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Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiakteachinginhighered.com
Thank you for checking out the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.
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Episodes

Empathy Toward Greater Inclusion

Jackie and Rob Parke share about empathy toward greater inclusion on episode #126 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Even the Rat Was White* Eatwell Tableware Set for people with Alzheimer's Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome sugges...

Nov 10, 201634 min

Using Open Educational Resources in Your Teaching

John Stewart shares how he uses Open Educational Resources (OER) in his teaching on episode 125 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Any time you’re doing experimental work, you can anticipate some of the problems, but not all of them. –John Stewart Laziness at the faculty level hasn’t been invented recently. –John Stewart It surprised me what amount of control of the course that faculty cede to the textbook industry. –John Stewart Think about how you can take the time b...

Nov 03, 201635 min

Intercultural Learning

Maha Bali talks about intercultural learning on episode 124 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode By spending a lot of time with people who are different than yourself, you get to know yourself even better. –Maha Bali When you leave your culture and go to live somewhere else it helps you question your values, what you take for granted, and your assumptions. –Maha Bali You need deep, sustained interaction with a person or a group of people to be able to understand their cu...

Oct 27, 201638 min

Presumed Incompetent

Yolanda Flores Niemann dialogs about being presumed incompetent in academia on episode #123 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode Only about 20% of faculty are people of color. —Yolanda Flores Niemann No matter how you think of yourself, you cease to be the independent scholar … and you become what the environment needs you to be because you are one of the few people of color. —Yolanda Flores Niemann We need to mentor women to not be afraid to negotiate. —Yolanda Flores Niemann The m...

Oct 20, 201638 min

Game-based Learning

Keegan Long-Wheeler talks about game-based learning on episode 122 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Goblin eXperience Play Open Education Conference 2016 Stephen Colbert’s Escape from the Man-sized Cabinet Healing Words Twine Video of Keegan sharing about his domain of one’s own Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It i...

Oct 13, 201636 min

Networked Pedagogy

Bonnie Stewart talks about networked pedagogy on episode #121 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode Networks are a foundational structure of human experience. —Bonnie Stewart Recognizing that there is a distinction between the personal and the private can be encouraging for people who may feel uncomfortable with the whole idea of sharing. —Bonnie Stewart Identity is something that we’re always curating. —Bonnie Stewart I realized that I’ve been curating my identity since long before ...

Oct 06, 201638 min

Get More Meaningful Work Done

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 we’re disorganized. —Robert Talbert Say yes to the things that matter and say no to everything else....

Sep 29, 201643 min

Bridging the Culture Gap

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

Sep 22, 201636 min

Teacher Becomes Student Through LIFE101

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 matters when students graduate is how they’ve changed, not just their GPA. —Mike Wesch When I start...

Sep 15, 201639 min

The Balancing Act

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 make the loss of someone you love or a disability okay, but the way we walk through it makes a big difference in ...

Sep 08, 201637 min

Connected Learning for the Curious

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 about documenting [the] process of learning. —Laura Gogia Resources Mentioned Connected Courses at Virg...

Sep 01, 201631 min

Bonus Clip on Conferences with Autumm Caines

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

Aug 29, 20168 min

Digital Citizenship

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://twitter.com/AnotherRound Heben Nigatu on Twitter https://twitter.com/heavenrants Silence and respect ep...

Aug 25, 201634 min

Engage the Heart and Mind Through the Connected Classroom

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 Mentioned Amy Collier’s session at Campus Technology 2016 Conference: Love and Risk in Education - A Call t...

Aug 18, 201637 min

Blended Course Design

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 going to give you an activity to do, and I’m going to lay out some guidelines for it, but I’m also going...

Aug 11, 201639 min

Radical Hope – A Teaching Manifesto

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 in the Classroom Moonwalking with Einstein* by Joshua Foer Blog: Radical Hope - A Teaching Manifesto Blog: ...

Aug 04, 201641 min

On the Horizon

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 Faculty-Staff Development Seminar New Media Faculty Development Seminar Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate...

Jul 28, 201637 min

Self-regulated Learning and the Flipped Classroom

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: Using Guided Practice to Build Self-regulation Article: We need to produce learners, not just stud...

Jul 21, 201639 min

The Unexpected

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 blog post: Sticky notes as a teaching tool International education TIHE episode 080: International Higher Educat...

Jul 14, 201626 min

Collaboration

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 be there in person. —Maha Bali If you want to keep learning, I think collaboration is necessary beca...

Jul 07, 201641 min

Engaging Learners

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. —Gardner Campbell Resources Seymour A. Papert's books APGAR for class meetings by Gardner Campbell Derek B...

Jun 30, 201648 min

Undercover Professor

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 You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcas...

Jun 23, 201633 min

Professional Online Portfolios

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 Communication Programs Organizations, Strategy and International Management Bio: http://jindal.utdallas.edu...

Jun 20, 201635 min

Disability Accommodations and Other Listener Questions

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 teaching as a focus TIHE 092: Small Teaching (James Lang) www.doodle.com The Lean Startup* by Eric Ries Leading C...

Jun 09, 201639 min

Critical Instructional Design

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 Digital Pedagogy is founded in the philosophy of Paulo Freire, and finds contemporary analogues in the work of...

Jun 02, 201641 min

Proactive Inclusivity

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 at Temple University. More Quotes There are stages in which a person can honestly, truly feel [colorb...

May 26, 201628 min

Public Sphere Pedagogy

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 writing across the disciplines program. Since 2006, she has been collaborating with faculty in several discipl...

May 19, 201635 min

The Failure Episode

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-McNabb I think I understand way better now what kinds of issues my students think are important. —Doug McKee I str...

May 12, 201643 min

Encouraging Accountability

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 Studies program. Quotes It’s not necessarily a kindness to not fulfill the requirements of the class. —A...

May 05, 201639 min

The Skillful Teacher

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. —Stephen Brookfield College students of any age should be treated as adults. —Stephen Brookfield Teachers need...

Apr 28, 201648 min
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