Teaching in Higher Ed

How to Use High Structure Course Design to Heighten Learning

with Justin Shaffer

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Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students.

Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students.
-Justin Shaffer

The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment.
-Justin Shaffer

I don't think the structure necessarily guarantees success because it's the students ultimately have to put the work in to earn that grade, to earn that outcome.
-Justin Shaffer

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How Role Clarity and Boundaries Can Help Us Thrive

with Karen Costa

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Karen Costa shares how role clarity and boundaries can help us thrive on episode 505 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I saw people being asked to, like, completely revamp their entire course and learn how to online, but nothing was removed from their plate.
-Karen Costa

So the first question I want folks to ask themselves is what are my qualifications in this role.
-Karen Costa

Just because you are qualified to do it does not mean that it is yours.
-Karen Costa

I didn't know what boundaries were until I was about 35 years old, and it's taken me about 7 years of really challenging interpersonal work to understand what boundaries are and to feel confident in setting boundaries for myself.
-Karen Costa

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Higher Education for Good

with Catherine Cronin & Laura Czerniewicz

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Catherine Cronin and Laura Czerniewicz share about Higher Education for Good on episode 504 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Sometimes sets of values are at odds with the measuring systems in the university.

People are in a state of despair.
-Laura Czerniewicz

Sometimes sets of values are at odds with the measuring systems in the university.
-Laura Czerniewicz

Little moments of glimmers of innovation, not in the business sense of the word, but in the imaginative sense of the word, are good enough.
-Laura Czerniewicz

We tried to model the values that we talk about in the process of creating the book.
-Catherine Cronin

We wanted to stretch open the boundaries of a book.
-Catherine Cronin

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Online Learning Around the Globe

with Safary Wa-Mbaleka & Leni Casimiro

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Safary Wa-Mbaleka + Leni Casimiro share about their work in online higher education around the globe on episode 503 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When you open online courses, you are opening it to serve the whole world. So we need to bring in this global perspective of online education.

As we deal with our local contexts, we adjust according to the culture of the people and how they learn.
-Leni Casimiro

Eventually I went to study and get a degree in about online education, then it really became a part of who I am today as an educator.
-Safary Wa-Mbaleka

The definition of online education is much more expanded, especially with a lot of the tools that are available today that facilitate collaboration.
-Safary Wa-Mbaleka

I believe that artificial intelligence is going to challenge everything that we knew about online education because at this point you can do a lot of things that we have no control over.
-Safary Wa-Mbaleka

When you open online courses, you are opening it to serve the whole world. So we need to bring in this global perspective of online education.
-Safary Wa-Mbaleka

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Learning in a Time of Abundance

with Dave Cormier

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Dave Cormier shares about his new book, Learning in a Time of Abundance, on episode 502 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It's not about it being right or wrong. It's about understanding where people are from.

I want you to include the word hate in front of learning styles and see what happens.
-Dave Cormier

It's not about it being right or wrong. It's about understanding where people are from.
-Dave Cormier

I value the headspace of a child whenever they're learning. And I value that more than whether or not they get something right.
-Dave Cormier

To have common sense is to know the available decisions.
-Dave Cormier

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