Teaching in Higher Ed

Dr. Robert Talbert talks about how to get more meaningful work done on episode 120 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode 90% of the emails I get in my inbox are not actionable. —Robert Talbert The human brain is fantastic for processing information but it’s terrible for storing information. —Robert Talbert Sometimes the busyness we have is entirely self-inflicted; we work hard because...

Annemarie Perez shares about bridging the culture gap in the classroom and other broad thoughts about cultural competence on episode 119 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Annemarie’s Teaching Manifesto Blog Post Chicano or Chicana Latino Latina Hispanic The Case for ‘Latinx’: Why Intersectionality is Not a Choice

Mike Wesch describes his becoming a learner and what it taught him about teaching on episode 118 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the Episode I’ve always picked things that are really hard and bring out fears inside me. —Mike Wesch Students get out of it whatever they put into it. —Mike Wesch I take the philosophy that grading can play different roles depending on the course. —Mike Wesch What...

  Kerry Moore discusses how to balance the responsibilities of caring for an elderly loved one with our teaching responsibilities. Quotes from the episode   We’re trying to help people grow their own ability to meet needs and to have agency in their own lives. —Kerry Moore Sometimes challenges can help us to … bounce forward into new skills and knowledge. —Kerry Moore Nothing is going to...

Laura Gogia shares about connected learning on this week’s Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The most important part of [connected learning] is helping others understand the connections between all the different aspects of their life. —Laura Gogia It’s not a tool-first [mentality] … it’s which tool matches up with what I’m trying to achieve. —Laura Gogia Assessment becomes abo...

This bonus clip answers a question from Heather about conferences. Lilly Conferences OLC Accelerate DigPed Lab institute Action track with Audrey Watters Open Ed ELI New Media Consortium Virtually Connecting

Autumm Caines shares about digital citizenship on this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the Episode We have the technology to have conversations with diverse people. —Autumm Caines As educators, we need to empower people to feel okay about making mistakes. —Autumm Caines Resources Tracy Clayton on Twitter https://twitter.com/brokeymcpoverty Another Round Podcast on Twitter https://twi...

Ken Bauer shares how to engage the heart and mind through the connected classroom. Quotes from the episode I’m not going to be there and lecture; I want to really connect with my students. —Ken Bauer The number one difficulty for faculty in innovating in their practice is … fear. —Ken Bauer You’ve just got to take baby steps and change those things that you can change. —Ken Bauer Resources Mention...

Katie Linder shares about blended course design on Teaching in Higher Ed episode 113. Quotes from the episode Blended learning is not just a trend, and we’re starting to see technology integrated in really intentional ways. —Katie Linder One of the key things is alignment … between what you’re doing outside of the classroom and inside of the classroom. —Katie Linder Say to your students, “I’m goin...

Kevin Gannon discusses Radical Hope – A Teaching Manifesto on Teaching in Higher Ed #112. Quotes If I want my students to take risks and not be afraid to fail, then I need to take risks and not be afraid to fail. —Kevin Gannon Teaching is a radical act of hope. —Kevin Gannon We work with the future, and that’s a really incredible responsibility. —Kevin Gannon Resources Episode 052: Respect i...

Gardner Campbell on the higher ed horizon. Gardner was previously featured on show on  Episode 107: Engaging learners Resources Virtually Connecting New Media Consortium The 2016 Horizon Report: Higher Ed Book: Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science * by Michael Nielsen Questions about the New Media Faculty-Staff Development Seminar Awakening the Digital Imagination: A Networked F...

Robert Talbert on self-regulated learning and the flipped classroom. Quotes My view about teaching changed completely when I started having kids. —Robert Talbert You can’t say that you are interested in teaching students how to learn and then spoon-feed them everything. —Robert Talbert Resources Article: The inverted calculus course and self-regulated learning Article: The Inverted Calculus Course...

Bonni Stachowiak on how the best communicators add a sense of the unexpected to their teaching. Resources Glynn Washington at Snap Judgment LIVE! in Ann Arbor: “The Golden Man” “Times for telling,” introduced to me by Derek Bruff on TIHE episode 71 “A time for telling…” by Daniel L. Schwartz and John D. Bransford Listener Questions Questions from Ari Purnama Day one introductions TIHE...

