Christopher Richmann talks about the self and syllabus project on episode 418 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There is growing interest in the issue of the self that we bring into the classroom.
-Christopher Richmann
We are embedded selves and we bring ourselves and all of the artifacts that go along with our teaching into the classroom and into the task of teaching.
-Christopher Richmann
Am I coming across on my syllabus? Do students meet me in my syllabus?
-Christopher Richmann
Not all knowledge can be assessed or expressed in the same way.
-Christopher Richmann
Céline Cantat, Ian M. Cook, and Prem Kumar Rajaram discuss opening up the university: Teaching and Learning with Refugees on episode 412 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
Think about the ways in which language is used socially and politically as a means of exclusion and marginalization.
-Prem Kumar Rajaram
Thomas Tobin shares about copyright for the rest of us on episode 411 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Just because you are an academic and you made a copy doesn’t mean it is for an academic purpose.
-Thomas Tobin
We hear more about what you can’t do, rather than what you can [when making copies of materials].
-Thomas Tobin
[As a layperson, I can tell you that] the law is the last resort. The law only applies when there is no other permission or license in place.
-Thomas Tobin
Antija Allen and Justin Stewart talk about their book, We’re Not Ok: Black Faculty Experiences and Higher Education Strategies, on episode 409 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Your voice is important. Your individuality is important. Your presence is important.
-Justin Stewart
We’re not ok but we’re not always comfortable telling people we’re not ok.
-Antija Allen
I don’t want my students to be shocked that I am black and that I am teaching them.
-Antija Allen
A lot of people don’t know what we are going through as black faculty because we are so resilient.
-Antija Allen
Chinasa Elue, Laura Howard, & Este Jordan on unpacking resilience and grief on episode 397 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
People are grieving and hurting.
-Chinasa Elue
Resilience is an incongruent term to describe our lived experiences right now.
-Chinasa Elue
Language is power.
-Laura Howard
We have the opportunity now to really reimagine what higher education can look like if we center it on those that work with us and those that we serve.
-Chinasa Elue
Educational developers are caregivers.
-Este Jordan
The types of grief we experience depend on the different dimensions of our identity.
-Chinasa Elue
People want to know that they are seen, valued, and heard.
-Chinasa Elue
We have to become more comfortable with talking about grief in our workplaces.
-Chinasa Elue
It is really easy to be mission focused; but if you’re not focused on the people driving your mission, you are going to fail.
-Chinasa Elue
Kevin Kelly shares about how to create flexibility for students and ourselves on episode 406 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
People are used to using tags as a way to filter information.
-Kevin Kelly
Creating a checklist in advance creates a lower cognitive load for you as an instructor to remember all of these different tasks.
-Kevin Kelly
We can give prompts where students can be successful learners no matter what modality they are in.
-Kevin Kelly
The importance of the prompt is to make sure that students who are learning in different modalities can adopt the right strategies in order to be successful in reaching the outcomes.
-Kevin Kelly
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