Teaching in Higher Ed

Fostering Peace, Joy, and Community in Teaching and Leading, with Danny Mann

with Danny Mann

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Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.

Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.
-Danny Mann

Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time studying and practicing mindfulness practices.
-Danny Mann

If you discover your why, you could basically feel much more energized and joyful about what you do, if you align your life with that.
-Danny Mann

Giving students space to speak and share ups and downs. So the ironic leading by listening.
-Danny Mann

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Big and Small Experiments in Teaching and Learning with Mike Cross

with Mike Cross

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Mike Cross shares about his experiments (big and small) in teaching and learning on episode 610 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.

The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.
-Mike Cross

I love that, that idea of tiny experiments. I think that that is absolutely critical because we're all so busy.
-Mike Cross

Anytime you can put yourself in someone else's shoes, it makes you a better person, right? Whether that's a better teacher, a better spouse, a better friend, a better citizen, anything.
-Mike Cross

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Pedagogical Wellness and the Conditions for Flourishing with Theresa Duong

with Theresa Duong

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Theresa Duong on episode 609 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Pedagogy, the formal definition in my mind, is this art and science of teaching and learning.

“All we're really trying to do is create these conditions that can help our students flourish and thrive within our classrooms while maintaining the rigor of our work.”
– Theresa Duong

“I felt like I could thrive in my PhD program because I had these people who kept pushing me to go and kept pushing me to take care of myself.”
– Theresa Duong

“Pedagogy, the formal definition in my mind, is this art and science of teaching and learning.”
– Theresa Duong

“To me, wellness is really about thriving and flourishing in the work that you're doing.”
– Theresa Duong

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Overcoming the Curse of Expertise and Other Ways to Be Inclusive in Our Teaching with Sheila Tabanli

with Sheila Tabanli

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Sheila Tabanli shares ways to overcome the curse of expertise and other ways to be inclusive in our teaching on episode 608 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

"I suggest, sign up to a course that you have no idea, and then we'll talk later. In other words, feel what it means to be a novice

“I suggest, sign up to a course that you have no idea, and then we'll talk later. In other words, feel what it means to be a novice.”
– Sheila Tabanli

“An expert in a field doesn't necessarily mean they will be able to effectively teach that content.”
– Sheila Tabanli

“There are differences between how experts and novices look at this content.”
– Sheila Tabanli

“We can still slow down. We can still show how an expert solves a math problem without sacrificing from the rigor or the content.”
– Sheila Tabanli

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An E-Bike for the Mind: AI, Augmentation, and Moral Hazards with Josh Brake

with Josh Brake

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Josh Brake shares metaphors and other ethical considerations regarding AI on Episode 607 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When you're moving fast, it's really easy to do things unreflectively and to make a poor decision without even realizing it.

“When you're moving fast, it's really easy to do things unreflectively and to make a poor decision without even realizing it.”
-Josh Brake

“The special thing about bicycles, at least in their non-electronic versions, is that they're totally human-powered. So it's all based on the energy that you put in, and it's just transforming that energy, to make you more efficient and be able to move faster.”
-Josh Brake

“When you have something like an E bike, that augmentation can be used in a variety of different ways, so it can be used to actually extend your capacity.”
-Josh Brake

“It's really this question about what's the intention that you're bringing to the technology when you come to the tool, what are the questions that you're asking? And fundamentally, it's a question of purpose and intention. Why are you using this?”
-Josh Brake

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