Andrew Cross and Alyshahn Kara-Virani share about creating interactive experiences and shaping the future of teaching on episode 535 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A lot of play science comes down to being a safe space to learn from each other, to see how people respond to what you put out there in the world without it being this critical life or death situation. -Andrew Cross People disproportionately remember experiences based on both the peaks and the valleys, a...
Sep 12, 2024•36 min•Ep. 535
Josh Eyler helps us cultivate hope and action beyond grades on episode 534 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Teachers, instructors, educators at all levels can really work with students to find elements of what we are teaching that those students find individually interesting. -Josh Eyler We can help them learn how to ask questions that are meaningful to them, how to really dig in and find ways that the content becomes meaningful to who they are as people. -Josh Eyler...
Sep 05, 2024•48 min•Ep. 534
Josh Eyler shares even more problems with grades on episode 533 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Being a dad who is an educator takes things from the academic and intellectual and brings them immediately to the surface, to the real world and to the real consequences for students and families. -Josh Eyler The conflict between what we think and what we value and what we want for our kids and what the world and our school systems say are important can sometimes be almos...
Aug 29, 2024•48 min•Ep. 533
Mylien Duong discusses strategies for facilitating contentious conversations in your classroom on episode 532 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We were never really trained to have these difficult conversations. We were not really trained as instructors to facilitate these conversations. -Mylien Duong It is not realistic to not prepare our students to be civically engaged and be able to engage and work with people who are different from them who don't share the same b...
Aug 22, 2024•45 min•Ep. 532
Christopher Gilman and Adelmar Ramirez describe how to use IIIF in your teaching to bring the world’s image collections to students on episode 531 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think that our responsibility as professors in the 21st century is to engage students more. -Adelmar Ramirez Think with your hands. Every step that you make, every button that you click is an operation. -Christopher Gilman Resources Gain Richer Access to the World's Image and Audio/Visual...
Aug 15, 2024•46 min•Ep. 531
Dave Stachowiak and Bonni invite you to share your teaching stories and they tell of a few lessons from the road on episode 530 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It's interesting how much comes back to a caravan and a road trip, because that's where it all started. -Dave Stachowiak There's a lot of people who want to help you. You need to teach them how. -Dave Stachowiak The more folks we can take along on the trip and share stories, the better. -Dave Stachowiak Resou...
Aug 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 530
James Lang reads his piece, Working the Gardens of Our Classrooms, on episode 529 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode He quits worrying about whether Pangloss or Martin are correct, decides that he and his companions should turn their attention to the immediate work demanded by their current circumstances. -James Lang Writing is, number 1, a form of thinking, number 2, that produces learning, and 3, generates new ideas. That was true in 2000, and it's true in 2024. -Jam...
Aug 01, 2024•42 min•Ep. 529
Jason Lodge discusses assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence on episode 528 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Where does the capability of AI end and where does the impact of the teacher start? -Jason Lodge Our tendencies as teachers and the way that we wanted to teach was clashing with the way that the lesson plan had been structured by Chat GPT. -Jason Lodge We don't know where we're headed, but at least we can have a sense of what the direction mi...
Jul 25, 2024•44 min•Ep. 528
Alexis Peirce Caudell shares ways we cen go beyond dichtomous thinking: strategies to enhance teaching and learning on episode 527 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It's about being able to sort of think across or beyond those boxes that we normally operate on every day. -Alexis Peirce Caudell Resources Categories we live by: how we classify everyone and everything by Gregory Murphy Ministry of Imagination Manifesto Imagination: a manifesto by Ruha Benjamin Ecologies ...
Jul 18, 2024•47 min•Ep. 527
Ann Taylor shares ways to offer accessible and affordable learning through open educational resources (OERs) on episode 526 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I have been surprised at how some of us don't think about the cost of what we're requiring our students to use. -Ann Taylor It's the instructor that's making the difference, that's making the content come alive. -Ann Taylor If you're boring face to face and monotone or you just kinda mumble and separate, you're p...
Jul 11, 2024•50 min•Ep. 526
Amira Barger shares four common arguments against DEI and how to dismantle them on episode 525 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Many people who are at the margins often know from lived experience that the playing field is not level, and that there are biases that leaders and individuals across any and every institution have to mitigate. -Amira Barger Many people tend to view the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion as this sort of a 0 sum game. That idea of we're...
Jul 03, 2024•33 min•Ep. 525
Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence. -Jon Ippolito It's a problem because the average of 2 facts is not necessa...
Jun 27, 2024•51 min•Ep. 524
Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode In the college classroom, we don't often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that's worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication. -Judith Dutill Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree on that effective communication is cr...
Jun 20, 2024•49 min•Ep. 523
Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups. -Clarissa Sorensen Unruh The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you c...
Jun 13, 2024•45 min•Ep. 522
Leon Furze shares the myth of the AI first draft on episode 521 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We need to provide opportunities for people to find things hard, to persevere, and to see if they come out the other side. -Leon Furze For me, brainstorming, idea generation, drafting, all of that is far more important than the finished product itself. -Leon Furze If we're going to accuse students of cheating and then allow professors or or educators to use the technology...
Jun 06, 2024•Ep. 521
Dave Stachowiak interviews Bonni about Bird Brains on episode 520 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks. -Bonni Stachowiak For those of us that teach in a higher education context, there are so many different classroom observation tools that are far more grounded in research. -Bonni Stachowiak Let's celebrate it for the whole 10th year. We are going to be launching an opportunity where we can surface and share our sto...
