Teaching in Higher Ed

What We Have Learned

with Donald Bullock

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Donald Bullock and I talk about what we have learned on episode 362 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

My heart and passion for justice started at a very young age.

In college you blink and then it’s over.
-Donald Bullock

In my early days of college I was just trying to get used to the work load.
-Donald Bullock

I learn so much better in classes where we have open discussions that feel more like a conversation rather than just someone lecturing at me.
-Donald Bullock

My heart and passion for justice started at a very young age.
-Donald Bullock

Resources Mentioned

Quizlet

This I Believe Essays

This I Believe Curriculum

Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning, by Susan Hrach

Big Rocks Productivity

with Eva Lantsoght

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Eva Lantsoght shares some of her productivity approaches on episode 360 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It has been a very good time to reflect on what we value most.

It has been a very good time to reflect on what we value most.
-Eva Lantsoght

Especially in these times, I really want to be there for my students.
-Eva Lantsoght

Resources Mentioned

7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey*

Big Rocks Demonstration

Eva’s website: including her free templates

Get a Life, PhD

Michael Hyatt’s Designing Your Ideal Week

Design to Engage

with Beth Cougler Blom

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Beth Cougler Blom discusses her book, Design to Engage, on episode 359 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Flexibility within structure is an art.

I want to start with outcomes. I want to plan but I need to be flexible within that.
-Beth Cougler Blom

Flexibility within structure is an art.
-Beth Cougler Blom

There is a sweet spot that we need to find between authenticity and professionalism.
-Beth Cougler Blom

Resources Mentioned

Design to Engage, by Beth Cougler Blom*

Lesson Plan Template

Present on Canva and Use a Timer

Episode 324 | Teaching Effectively with Zoom | Dan Levy

Sneaky Assignments

with Matt Reed

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Matt Reed shares about sneaky assignments and student speak outs on episode 358 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I used the pseudonym Dean Dad because those were the two roles that I spent most of my waking hours doing.

I used the pseudonym Dean Dad because those were the two roles that I spent most of my waking hours doing.
-Matt Reed

Covid changed the whole experience of time and space.
-Matt Reed

Resources Mentioned

Friday Fragments, by Matt Reed

Pre-Mad, by Matt Reed

Dreaming from a Distance, by Matt Reed

Matt Reed’s columns on Inside Higher Ed

Research Report: How Does Hyflex Work in a Large Course? by Robert Talbert

An Interdisciplinary Legacy

with Sandie Morgan & Warren Doody

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Sandie Morgan and Warren Doody share about Elizabeth Leonard’s interdisciplinary legacy on episode 357 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

She knew so much from such a broad spectrum of disciplines and she wanted her students to have that kind of competency.

She was very intentional about introducing faculty, colleagues, and students to people from outside that would bring different perspectives.
-Sandie Morgan

She could fight if she had to. She could stand her ground if she had to. What was so wonderful about her was she always fought the right fight.
-Warren Doody

She was a one-size-fits-all person. She could do so many different things.
-Warren Doody

She knew so much from such a broad spectrum of disciplines and she wanted her students to have that kind of competency.
-Sandie Morgan

Resources Mentioned

One Year In

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Bonni Stachowiak reflects on learnings as we cross the year COVID mark on episode 356 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

While there have been so many difficult aspects, there have also been many discoveries.

Reflection is such an important part of our process as teachers.
-Bonni Stachowiak

I had no idea what was in store.
-Bonni Stachowiak

We have witnessed immense inequities.
-Bonni Stachowiak

While there have been so many difficult aspects, there have also been many discoveries.
-Bonni Stachowiak

I have witnessed incredible lessons of independence.
-Bonni Stachowiak

Resources Mentioned

Coffee, Community, and Curriculum

with Barbara Rodriguez, Jodi Robson & Michelle Levine

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Barbara Rodriguez, Jodi Robson, and Michelle Levine talk coffee, community, and curriculum on episode 355 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is important to find out early in the semester what our students need in order to be successful.

It is important to find out early in the semester what our students need in order to be successful.
-Jodi Robson

Resources Mentioned

Advancing Online Teaching

with Todd Zakrajsek & Kevin Kelly

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Todd Zakrajsek and Kevin Kelly talk about their book Advancing Online Teaching on episode 354 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There is a human at the other end of that internet connection.

There is a human at the other end of that internet connection.
-Kevin Kelly

I look for the people who are not like me.
-Todd Zakrajsek

Resources Mentioned

How to bring art and science into online teaching

with Stephanie Moore

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Stephanie Moore shares how to bring art and science into online teaching on episode 354 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Stephanie Moore

Online learning gets boxed in quite often.
-Stephanie Moore

What does the college experience mean? And for whom?
-Stephanie Moore

Our teaching practices are continually improving and evolving.
-Stephanie Moore

You’re not failing, you’re learning.
-Stephanie Moore

Resources

Invisible Learning

with David Franklin

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David Franklin shares about his book, Invisible Learning, on episode 352 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is as much about the student’s relationship with statistics as it is about statistics itself.

It is as much about the student's relationship with statistics as it is about statistics itself.
-David Franklin

How do our biases affect the way that we think?
-David Franklin

He encourages an atmosphere in which he can be questioned.
-David Franklin

Resources Mentioned

Good teaching is about having students answer questions or solving problems that they find intriguing, interesting, or beautiful. – Ken Bain

Hyflex: Create Engaging Asynchronous Activities

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Bonni Stachowiak shares how to create engaging asynchronous activities for Hyflex courses on episode 351 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Curation is an essential skill for me to practice.

