Teaching in Higher Ed

Fostering Neurodivergent Learners’ Growth

with Will Hennessy

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Will Hennessy shares about fostering neurodivergent learners’ growth on episode 499 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Neurodivergent learners need structure. All learners need need structure.

Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary, internal and external tics that occur repeatedly in the same way. OCD is a neurological disorder that causes problems with information processing.
-Will Hennessy

I honestly thought that I just wasn't as smart as my peers, that I just needed to try harder, or that one day, I guess, it would just kinda all click in my brain. Now, obviously, I know that's not the case now, but that's kind of where I was at.
-Will Hennessy

I want to create inclusive learning environments for neurodivergent learners and introverts, students like me.
-Will Hennessy

Structure is incredibly important for neurodivergent learners. Even though we're implementing flexibility and choice, it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be a free for all where students can just do whatever they want, that could actually hinder learning.
-Will Hennessy

Neurodivergent learners need structure. All learners need need structure.
-Will Hennessy

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Equipping Educators to Navigate AI

with Stein Brunvand

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Stein Brunvand talks about equipping educators to navigate artificial intelligence (AI) on episode 498 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When a novice teacher might observe a more experienced teacher, they're not always going to notice the kinds of decisions that the teacher is making that aren't verbalized.
-Stein Brunvand

It's not so much about learning a specific tool, but being open to learning what's available to you and using what you have available to you to try to improve the learning experience.
-Stein Brunvand

Let’s learn how can we be flexible and adaptable so that we can roll with whatever is available to us.
-Stein Brunvand

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Personalized Learning Pedagogies

with Fevronia Christodoulidi & Paul Galbally

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Paul Galbally & Fevronia Christodoulidi discuss personalized learning pedagogies on episode 497 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The closer we get to each other, the more we understand each other.

The closer we get to each other, the more we understand each other.
-Paul Galbally

This course will make you uncomfortable. And if it doesn't, we're not doing our job.
-Paul Galbally

We get to know our students, and they get to know us.
-Paul Galbally

A brave space is when you can make a space safe by talking about things.
-Paul Galbally

It is more about learning to think rather than having all the solutions.
-Fevronia Christodoulidi Fenia

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How to Know Our Audience in an AI World

with Jennifer Coon

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Jennifer Coon talks about how to know our audience in an AI world on episode 496 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I'm always interested in talking with students about how they got to the point that they're at today.
-Jennifer Coon

There is value in the blank slate.
-Jennifer Coon

Professors are the ones who are really training students to be the next economists, to be the next scientists, to be the next accountants, to be the next everything.
-Jennifer Coon

Service learning is a chance for students to get out of themselves and to experience what it feels like to do some good for someone else.
-Jennifer Coon

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Using QR Codes to Design Engaging Learning Experiences

with Tolulope (Tolu) Noah

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Tolulope (Tolu) Noah shares about using QR codes to design engaging learning experiences on episode 495 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

QR codes can be used to support universal design for learning (UDL) principles, specifically in regards to providing multiple means of engagement and providing multiple means of representation.

QR codes can be used to support universal design for learning (UDL) principles, specifically in regards to providing multiple means of engagement and providing multiple means of representation.
-Tolulope (Tolu) Noah

If your students created a video, why not create QR codes to share that video with other students so that they can learn from the content too?
-Tolulope (Tolu) Noah

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