Teaching in Higher Ed

Misconceptions About Hyflex

with David Rhoads

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David Rhoads discusses common misconceptions about Hyflex on episode 327 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Every person that does Hyflex has a unique way of doing it.

Every person that does Hyflex has a unique way of doing it.
-David Rhoads

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Creatively Teaching Biology

with Lisa Burgess, Idelisa Ayala & Vanessa Hormann

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Lisa Burgess, Idelisa Ayala, & Vanessa Hormann discuss creatively teaching biology on episode 326 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What do we want our students to walk away with?

What do we want our students to walk away with?
-Lisa Burgess

We tend to do a lot of social media interaction. At the end of each lab we have hashtags.
-Vanessa Hormann

You really have to think about the student’s point of view.
-Vanessa Hormann

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Digital Pedagogy Lab Reprised

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Bonni Stachowiak shares about Digital Pedagogy Lab Reprised on episode 325 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Connect with others and ask questions. Be open.

Connect with others and ask questions. Be open.
-Dustin

Through constraint comes creativity.
-Christina

Provide as much consistency and as much grounding that you can for your students because there is so much unknown outside of your classroom.
-Sylvia

Resources Mentioned

Digital Pedagogy Lab

Episode 320 with Jesse Stommel: How to be together in learning online

Teaching Effectively with Zoom

with Dan Levy

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Dan Levy talks about his book, Teaching Effectively with Zoom on episode 324 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Virtual provides a wider range of ways in which our students can engage in our classrooms.

Virtual provides a wider range of ways in which our students can engage in our classrooms.
-Dan Levy

In a virtual classroom students can share their work much more easily.
-Dan Levy

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Becoming a Minority

with Renea Brathwaite

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Renea Brathwaite shares about his experience of “becoming a minority” on episode 323 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Where you start is not where you will end up.

Where you start is not where you will end up.
-Renea Brathwaite

My core identity was formed and reinforced with value systems that valued me.
-Renea Brathwaite

Until that anger gets deeply seeded in a common humanity, it will just be anger and it becomes misplaced.
-Renea Brathwaite

Resources Mentioned

“Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger at the way things are and courage to act so that things don’t stay the same”

Helping Students to Thrive

with Shauntae White

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Shauntae Brown White discusses approaches for helping students to thrive in their learning on episode 322 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I never want to step into a classroom and not have a plan.

I never want to step into a classroom and not have a plan.
-Shauntae Brown White

Students appreciate someone saying “I don’t know.”
-Shauntae Brown White

I just want to do things with excellence.
-Shauntae Brown White

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Storytelling: Audience, Path, and Destination

with Josef Woldense

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Josef Woldense discusses the elements of storytelling: audience, path, and destination on episode 321 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Storytelling is a technology that we, as humans, have evolved.

Storytelling is a technology that we, as humans, have evolved.
-Josef Woldense

The question becomes how can I have you buy into what I am doing?
-Josef Woldense

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How to Be Together in Learning Online

with Jesse Stommel

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Jesse Stommel talks about how to be together in learning online on episode 320 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Resilience comes from a place of privilege.

It is really important for us to pause as human beings and look at the words we are using and ask ourselves what is actually going on.
-Jesse Stommel

Resilience comes from a place of privilege.
-Jesse Stommel

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Fostering Inclusion in Our Teaching

with Marlo Goldstein Hode

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Marlo Goldstein Hode discusses barriers to inclusion in our teaching and approaches to embrace a diverse classroom on episode 319 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Being mindful of diversity and inclusion in an online environment is equally important

Being mindful of diversity and inclusion in an online environment is equally as important as it is in the classroom.
-Marlo Goldstein Hode

Everybody has implicit biases.
-Marlo Goldstein Hode

Our unconscious biases can be overridden, but they can’t be overwritten
-Marlo Goldstein Hode

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The Alchemy of Us

with Ainissa Ramirez

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Ainissa Ramirez shares about her new book, The Alchemy of Us, on episode 318 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Professors and teachers have a profound impact on people’s lives.

It’s just these little things that add up and eventually they completely dispirit a person.
-Ainissa Ramirez

Professors and teachers have a profound impact on people’s lives.
-Ainissa Ramirez

If we can learn from the past and see our reflection, we can make decisions about our present and make better decisions about our future.
-Ainissa Ramirez

It’s a burden to have to be perfect.
-Ainissa Ramirez

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Mental Health on the College Campus

with Laura Horne

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Laura Horne shares about student mental health – creating a culture of caring on episode 317 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I don’t think that we really always realize how common mental health issues are.

I don’t think that we really always realize how common mental health issues are.
-Laura Horne

We all have some degree of personal experience with what it is like to struggle emotionally.
-Laura Horne

Learning is curiosity, it is relational, it is alive.
-Laura Horne

Asking for help is a sign of strength and it is necessary.
-Laura Horne

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Designing for the Uncertain Fall

with Maria Andersen

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Maria Andersen discusses how to design courses for the uncertain Fall semester on episode 316 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Maria Andersen

Even when we are told what is going to be happening, nobody believes it anymore.
-Maria Andersen

This lack of knowledge for what is concretely going to happen is a barrier for a lot of people.
-Maria Andersen

Better to go deep than to go wide.
-Maria Andersen

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Theory vs Practice

with Viviana Pezzullo

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Viviana Pezzullo shares about theory versus practice in pedagogy on episode 315 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It was interesting to see how the same technique may be applied in different fields.

