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Moving the Needle

When it comes to education these days, there’s a lot to think about: flipped classrooms, instructional technology, accreditation, authentic assessment, copyright, asynchronous learning, multimedia tools, hybrid learning. Moving the Needle delivers frank conversations with instructors, learners, leaders, and creators about all things teaching and learning. Listen to their stories, learn from hard-won experience, and let these ideas help you move the needle in your own teaching. Moving the Needle is produced by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Episodes

Looking Back and Checking In: Our 50th Episode

Hosts Erin Hagar and Scott Riley discuss their favorite episodes from the series and then share some reflections from faculty participants in UMB's Edge program, which stands for Educator Development for Growth and Effectiveness. The hosts discuss the takeaways of the 17 faculty members after their year long faculty fellowship spent digging deep into their practice.

Jun 11, 202523 minEp. 50

Episode 49 - Award Winning Educators: Teaching Teachers to Teach

Host Scott Riley interviews Dr. Sahar Alameh, winner of the University of Kentucky's Great Teacher award for her work in supporting K–12 teachers and students in constructing and evaluating scientific explanations and helping them develop informed understandings of science and its nature.

May 21, 202525 minEp. 49

Episode 47 - Building Bridges in SoTL: The Ed Crafters Community Connection

Host Scott Riley chats with Sol Roberts-Lieb and Eric Belt about the new Ed Crafters Community Connection (EC3)—a virtual learning community created by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL) to encourage faculty to learn, collaborate, and grow in the SoTL space.

Mar 12, 202530 minEp. 47

Episode 45 - From Theory to Practice: Cognitive Insights into Multimedia Learning

Host Scott Riley chats with Eric Belt, EdD, Sr. Academic Innovation Specialist and researcher at the FCTL. They take a deep dive into Richard Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and talk about what they've learned and how they plan to change their teaching as a result of their new learning.

Jan 15, 202532 minEp. 45

Episode 44 - Rethinking Classroom Boundaries: UMB's New HyFlex Teaching Space

Host, Erin Hagar, speaks with Kevin Engler and Tony Delane, members of the FCTL team about the new hyflex classroom recently completed at UMB. They explore the possibilities in teaching that the classroom, which is designed to virtually eliminate the difference in experience for remote and in-person students, presents.

Dec 11, 202419 minEp. 44

Episode 42 - Empowering Educators through Collaborative Course Design

Scott Riley chats with his co-host, Erin Hagar, about the Summer Course Design Institute at UMB that she established and ran. Erin discusses the Institute's approach to helping faculty develop or significantly revise a course in a small cross-discipline cohort with one-on-one support.

Oct 09, 202428 minEp. 42

Ep 40 - A Faculty Coaching Mock Session

Have you wondered what a coaching session sounds like? Well, in this episode, you can listen in! Two professional development coaches perform a mock session that includes all the elements of coaching—agenda setting, powerful questions, and accountability-- while exploring the tricky topic of faculty teaching evaluations. For more information on the UMB Coaching program visit: https://www.umaryland.edu/fctl/services/professional-development-coaching/...

Aug 21, 202445 minEp. 41

Episode 39 - Developing Your Course's Parallel Skill: A Workshop

Host Erin Hagar diverges from her traditional format and walks listeners through a short workshop created to help instructors design parallel skills into their course. Parallel skills being defined as skills, knowledge or attitudes that you hope to foster in your students that are connected and related to your course but not the topic itself.

Jul 18, 202414 minEp. 40

Episode 37 - UMB's FCTL (A Bird's Eye View)

Dr. Christina Cestone, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development at UMB speaks with Host Scott Riley about the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, why it was created, its long term goals and how it fits into UMB's overall strategy.

May 30, 202432 minEp. 37

Episode 33 - From Student to Faculty: Thoughts from a Current Graduate Teaching Assistant

Host Erin Hagar speaks with Vashti Adams, a PhD student in UMB's School of Social Work, who also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the new online MSW program here at UMB. Vashti discusses her journey as a learner, the influences that have shaped her and what she hopes to carry forward as she prepares for a future faculty position.

Feb 02, 202424 minEp. 33

Episode 32 - UMB FCTL Welcomes a New Director

Host Erin Hagar speaks with Sol Roberts-Lieb, EdD about his new role leading UMB's Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. Sol talks about the unique needs, strengths, and opportunities at UMB as well as his vision for a thriving FCTL that is truly responsive to faculty needs.

Dec 14, 202319 minEp. 32

Episode 30 - CIRTL 2.0 Now at UMB

Co-host Dr. Scott J Riley speaks with Jenn Aumiller, Director of Career and Professional Development at UMB about the university becoming a member of the CIRTL network and what that means for UMB faculty and students.

Oct 05, 202318 minEp. 30

Episode 29 - UMB Faculty Share Tips to Start the Semester

Erin Hagar and Scott Riley cohost this special episode to kick off the academic year. Together they sift through advice that UMB faculty members have offered about how they confront the challenges of teaching.

Aug 30, 202332 minEp. 29

Episode 27 - The Impact of Trauma on Learning

Host Erin Hagar speaks with Dr. MJ Bondy and Dr. Karen Gordes about their work to help educators understand how the neuroscience of trauma impacts our ability to learn, and what we might do to mitigate these impacts.

Jul 05, 202332 minEp. 27

Episode 26 Education Research - Peeking Behind the Veil Part 2

Co-host Dr. Scott Riley welcomes back Dr. Violet Kulo and Dr. Eric Belt for a follow up conversation about educational research that answers questions such as: What are commonly used quantitative and qualitative tools? How do they work? How can I use this in my field?

Jun 07, 202335 minEp. 26

Episode 24 Educational Research - Peeking Behind the Veil

Co-host Scott Riley speaks with Dr. Violet Kulo, Associate Professor and Program Director for the MS in Health Professions Education (HPE) program in UMB's Graduate School and Dr. Eric Belt, Senior Academic Innovation Specialist at UMB's Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, about the ways teaching has evolved over time and about the factors that lead to those changes.

Apr 05, 202334 minEp. 24
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