Curation is an essential skill for me to practice.
-Bonni Stachowiak

Resources

Ungrading

with Susan D. Blum

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Susan Blum shares about ungrading on episode 350 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Think about your students as people who are learning things for purposes. If they are not learning for a grade, why else are they learning?

Genuine education isn’t simply this points game.
-Susan Blum

If the learning is interesting, people will do it.
-Susan Blum

Think about your students as people who are learning things for purposes. If they are not learning for a grade, why else are they learning?
-Susan Blum

The goal is learning. Learning can be for the purpose of use or interest.

-Susan Blum

Resources

Community Building Activities

with Maha Bali, Autumm Caines & Mia Zamora

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Maha Bali, Autumm Caines, and Mia Zamora share about community building activities on episode 349 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Community is more than just a gathering of people in a room. It is a sense of caring about one another and for something.

It is not enough to tell students I want to listen to you. You have to build the trust so they will talk to you and be candid with you.
-Maha Bali

Community is more than just a gathering of people in a room. It is a sense of caring about one another and for something.
-Autumm Caines

It is something really powerful when we learn together in community.
-Autumm Caines

You can’t insist upon trust. It has to be something that emerges from moments.
-Mia Zamora

Resources

You Must Remember This

with Michelle Miller

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Michelle D. Miller discusses why memory is important for learning – even in the age of Google on episode 348 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Ask students to link their learning to their own lives.

Ask students to link their learning to their own lives.
-Michelle D. Miller

Resources

Online Culture

with Courtney Plotts

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Courtney Plotts is back on Teaching in Higher Ed to discuss online culture on episode 347 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When we look at what successful students do, they are not independent, they are interdependent.

When we look at the culture of learning, whether in the online space or in the classroom space, a lot of students experience marginalization.
-Courtney Plotts

Research says that marginalization is a self-selected way to deal with acculturated stress.
-Courtney Plotts

When we look at what successful students do, they are not independent, they are interdependent.
-Courtney Plotts

We have to be honest that campus culture is not the online culture. It is an extension, but it is not the same thing.
-Courtney Plotts

Resources

Filling the equity gap in STEM Fields

with Archana McEligot

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Archana McEligot discusses filling the equity gap in STEM fields on episode 346 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Seeing someone that looks like them is so important.

You really do need that interdisciplinary perspective when looking at data.
-Archana McEligot

We can’t work in silos, some of the greatest innovations and discoveries have happened through an interdisciplinary perspective.
-Archana McEligot

Many underrepresented students experience imposter syndrome.
-Archana McEligot

Seeing someone that looks like them is so important.
-Archana McEligot

Resources Mentioned

Big Data Discovery and Diversity: Through Research, Education Advancement and Partnership (BD3-REAP)

BD3-REAP Faculty

John Snow

Transforming a University

with Adanely Jimenez, Adrian Delgado & Jenny Vargas

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Adanely Jimenez, Adrian Delgado, + Jenny Vargas shares about transforming a university on episode 345 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I was grateful to have professors who took the time to ask me what was wrong, if I was ok, and how it was going. Being able to speak to my professors when I was going through something made it easier for me to be real.

It was a big 180 slap in the face thing for me being around a whole diverse group of people and students who were my age, but I really thought everyone my age thought the way I did.
-Jenny Vargas

I was grateful to have professors who took the time to ask me what was wrong, if I was ok, and how it was going. Being able to speak to my professors when I was going through something made it easier for me to be real.
-Adanely Jimenez

Resources

Caring for the Whole Person

with Sharon Hamill

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Sharon Hamill speaks about caring for the whole person on episode 344 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I think you have to embrace the messiness and recognize that this is probably where the best learning is going to occur.

It was an opportunity for these outstanding graduate students at Cal State San Marcos to be able to be on the frontlines actually educating.
-Sharon Hamill

Watching these public health students get in there and do their thing- I was just in awe.
-Sharon Hamill

I think you have to embrace the messiness and recognize that this is probably where the best learning is going to occur.
-Sharon Hamill

Resources

Meeting the Moment Through Inclusive Teaching

with Michael Benitez & Meredith Flynn

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Meeting the Moment Through Inclusive Teaching, with Michael Benitez and Meredith Flynn.

Quotes from the episode

pedagogy is truly a craft. it is an art and requires us to be attentive to it.

Pedagogy is truly a craft. It is an art and requires us to be attentive to it.
-Michael Benitez

As educators, we want to make sure that we create really welcoming environments and that our learning environments promote equitable and successful outcomes for our students.
-Meredith Flynn

Resources

Place-Based Learning

with Amy Sprowles & Matthew Johnson

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Amy Sprowles and Matt Johnson on episode 342 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We became much more aware and knowledgeable about what place-based learning means to other people and other groups.

We became much more aware and knowledgeable about what place-based learning means to other people and other groups.
-Amy Sprowles

Place-based learning rests on the power of immersing students, faculty and staff in the place and recognizing the heritage, culture, landscape, geography, plants, animals and rocks and how those things interact with each other to illustrate to students how so many disciplines are interconnected.
-Matt Johnson

You cannot talk about the place without talking about the Indigenous people that have been there since time immemorial.
-Matt Johnson

Resources