Erik Helgren and Karina Garbesi share about teaching STEM for social impact on episode 246 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Everybody has this hidden desire to want to do something meaningful in the world.
—Karina Garbesi
People want to help you when you’re doing something for somebody else.
—Karina Garbesi
Follow your passions.
—Erik Helgren
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Dr. Terri Jett discusses the fullness of our humanity as a teacher and student on episode 245 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
I’m trying to understand what the students are seeking themselves.
—Terri Jett
What I was learning was so deeply personal.
—Terri Jett
Make a statement, even if it’s small.
—Terri Jett
Don’t just sit there and take it — do something about it.
—Terri Jett
Michael Britt describes how to create online mashups that ignite curiosity on episode 244 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
What do I want my students to see first?
—Michael Britt
First I want to hear what the students think.
—Michael Britt
John Warner shares about his new book, The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing on episode 243 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Students came with so many preconceived notions of what an essay was.
—John Warner
The definition of a writer is simply somebody who writes.
—John Warner
There’s no reason not to trust students and their own experience of the world.
—John Warner
Kambiz Hamadani discusses using virtual labs and immersive reality to enhance student learning on episode 242 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Faculty have many more communication lines open to them, and why not use them?
—Kambiz Hamadani
One of the challenges I think we all face … is finding ways to deal with that diversity of background.
—Kambiz Hamadani
You have to very slowly wade into the pool of course redesign.
—Kambiz Hamadani
Sylvia Kane shares about inclusive pedagogy on episode 241 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
We need to start examining our own unconscious biases.
—Sylvia Kane
You have to start taking risks.
—Sylvia Kane
We are not teaching content — we are teaching students.
—Sylvia Kane
It’s a process — we are always learning.
—Sylvia Kane
Flower Darby shares about Small Teaching Online on episode 240 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Compared to how long we’ve been teaching in person, online learning is in its infancy.
—Flower Darby
Oftentimes we see poor examples and we think that’s how it’s done.
—Flower Darby
We can enter into deep engagement with people online — we just need to bring some of those practices into the classroom.
—Flower Darby
Michelle Pacansky-Brock shares how to become an authentic online teacher on episode 239 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
People, by nature, don’t like to recognize our faults.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
There’s such a rich array of data that the students can share with us if we let them in.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
It’s all about connection in the classroom.
—Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Zhaoshuo Jiang shares ways to connect with students inside and outside the classroom on episode 238 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Why not use the technology that’s available to students?
—Zhaoshuo Jiang
The main goal is to not only help the student inside the classroom, but also outside the classroom.
—Zhaoshuo Jiang
Education could be a luxury to a lot of students — that’s why I look into more affordable options.
—Zhaoshuo Jiang
Rashida Crutchfield discusses meeting the needs of our students on episode 237 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
The gap between what financial aid covers and the actual cost of higher education is getting wider.
—Rashida Crutchfield
Instability over a long period of time creates trauma.
—Rashida Crutchfield
Hakan Ozcelik shares about his arts-based studio pedagogy on episode 236 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Once people start being perfectionists, they are less likely to take feedback from others.
—Hakan Ozcelik
Imagination is so important for human beings.
—Hakan Ozcelik
If you make a difference in someone’s life they don’t forget it.
—Hakan Ozcelik
Annemarie Perez and Douglas Dowland share about how to be a generous professor in precarious times on episode 235 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
We need to be able to listen to the vulnerability of others in order to be generous to them.
—Douglas Dowland
A key element of generosity is being able to be in a listening space.
—Annemarie Perez
Maria Andersen discusses a new lens to support learning outcomes on episode 234 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
How much of the information … needs to be memorized versus knowing it exists?
—Maria Andersen
[Memorization] is eating away at the time that would give you the chance to spend more time on context.
—Maria Andersen
Too often we’ve fallen into the habit of basing our curriculum on some resource.
—Maria Andersen
John Warner shares about his new book, Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities, on episode 233 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Declaring students defective is kind of a dead end.
—John Warner
We know what to do — we’re just not doing it.
—John Warner
If you don’t target somebody, you’re not targeting anybody.
—John Warner
Kimberly L. Mitchell discusses her book, Experience Inquiry, on episode 232 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Inquiry is getting the students to do a lot of the question asking.
—Kimberly L. Mitchell
Making mistakes is an integral part of curiosity.
—Kimberly L. Mitchell
How do we create authentic curiosity in these places called schools?
—Kimberly L. Mitchell
Josh Eyler shares about his book How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching on episode 231 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Part of the purpose of college is to help students develop the skills to ask really great questions.
—Josh Eyler
People are conditioned to fear failure.
—Josh Eyler
How do we build in opportunities for mistakes and errors?
—Josh Eyler
Part of the work of college is to help our students figure out what they find meaningful in their lives and pursue that.
—Josh Eyler
Peter Kaufman discusses teaching with compassion on episode 230 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Social interaction is the foundation of our society.
—Peter Kaufman
If we can’t interact well, then we can’t have a strong society.
—Peter Kaufman
I think we’ve lost a good understanding of what it means to treat each other like humans.
—Peter Kaufman
Michael Ralph shares about building a culture of learning on episode 229 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Earn mastery on some of the things, or cover a lot and have mastery on many fewer things.
—Michael Ralph
Mastery feels good at a biological level.
—Michael Ralph
Active learning is more a description of the cognitive activities that are going on with my students.
—Michael Ralph
Laura Gibbs discusses how to create engaging online classes on episode 228 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Good work takes time.
—Laura Gibbs
Meaningful writing can happen in any kind of class … but you have to design the class to make that happen.
—Laura Gibbs
Thomas Tobin talks about his book Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education on episode 227 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Learning styles are not fixed characteristics.
—Thomas Tobin
It’s an iterative practice that allows students to cement things from short-term learning into long-term memory.
—Thomas Tobin
You don’t get a prize for knowing the answer … but you definitely get a prize for being able to apply it.
—Thomas Tobin
We’re lowering the barrier to access but we’re not lowering the rigor of the content itself.
—Thomas Tobin