Teaching in Higher Ed

Layered Learning: Designing video with Intention and Authenticity

with M. C. Flux

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M. C. Flux uncovers lessons for video creation from what he calls layered learning on episode 587 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Many students seem to enjoy this and actually learn well from it, so I keep doing it.

I've also started creating these little quiz questions in them, but they're not hard. They're just to keep their attention going.
-M. C. Flux

Many students seem to enjoy this and actually learn well from it, so I keep doing it.
-M. C. Flux

I think these students struggle so much with attention that bringing them back with a really simple question just helps.
-M. C. Flux

The fact that students have shorter attention spans is still something we need to pay attention to. I don't think it's as bad as people say, but it is actually still a big piece of how I design instruction.
-M. C. Flux

A lot of students are used to rewatching things that they enjoy.
-M. C. Flux

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Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom

with Seth Offenbach

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Seth Offenbach shares about his article, Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom, on episode 586 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When we teach, why not be kind?

I had to recognize the reality that my classroom was never going to be the number one priority for people during the pandemic.
-Seth Offenbach

When we teach, why not be kind?
-Seth Offenbach

My goal is to challenge my students intellectually. My goal is not to stress them out.
-Seth Offenbach

We all miss deadlines.
-Seth Offenbach

In order to truly be kind, you have to create a safe space for the students where they feel that they can come to you, talk to you and learn with you.
-Seth Offenbach

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Toward Socially Just Teaching Across Disciplines

with Bryan Dewsbury

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Bryan Dewsbury helps us explore what socially just teaching might look like across disciplines on episode 585 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The things I say on day one are not going to mean anything over the course of the semester if I don't give them feedback in a reasonable time or if I'm rude when they answer a question wrong in class.

I am not interested in being in a war with AI. I'm not trying to be a faculty detective to see who's using ChatGPT or not, I didn't sign up for that work.
-Bryan Dewsbury

I'm not your enemy. I'm not against you. I'm rooting for you every single day. I really mean that.
-Bryan Dewsbury

The things I say on day one are not going to mean anything over the course of the semester if I don't give them feedback in a reasonable time or if I'm rude when they answer a question wrong in class.
-Bryan Dewsbury

The way in which we can interact around this material doesn't have to be one that's dictatorial.
-Bryan Dewsbury

You don't have to be able to save the world, but you're obligated to try, right? And so the whole key behind that is in trying, you almost by definition achieve more.
-Bryan Dewsbury

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A Different Way to Think About AI and Assessment

with Danny Liu

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Danny Liu shares a different way to think about AI and assessment on episode 584 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There is no way to really know if the rules that you're putting in place are going to be followed by students, and it doesn't mean that we need to detect them or surveil them more when they're doing their assignments.

Our students are presented with this massive array of things they could choose from. They may not know the right things to choose or the best things to choose. And our role as educators is to kind of guide them in trying to find the most healthy options from the menu to choose from.
-Danny Liu

People want to give their students clarity. They want to give their students a bit of guidance on how to approach AI, what is going to be helpful for them for learning and not helpful for learning.
-Danny Liu

There is no way to really know if the rules that you're putting in place are going to be followed by students, and it doesn't mean that we need to detect them or surveil them more when they're doing their assignments.
-Danny Liu

We need to accept the reality that students could be using AI in ways that we don't want them to be using AI if they're not in front of us.
-Danny Liu

Not everyone lies. Most of our students want to do the right thing. They want to learn, but they have the temptation of AI there that is saying, I can do this work for you. Just click, just chat with me.
-Danny Liu

Our role as teachers is not to be cops, it's to teach and therefore to be in a position where we can trust you and help you make the right choice.
-Danny Liu

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Write Like You Teach

with James Lang

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James Lang shares about his latest book, Write Like You Teach, on episode 583 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Start right now. That's the most important thing.

Answers on their own are not interesting. They become interesting when we know the questions behind them.
-James Lang

When you take a reader on a journey, as the reader works through an essay or book that you've written, they spend a lot of time with you.
-James Lang

Be attentive to the person that you are on the page to the reader.
-James Lang

Start right now. That's the most important thing.
-James Lang

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