Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna share about their book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want on episode 576 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What's going on with the phrase artificial intelligence is not that it means something else than what we're using it to mean, it's that it doesn't have a proper referent in the world. -Emily M. Bender There's a much broader range of people who can have opinions on AI. -Alex Hanna The boosters s...
Jun 26, 2025•41 min•Ep. 576
Rolin Moe shares about rebuilding trust in the value of education (among other things) on episode 575 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I never again had a static lesson plan. I was always very fluid in whatever I was going to be doing. I knew where I wanted to get, but the road could go in all sorts of different directions. - Rolin Moe Learning is a continuous activity in all sorts of areas and all sorts of places. - Rolin Moe Education is the process of helping peop...
Jun 19, 2025•45 min•Ep. 575
Alex Edmans shares about his book, May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do About It on episode 574 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We think a lie is basically the opposite of truth. So something is a lie if you can disprove it factually. -Alex Edmans What I focus on in my book is a more subtle form of a lie where something could be 100% accurate, but the inferences that we draw from them might be misleading. -Alex...
Jun 12, 2025•37 min•Ep. 574
Tolu Noah shares about her new book, Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality, on episode 573 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Whenever I'm planning a learning experience, I start by identifying a clear goal for the experience. -Tolu Noah I don't think there's necessarily one right way to approach planning. -Tolu Noah A really important aspect of facilitation is that yes, you have a plan, but you also need to be flexible with that plan and be willing ...
Jun 05, 2025•46 min•Ep. 573
Leon Furze shares about myths and metaphors in the age of generative AI on episode 572 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode In higher education there is a need to temper the resistance and refusal of the technology with the understanding that students are using it anyway. -Leon Furze We can take a a personal moral stance, but if we have a responsibility to teach students, then we have a responsibility to engage with the technology on some level. In order to do that, we n...
May 29, 2025•47 min•Ep. 572
Jackie Shay Shares about overcoming imposter syndrome through joyful curiosity on episode 571 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Sometimes I get in my head about imposter syndrome about being joyful. -Jackie Shay Why can't we recognize that these different types of intelligences have just as much value as intellectual intelligence? -Jackie Shay It's about supporting the learning by doing meaningful, challenging work that promotes growth, that allows us to find joy in t...
May 22, 2025•50 min•Ep. 571
Laura Gibbs shares how to get started with interactive storytelling in any discipline on episode 570 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think what happens with a lot of people's efforts to tell stories is that they're staring at a blank page or a blank screen, and they just feel lost in it because they don't have a form that they're filling up. -Laura Gibbss Everybody was thriving with these hundred word stories. -Laura Gibbss Meaninglessness in education won't work....
May 15, 2025•45 min•Ep. 570
Mike Perkins and Jasper Roe share a practical framework for ethical AI integration in assessment on episode 569 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We wanted to be flexible and have some opportunities for students and faculty to really have open conversations about how AI might be suitably used given the individual circumstances and the cultural context. -Mike Perkins One of the things that is happening that we can't deny is that the rate of hallucinations is going down...
May 08, 2025•45 min•Ep. 569
Tricia Bertram Gallant and David Rettinger discuss The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI on episode 568 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is true that people cheat, and that's the reason we have rules in the first place in our lives. -David Rettinger There are always going to be social, personal, and individual pressures on us that cause us to do things that either we didn't realize were wrong, or that we perfectly well know that are wro...
May 01, 2025•49 min•Ep. 568
Therese Huston shares about Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science on episode 567 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode As an instructor, there are multiple streams that you're having to pay attention to and you're switching between each one. -Therese Huston The research shows that listening to music that moves you will increase dopamine in your ventral striatum, so you feel a sense of reward. -Therese Huston Visualizing the process actually increas...
Apr 24, 2025•45 min•Ep. 567
Eileen Camfield shares about Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education on episode 566 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I want to encourage folks to think about how vigor can go alongside rigor. -Eileen Camfield We really feel healed. We really feel like our suffering does not have to define us anymore. -Eileen Camfield Joy is a renewable resource because it does not get depleted. -Eileen Camfield Resources Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education: Uplifting Teaching...
