VTLC Podcast Blog

Jen Heinert•vtlcpodcast.blogspot.com

Education

Higher Education

Last refreshed: August 20th, 2025 at 12:48 PM ⓘ

Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.

Follow on

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

RSS

Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the "Content Coverage" Model: A Conversation with Dr. David Voelker.

This interview of Dr. David Voelker by Dr. Jennifer Heinert is about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and the "coverage model". They discuss the nature of SoTL, its impact on teaching and learning, and the myths and problems associated with SoTL, as well as starting points for doing this kind of research and incorporating it into your teaching practice. The second half of the interview focuses on one of Dr. Voelker's co-authored publications on the "content coverage" model of course and ...

Nov 27, 2012

Understanding Learning Styles: A Conversation with Dr. Bill Cerbin

This interview of Dr. Bill Cerbin by Dr. Nancy Chick is about the concept of "learning styles." They cover research on learning styles, myths and problems associated with them, as well as best practices for using the fundamentals of what we know about learning in the classroom. Dr. Bill Cerbin is Professor of Psychology and director of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Center for Advancing Teaching & Learning. He also directs the College Lesson Study Project, which supports instructors a...

Jun 20, 2012

Stereotypes, Expectations, & Students At Risk: A Conversation with Professor of Psychology Cyndi Kernahan

Dr. Cyndi Kernahan is the Chair of the Psychology Department at UW-River Falls. She is a social psychologist specializing in race and racism. I've worked with Cyndi on a few research projects and have done diversity presentations with her around the state and at various conferences. In these contexts, I've heard her talk about the phenomenon described by social psychologists as "stereotype threat," or the "fear that the stereotypes about one’s group will be applied to him or her in a given situa...

Jun 20, 2012

Using Popular Culture to Engage Students in Your Discipline: A Conversation with Dr. Joseph Foy

In the spring, I attended a workshop at UW-Stout on how teachers are portrayed in film. Mary Dalton, the workshop leader and author of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies , challenged attendees to think about how we could use these representations to talk about teaching and learning with our students, who are so familiar with these stories. This use of popular culture as a way to nudge our students toward thinking more deeply and critically about their college experience reminded me...

Jun 20, 2012

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android