Podagogies: A Learning and Teaching Podcast

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Podagogies is a learning and teaching podcast that explores the pedagogy of post-secondary educators who bring scholarship to students in compelling, innovative, and surprising new ways. Produced by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Toronto Metropolitan University, visit us at torontomu.ca/teachingcentre

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Episodes

Creating an Open Access Textbook with Dr. Paul Chafe and Aaron Tucker

After two years in the making, Paul Chafe and Aaron Tucker launched a team-built open access textbook this fall called "Write Here, Right Now: An Interactive Introduction to Academic Writing and Research." The interactive book serves an introductory writing course that seats over 1,000 students each year - and you can use it, too. In this episode, Chafe and Tucker explain why they opted to build a single, multimedia tool and how it became imperative to their team-based pedagogy. You can access t...

Oct 04, 2018•25 min

"Super" Experiential Learning and Teaching with Vincent Hui

What happens when you ask students to build a structure that will stop a hamster from falling into a bucket of boiling water? In the fourth episode of Podagogies, Vincent Hui leads us through a "super" experiential learning moment in his classroom. The award-winning instructor explains why he approaches teaching in a relational way, even if you're teaching classes not everyone likes to teach. Send us your feedback, questions and comments at podagogies@ryerson.ca. A transcript of this episode is ...

Jun 18, 2018•19 min

Debwewin: On the Pedagogy of Truth with Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek

Can we really decolonize classrooms? In this episode, Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek cautions against jumping into "decolonization" too quickly. She describes her research on Indigenous learners and teachers' classroom experiences and strategizes around teaching difficult knowledge. Cote-Meek is the author of Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma, and Resistance in Postsecondary Education and was the 2018 keynote speaker at Ryerson’s Learning and Teaching Conference. Send your thoughts to podagogies@ryerso...

May 22, 2018•33 min

Accessibility in the Classroom with Dr. Eliza Chandler

Dr. Eliza Chandler is an Assistant Professor in the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University. She is also the founding artistic director of Tangled Art Gallery, Canada's first art gallery dedicated to showcasing disability art and advancing accessible curatorial practices. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/3l1ZkbJ

Apr 23, 2018•16 min

Introductions and Land Acknowledgements

Welcome to the first episode of Podagogies. In this episode, we discuss the format and aims of the podcast, and unpack how educators might use land acknowledgements in their teaching. Please send us your feedback, questions and comments at podagogies@ryerson.ca A transcript of this episode is available here: https://bit.ly/38806Ap

Apr 23, 2018•17 min

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