Apr 17, 2025•37 min•Ep. 566
Jamie Moore shares about embracing anger to find joyful agency on episode 565 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I was told that that if I showed emotion I would be seen as vulnerable, and my students would be ready to pounce on that vulnerability. -Jamie Moore Invisible agreements shadow our classroom interactions and curriculum, capping the potential for connection, feeling, and joy in community with each other. -Jamie Moore My favorite thing is learning with my stud...
Apr 10, 2025•45 min•Ep. 565
John Warner shares about his latest book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI on episode 564 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If we treat the output of large language models as writing, as opposed to syntax generation, which is how I characterize it, then we're allowing the meaning of writing and the experience of writing to be degraded for humans. -John Warner Clearly, this is not feedback that is unique to human beings and unique to how we ...
Apr 03, 2025•48 min•Ep. 564
Dr. Sunita Sah discusses her book, Defy: The Power of Saying No in a World That Demands Yes on episode 563 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Defiance is a practice, not a personality. -Dr. Sunita Sah Defiance is a skill that's available and necessary for all of us to use. -Dr. Sunita Sah For many of us, the distance between who we think we are and what we actually do is enormous. -Dr. Sunita Sah To defy is simply to act in accordance with your true values when there's...
Mar 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 563
Jesús Campos shares his story as an undocumented undergrad/grad student and ways to support others in their educational pursuits on episode 562 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There is some guilt students have because they feel like they’re not really pulling their weight, or they’re sort of a burden because they’re not producing an income. -Jesús Campos Look at scholarships that are open to nonresidents. They're out there. -Jesús Campos It’s very important not to p...
Mar 20, 2025•43 min•Ep. 562
Stephanie Cawthon shares about her book, Disability Is Human - The Vital Power of Accessibility in Everyday Life, on episode 561 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We all have disability at one time or another, maybe just not right now. -Stephanie Cawthon I think that there is still a sense of surprise when a request is made for some kind of modification. -Stephanie Cawthon This idea that accommodations and accessibility is coming at some cost to the abled is a false p...
Mar 13, 2025•38 min•Ep. 561
Simon Cullen and Nicholas DiBella discuss how to equip students to dialog across differences using an AI Guide they’ve created on episode 560 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Most of my students have not heard cogent arguments on the other side of whatever their own position is because they've been so siloed. -Simon Cullen In every one of these classes the point is to try and confront students with the strongest arguments I can find, ideally for the thing they don't ...
Mar 06, 2025•50 min•Ep. 560
Lauren Barbeau + Claudia Cornejo Happel discuss how to cultivate critical teaching behaviors on episode 559 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Being a good teacher or a good researcher is not something you're born with. It's something you learn. It's something you can get better at. -Lauren Barbeau Teaching doesn't fall into nice, neat color coded boxes. We need something that represents the complexity and the messiness and the way that behaviors overlap and might fall...
Feb 27, 2025•46 min•Ep. 559
Michelle Miller shares about her book, A Teacher's Guide to Learning Student Names: Why You Should, Why It's Hard, How You Can, on episode 558 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think a lot of us kinda simmer in this little mindset of, everybody else can do this and I can't. -Michelle Miller We’ve all heard the old saying it’s the sweetest sound that anybody ever hears their own name. It elevates the conversation differently to be able to use names. -Michelle Miller ...
Feb 20, 2025•49 min•Ep. 558
Kent Kauffman shares about his book, Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues Faculty Need to Know, on episode 557 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Leave the things that you have full discretion on out of a syllabus. Put those things that allow you to show to your students that you care about clarity into a syllabus. -Kent Kauffman What have courts that have authority in your jurisdiction or the supreme court said about the rights faculty have in public institution...