Maha Bali shares about collaboration. Quotes The reason virtual collaboration works really well is that there’s usually no hierarchy with the person you’re working with. —Maha Bali If you want your students to collaborate, the main role of the educator is to provide them with something where collaboration is valuable. —Maha Bali Virtually collaborating brings the conversations to people who can’t...

Gardner Campbell talks about engaging learners. Quotes Learning is an enormously powerful and eventful kind of experience. —Gardner Campbell Recognize that great ideas of all kinds come from all kinds of people at all stages of their knowledge. —Gardner Campbell There are some great ideas that are forever closed off to an expert because he or she is simply too conditioned by prior learning. —Gardn...

On this episode, Dr. Mike Cross is an undercover professor.   Guest: Mike Cross Professor at Northern Essex Community College Read more in a  Chronicle article about Mike Resources EasyBib Bacon Board Gamers Game: Escape Room Game: Rattlesnake Game: Loopin’ Louie Game: Loopin’ Chewie Book:  My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student * by Rebekah Nathan Are Yo...

Today’s guest, Dr. McClain Watson, at University of Texas at Dallas, advocates for the importance of our students being able to: “ convince people in the professional world that they 1) know what they’re doing, 2) can be trusted, and 3) are interesting to be around?” On today’s episode: Professional Online Portfolios. Guest: McClain Watson Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Business Communi...

On this week’s episode, Dave and I discuss disability accommodations and other listener questions. 1) Disability accommodations Dyslexia simulator Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism * 2) Online scenario manager resource Geogebra.org Geogebra – Spreadsheet View 3) Preparation for getting doctorate degree Julie Wilson’s bio www. Lynda.com www. Zotero.org 4) “Small” approaches to reclaiming teac...

On this week’s episode, Sean Michael Morris and I discuss Critical Instructional Design. Guest: Sean Michael Morris Sean is a digital teacher and pedagogue, with experience especially in networked learning, MOOCs, digital composition and publishing, collaboration, and editing. He’s been working in digital teaching and learning for 15 years. His work as a pioneer in the field of Critical Digi...

On today’s episode, Dr. Carl Moore and I have a dialog about proactive inclusivity. Guest: Dr. Carl Moore Dr. Moore is currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Research Academy for Integrated Learning (RAIL) at University of DC. Prior to his current role he served as an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education as well as the Director of the Teaching and Learning Center a...

On this week’s episode, Dr. Thia Wolf shares about public sphere pedagogy. Guest: Thia Wolf Thia is a Professor of English and Director of the First-Year Experience Program at California State University, Chico, where she has worked since 1989. Prior to her appointment in the FYE program, she coordinated a variety of writing programs, including the first-year composition program and the writ...

Eight faculty share their failure stories on this special #100th episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. CV of Failures Johannes Haushofer’s CV of Failures HBR article about Johannes Haushofer Quotes At the time, I felt like I had to know everything in order to be a good teacher, so instead of admitting that I didn’t know the answer to the student’s question, I dismissed it. —Cameron Hunt-Mc...

Dr. Angela Jenks shares about her experiences encouraging accountability in her students on today’s episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Guest: Angela Jenks Angela is a medical anthropologist and Lecturer, PSOE (Tenure-Track Teaching Faculty) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, where she also directs the M.A. in Medicine, Science, and Technology Stud...

Stephen Brookfield shares about his book, The Skillful Teacher, on today’s episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes I think I internalized early in my career that my job was to talk, to profess. And that if I wasn’t talking, then I really wasn’t earning my money. I still feel that, and I fight against it constantly. —Stephen Brookfield Skillful teaching is whatever helps students learn. —Ste...

Dustin Bakkie shares how to integrate effective study methods, learning tools, and personal management techniques as a part of your curriculum. Guest: Dustin Bakkie Lecturer at California State University, Chico email: dbakkie @ csuchico dot edu website: EpicHigherEd.com (coming soon) twitter: @dustinbakkie Quotes The best time to learn something is right as you’re about to forget it. —Dustin Bakk...