dr. Jessica Knott from OLC joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the mutual benefits of engaging with our online education community. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Dr. Jessica Knott Episode 84 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights v ia Twitter Coffee Links

About Episode 83: Join hosts Tom and Kelvin as they think through the post-COVID role of synchronous online teaching and consider how to ensure the best quality possible.  Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 83 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights v ia Twitter Coffee Links Egg Nog from Bones Coffee Company Bones Coffee Company Co...

About Episode 82: In this episode, Dr. Tanya Spilovoy joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the importance of faculty adoption of free or low-cost open educational resources (OER) at scale. This is an important part of lowering educational costs for students. Fostering widespread adoption initiatives is harder than it looks. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Dr. Tanya Spilovoy and Dr....

About Episode 81: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin consider how the various technology adoption decisions we make either enable or prevent others from doing “the right thing” in online teaching and learning. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 81 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Foundation Blend from...

About Episode 80: Guest Dr. Luke Dowden joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to remind us all that people are the most valuable part of any online learning organization. He helps us identify how to add value to our team members, our organizations, and our collective work through deliberate caring. These other-centered practices are valuable every day but are especially relevant in the COVID-era. Podcast Rec...

About Episode 79: With a touch of holiday fun and whimsy, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by a panel of past guests and a live audience of regular listeners to celebrate the end of 2020 and reflect upon its lasting impact on the field of online education. Enjoy this holiday gift to our community, and please consider sharing a link with your colleagues. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF...

About Episode 78: Calbright College President and CEO Ajita Menon re-joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the lessons learned from leading a “start-up” public college. This is the second of two interviews with President Menon. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 78 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links “...

About Episode 77: Tom and Kelvin consider the strategic role blended learning can have during the pandemic as higher ed institutions begin planning for their eventual return to f2f instruction. This episode is the eighth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording Download...

Q&A Bonus Session between IELOL participants, guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap, and hosts Tom and Kelvin. Audio-Only Bonus Content Watch the Video https://youtu.be/Lh64EznbVZk

About Episode 76: Calbright College President and CEO Ajita Menon joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the Calbright Model and to consider the place of innovative models in our collective work within online higher education. This is the first of two interviews with President Menon. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 76 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete lis...

About Episode 75: Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss principles for effective planning of spring 2021’s continued reliance on the work of online learning professionals. This episode is the seventh in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 75...

About Episode 74: Guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share some of her leadership lessons learned with an explicit emphasis on the importance of openness to learning and the value of mentoring and coaching. This episode was recorded as part of the curriculum for the 2020 OLC IELOL Immersion Experience. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 74 Show Notes: Episod...

About Episode 73: Stakeholder communications are especially important during a crisis. What do you do when communications are misinterpreted? Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through COVID-era communication strategies. This episode is the sixth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Re...

About Episode 72: In this episode, special guest Dr. Richard Zraick joins Tom and Kelvin to discuss how teaching faculty can care for their voices despite inordinate vocal use online and f2f during the COVID-19 era. Great episode for sharing with teaching faculty colleagues who aren’t regular listeners! Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 72 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twit...

About Episode 71: Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex. This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Record...

About Episode 70: In this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 70 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlig...

About Episode 69: Tom and Kelvin talk through giving voice to and gathering data from all faculty and student constituents to evaluate effectiveness of remote instruction. This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Ep...

About Episode 68: Guest Dr. Sherri Braxton joins Kelvin and Tom to discuss how a holistic, system-wide effort to “get current” on IT accessibility has implications for ensuring that all learners have access to their online course materials. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 68 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee...

About Episode 67: Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss how to carry out a strategy of offering a higher proportion of well-designed online courses each semester. This episode is the third in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 67 Show Notes...

About Episode 66: Guest Dr. Euan Lindsay, director of engineering for Australia’s Charles Sturt University, joins Kelvin and Tom to talk about the role of adaptive learning in curricular innovation. Find out how students “binge at their point of need” while also getting a real world education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 66 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View c...

About Episode 65: Hosts Kelvin and Tom ponder the long term effects of the coronavirus on higher education. This episode is the second in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19.  Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 65 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View com...

About Episode 64: Hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock (“Brocansky”) to discuss the importance of “humanizing” education. Humanizing is important generally for the design and teaching of actual online courses/programs, but in the COVID-19 era, humanizing remote teaching/learning is imperative. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 64 Show Notes: Epi...

About Episode 63: This episode is the first in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Hosts Kelvin and Tom offer principles for launching and sustaining remote teaching initiatives. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 63 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View comp...

About Episode 62: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Tamara Powell, from Kennesaw State University, to discuss the role of course fees in funding online education. The importance of showing a return on investment is emphasized. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 62 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via T...

About Episode 61: In this episode, Tom and Kelvin consider the valuable role online education professionals can play in helping their institutions maintain or resume operations when faced with crises.  Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [ PDF ] Episode 61 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Atomic Coffee House Blend Co...