Feb 13, 2025•45 min•Ep. 557
Jasmine Roberts-Crews shares about socially just open education and Black feminist pedagogy on episode 556 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I'm focusing on Black women in particular here because there is a history among some Black women with rejecting the term feminism because there is this idea that feminism is for white women. -Jasmine Roberts-Crews What can we learn from the critical work of Black women through their lived experiences? -Jasmine Roberts-Crews We're...
Feb 06, 2025•49 min•Ep. 556
Christopher Ostro shares a big picture look at AI detection tools on episode 555 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think there are tons of students I interact with who are really just curious and trying to use these tools to dig deeper. -Christopher Ostro I want them getting practice on these things that are going to be part of their future careers and lives. I love that my classroom is a stage for that. -Christopher Ostro I think AI detection has a place, but its p...
Jan 30, 2025•49 min•Ep. 555
Todd Zakrajsek shares about Classroom Assessment Techniques on episode 554 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There's a lot of things that we don't know that we don't know until we try to do it. -Todd Zakrajsek If 90% get it wrong, you didn't teach it well. -Todd Zakrajsek It is so important for the students to understand that you can discuss a point and nobody knows the answer at the end, but you have thought through it. -Todd Zakrajsek To what extent am I helping you...
Jan 23, 2025•53 min•Ep. 554
Liz Norell shares about her book, The Present Professor, on episode 553 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What student behavior just triggers your frustration more than anything else? -Liz Norell Reflect: What kind of expectations do we have of other people? Are those expectations reasonable? Are their priorities the same as mine? -Liz Norell We are living in very interesting times. -Liz Norell I don’t think that we can cultivate empathy if we're not feeling psycholog...
Jan 16, 2025•44 min•Ep. 553
Cyndi Kernahan discusses her book Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom on episode 552 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Students begin to better understand institutionalized racism, which is my main goal for them. -Cyndi Kernahan When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person? -Cyndi Kernahan There's a lot of psych research that shows that it's easier fo...
Jan 09, 2025•43 min•Ep. 552
Peter Felten + Kassidy Puckett share about relationship-rich education at scale on episode 551 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We need to help students understand that relationships matter for their learning, their well-being, and success. -Peter Felten Curiosity is a practice. -Peter Felten Empathy in the classroom is not just about being kind; it's about actively listening and understanding where our students are coming from. -Kassidy Puckett Sharing personal stor...
Jan 02, 2025•48 min•Ep. 551
Kerry Mandulak talks about the importance of transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) on episode 550 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We can teach in a way where different types of learners can be successful. -Kerry Mandulak Perfect is the enemy of us all. -Kerry Mandulak I am consistently trying to impress upon students how important reflection and revising is on their learning, because students often want to just move on. -Kerry Mandulak A good hug makes a big ...
Dec 26, 2024•44 min•Ep. 550
Rajiv Jhangiani shares reflections on designing for justice on episode 549 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode One of the actions that is in the plan for developing a framework for ethical educational technology is that new tools that are procured are not going to reinforce systemic biases. -Rajiv Jhangiani If you're really intentionally focusing on social justice explicitly, students can tell. -Rajiv Jhangiani Resources Inclusive Education Research Lab About the Inclus...
Dec 19, 2024•42 min•Ep. 549
Betsy Barre discusses the times when we are holding our breath while holding class on episode 548 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I think we could be more generous when we talk to people who disagree with us about pedagogy and recognize the complexity of the decisions that we're making. -Betsy Barre There’s been a lot of really somewhat heated discourse about whether it’s appropriate to share your views in class, or if that’s a violation of your responsibilities. -B...
Dec 12, 2024•47 min•Ep. 548
Bonni Stachowiak shares some gift ideas for those who teach in higher education on episode 547 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I would like to share some gift ideas, perhaps for the holidays, perhaps for other reasons, and specifically to inspire, to encourage, to nourish someone that you know, or perhaps even yourself, who has a love for teaching and a love for learning. -Bonni Stachowiak A love letter to all things bookish... a must have for every book collection ...
Dec 05, 2024•30 min•Ep. 547