It was interesting to see how the same technique may be applied in different fields.
-Viviana Pezzullo

Sometimes for students it may not be comfortable to share videos, but I think it is important for the professor to do it.
-Viviana Pezzullo

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Culturally Responsive Online Teaching

with Courtney Plotts

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Courtney Plotts discusses culturally-responsive online teaching on episode 314 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

If I really want to connect with you, I need to learn more about you and really define the space for you.

How well are we really reaching our students? How is that authenticity coming through?
-Courtney Plotts

Show me community and I will participate. Show me that I am safe. Show me you understand my concerns.
-Courtney Plotts

If I really want to connect with you, I need to learn more about you and really define the space for you.
-Courtney Plotts

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This is Not a Test

with José Luis Vilson

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José Luis Vilson discusses race, class, and education on episode 313 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

So many of us feel like education is a matter of life and death.

Either you get ashamed of your identity or you are proud of your identity.
-José Luis Vilson

I just didn’t realize that all that information I was gathering was going to become something that would eventually make me whole.
-José Luis Vilson

So many of us feel like education is a matter of life and death.
-José Luis Vilson

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Digital Visitors and Residents

with David White

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David White shares about digital visitors and residents on episode 312 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The digital environment is as much where people live as the physical environment

Fundamentally it is about motivation to engage.
-David White

That is what education is about, it is encouraging people to make connections.
-David White

A set of practices or literacies that exist in one context don’t necessarily easily translate over to another context.
-David White

The digital environment is as much where people live as the physical environment.
-David White

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Values-Centered Instructional Planning

with Robin DeRosa & Martha Burtis

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Robin DeRosa and Martha Burtis about the new ACE framework to guide instructional planning in responses to COVID-19 on episode 311 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Faculty would be well served by using their instructional missions more in their course designs.


Faculty would be well served by using their instructional missions more in their course designs.
-Robin DeRosa

I think reflecting the human condition is part of the job and the work of universities and colleges.
-Martha Burtis

We should be showing people how we survive a situation like this by embracing the human condition.
-Martha Burtis

We really need to keep broader humanity in mind right now and not be myopic in our vision.
-Robin DeRosa

Resources Mentioned

Values-Centered Instructional Planning, by Robin DeRosa on Inside Higher Ed

ACE Framework

Cooperative Games from Lillian Nave 

Peaceable Kingdom Race to the Treasure! Award Winning Beat the Ogre Cooperative Game for Kids*

Hoot Owl Hoot Board Game*

Think UDL Podcast with Lillian Nave – Transcripts, Taxonomies, and Podcast Websites with Bonni Stachowiak

JackBox Games

CoLab

Rule of 2s: Keeping it Simple as You Go Remote for COVID19

Bill Dogterom on Teaching in Higher Ed – The Shared Journey

Laura Gibbs on Twitter

Summer 2020 Blogging Fest, by Laura Gibbs

Peter Kaufman on Episode 230: Teaching with Compassion

Article about Missouri Western State University Faculty Cuts in The Chronicle

F the Bread. The Bread Is Over., by Sabrina Orah Mark

Linda’s Tweet About Missouri Western State University Faculty Cuts

“I didn't even know that my pre-spring break class would be my last lecture, maybe ever.” – Linda Oakleaf

Learning in a Time of Pandemic

with Remi Kalir

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Remi Kalir shares about teaching and learning in a time of pandemic on episode 310 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The so-called “normal” that existed did not work for many students to begin with

The so-called “normal” that existed did not work for many students to begin with.
-Remi Kalir

We will privilege care.
-Remi Kalir

The challenges facing every institution are going to be different.
-Remi Kalir

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Hyflex Learning

with David Rhoads

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David Rhoads shares about his doctoral research on hyflex learning on episode 309 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Every type of professor and every type of course needs to be reevaluated towards learning outcomes.

I would have wished that I would have had some of the flexibility that we are now trying to design in our university.
-David Rhoads

Every type of professor and every type of course needs to be reevaluated towards learning outcomes.
-David Rhoads

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EdTech’s Role in Helping Students Feel Engaged, Safe, and Productive

with Ryan Straight

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Ryan Straight shares ways to use EdTech to help students feel engaged, connected, safe, and productive on episode 308 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

Pedagogy comes first. The tool is just a tool.

Leave the LMS to deal with the management portion of things and bring the community elsewhere, because that is where the engagement comes from.
-Ryan Straight

You have to be engaged first.
-Ryan Straight

The number one thing that I want students to do is be a person rather than just a username.
-Ryan Straight

Pedagogy comes first. The tool is just a tool.
-Ryan Straight

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