Teaching in Higher Ed

Accessible and Affordable Learning Through Open Educational Resources

with Ann Taylor

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Ann Taylor shares ways to offer accessible and affordable learning through open educational resources (OERs) on episode 526 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It's the instructor that's making the difference, that's making the content come alive.

I have been surprised at how some of us don't think about the cost of what we're requiring our students to use.
-Ann Taylor

It's the instructor that's making the difference, that's making the content come alive.
-Ann Taylor

If you're boring face to face and monotone or you just kinda mumble and separate, you're probably not gonna come across great recorded either.
-Ann Taylor

Text first, not video first.
-Ann Taylor

We start with the written word, and then we make sure that anywhere it's gonna make a difference or it's gonna engage the students, we incorporate multimedia pictures and graphics and interactive tools and video and so forth.
-Ann Taylor

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Four Common Arguments Against DEI and How to Dismantle Them

with Amira Barger

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Amira Barger shares four common arguments against DEI and how to dismantle them on episode 525 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What are you creating so that others can see themselves represented in the spaces they're in with you?

Many people who are at the margins often know from lived experience that the playing field is not level, and that there are biases that leaders and individuals across any and every institution have to mitigate.
-Amira Barger

Many people tend to view the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion as this sort of a 0 sum game. That idea of we're lifting someone else up means you have to push or bring someone else down. And that's not at all what we're trying to do this work.
-Amira Barger

It really is about leveling the playing field. It's not about taking things away, but it's about understanding.
-Amira Barger

What are you creating so that others can see themselves represented in the spaces they're in with you?
-Amira Barger

I try to very intentionally surround myself with people who believe and think differently than I do so that I can understand where they are coming from.
-Amira Barger

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Toward a more critical framework for AI use

with Jon Ippolito

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Jon Ippolito on a more critical framework for AI use (amongst other topics) on episode 524 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence.

We need to either rethink what intelligence means, beyond the scope of simply being articulate and knowledgeable when it comes to to putting words together, or we need to think about what other values we want to promote and encourage and teach that go beyond intelligence.
-Jon Ippolito

It's a problem because the average of 2 facts is not necessarily a fact.
-Jon Ippolito

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Communication Literacy in the Age of AI

with Judith Dutill

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Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

If your discipline involves speaking and listening, communication is at the center of it.

In the college classroom, we don't often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that's worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication.
-Judith Dutill

Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree on that effective communication is creating meaning and being understood.
-Judith Dutill

As we develop in higher education, many of us believe in multiple literacies.
-Judith Dutill

If your discipline involves speaking and listening, communication is at the center of it.
-Judith Dutill

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Intersectionality, Power, and Pedagogy

with Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh

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Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you can never go back to not seeing the power lenses.

It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you can never go back to not seeing the power lenses.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Our goal is not to get burnt out.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

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