May 30, 2024•Ep. 520
Danielle De La Mare shares how to foster self compassion as a professor on episode 519 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode And I worked way, way, way, way, way harder than I should have because I thought that if I didn't work hard, people would see that I wasn't worthy of being their teacher. -Danielle De La Mare Let's just take a second and really feel all the pain that you've been feeling. And put your hands over your heart. -Danielle De La Mare Don't say yes if it's ...
May 23, 2024•39 min•Ep. 519
José Bowen shares about Teaching with AI on episode 518 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The technology changed the standard that we accept. -José Bowen There's a huge equity issue here, but there's also an opportunity to raise standards. -José Bowen There are different things that AI can do to help us with student learning. -José Bowen AI has the capability to increase our ability to have relationships with students by taking away some of the other kinds of tedious ...
May 16, 2024•49 min•Ep. 518
C. Edward Watson talks about thinking with and about AI on episode 517 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Where will things be 2 and a half years? And how do you prepare students for that world that's rapidly evolving? -Eddie Watson You must use AI as a starting point in the real world. -Eddie Watson Even the best tool on the market says that it gets it wrong one out of 20 times. You know, there's a false positive. It'll accuse a student of cheating who did not cheat w...
May 09, 2024•44 min•Ep. 517
Karen Robert + Aga Palalas share about their co-edited book, Presence in the Online World, a Contemplative Perspective and Practice for Educators, on episode 516 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode This practice really focuses on the beautiful part of us, which is compassion. -Aga Palalas What is my intention? Why am I here right now? -Aga Palalas Practices take practice. -Karen Robert Come back to yourself. -Karen Robert Resources Presence in the Online World, a Contem...
May 02, 2024•44 min•Ep. 516
Jody Greene discusses faculty’s role in student success on episode 515 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The special power of literature comes from that capacity to have one foot in the factual or the real and one foot in the imagination or the fictional. -Jody Greene We know that there are so many other important elements to students' success, their well-being, their thriving, their career pathways, their ability to pursue interests and curiosities, their engagement,...
Apr 25, 2024•40 min•Ep. 515
Joe Hoyle shares lessons from more than 50 years of teaching and from his free book: Transformative Education, on episode 514 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If you want to become a better teacher, find someone who has an interest in teaching like you do. -Joe Hoyle Great teaching is terribly, terribly complicated. -Joe Hoyle Having a good teacher who is kind to you is very, very important. -Joe Hoyle Your success, or your lack of success, is a product of the storie...
Apr 18, 2024•44 min•Ep. 514
Adaira Landry and Resa Lewiss share how to develop your MicroSkills - small actions for big impact on episode 513 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I love that no is a complete sentence. -Resa Lewiss Taking intentional deliberate breaks makes you even more effective and efficient at work. -Resa Lewiss In academics, we are told to always say yes. -Resa Lewiss Resources MicroSkills: Small Actions Big Impact, by Adaira Landry MD MEd and Resa E Lewiss MD* “Small is good, ...
Apr 11, 2024•43 min•Ep. 513
Tolulope (Tolu) Noah describes how to create engaging microlecturees on episode 512 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Microlectures prompt students to do something with the information they're learning. -Tolu Noah I always find myself learning so much more about the power and potential of my devices through watching his videos than I would ever figure out just by tinkering around on the device on my own. -Tolu Noah Providing information in both audio and visual format...
Apr 04, 2024•30 min•Ep. 512
David Clark discusses using alternative grading practices to foster student learning on episode 511 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Does this represent what I really care about? -David Clark Most of us are used to giving feedback in some way, but making it helpful is the tough part. -David Clark A reassessment always needs some reflective parts, some metacognition, because that's part of the feedback loop. -David Clark People aren't going to remember everything that...
Mar 28, 2024•42 min•Ep. 511
Robert Talbert shares about the principles of grading for growth on episode 510 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode In one shot, she can't get a B in the class. And I sat there and just watched her sense of self worth and her excitement in the class just decay away right before my eyes. -Robert Talbert When you look at grades as we often use them in a traditional setting, they are much of what we do is under the guise of object what we think is objectivity. -Robert Talb...
Mar 21, 2024•36 min•Ep. 510
Kem Saichaie talks about how to teach in active learning spaces on episode 509 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Flexibility requires familiarity. -Kem Saichaie Oftentimes, at least at the research intensive level, we have this false comparison between STEM and non STEM types of teaching in classrooms. -Kem Saichaie At the heart of many active learning classroom design spaces is the concept of flexibility. -Kem Saichaie Resources A Guide to Teaching in the Active Lear...
Mar 14, 2024•44 min•Ep. 509
Scott Shigeoka shares about his book SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World on episode 508 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is a really beautiful experience to have multiple generations in the same house where we're all just living and learning alongside one another. -Scott Shigeoka Students can feel unsafe on their campuses because of the discourse or the lack of discourse. -Scott Shigeoka Resources SEEK: How Curiosity Can Transform Your...
Mar 07, 2024•50 min•Ep. 508
Tamara (Tami) Shetron shares a vision of higher education for all (including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities on episode 507 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode My background is in a field called developmental education, which is some people used to call it remedial education, but the term evolved into developmental because remedial is the idea of fixing things, whereas developmental follows more the natural human cycle of growing and developing ac...
Feb 29, 2024•42 min•Ep. 507
Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students. -Justin Shaffer The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment. -Justin Shaffer I don't think the structure necessarily guarantees success becaus...
Feb 22, 2024•46 min•Ep. 506
