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This was a great opportunity to focus people’s ideas on and get them thinking in a different way on the diversity of learners.
-Michelle Miller
We remember more when we think of something in terms of its meaning or its relevance to ourselves.
-Michelle Miller
Bonni Stachowiak shares about her new book – The Productive Online and Offline Professor on episode 290 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
In terms of productivity, we really have to make these systems work for us.
-Bonni Stachowiak
If you can proactively create the space and systems before it hits the breaking point, it opens up the doors to do so much more and enjoy the journey so much more.
-Dave Stachowiak
One of the ways I think I avoid burnout and still am passionate and joyful about the work that I am privileged to get to do is because I have that margin.
-Bonni Stachowiak
Angela Jenks on episode 289 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
The farther you get in a field, the more differently you read.
-Angela Jenks
Looking for open education resources is always good, no matter what field you are in.
-Angela Jenks
I think the most important thing is thinking about the syllabus from a student's perspective.
-Angela Jenks
What information to include in syllabus?
When will your class meet?
Remember the holidays
How much reading should you assign?
How much do the books/course materials cost?
How many works are written by women, people of color, or other marginalized authors?
Is your syllabus accessible?
Conduct a more detailed self-assessment of inclusion in your syllabus and course design with this survey
Include a statement on access and inclusion
Include a basic needs statement
Give a quiz on your syllabus, or make it interactive
Bryan Alexander shares about his book Academia Next on episode 288 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
“I’m happy to be as open as possible because that makes my work better.”
-Bryan Alexander
Harriet Schwartz shares about her book Connected Teaching on episode 287 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
People are at their best when they can engage in healthy growth-fostering relationships.
-Harriet L. Schwartz
We have to maintain the standards of our profession and the standards of our discipline but at the same time understand that not everybody’s experience is the same as ours.
-Harriet L. Schwartz
Interactions and relationships are really sites and sources for learning.
-Harriet L. Schwartz
Jessamyn Neuhas shares about Geeky Pedagogy on episode 286 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Just because you know a lot about something doesn’t mean you know how to teach it.
-Jessamyn Neuhas
There are a lot of things that student evaluations can’t tell us and a lot of ways that they can be flawed.
-Jessamyn Neuhas
We have to learn how to be effective teachers.
-Jessamyn Neuhas
Teaching and learning is a social interaction. We tend to be underprepared for the social interaction part of our job.
-Jessamyn Neuhas
Janue Johnson and Bonni Stachowiak share our reflections on the ESCALA HSI Summer Institute on episode 285 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
One of the things that stuck out to me was aligning learning activities with learning goals and assessments.
-Janue Johnson
Arley Cruthers discusses process over product on episode 283 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
One of the things that my coach used to always say is that in order to focus on winning you have to forget about winning.
-Arley Cruthers
If you focus on the process, that is when you are going to have a rich and valuable experience.
-Arley Cruthers
Mimi Benjamin, Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, and Jody E. Jessup-Anger Share about living-learning communities on episode 283 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Creating community is really important, it can help students feel connected to both the institution and their academic pursuits.
-Mimi Benjamin
Faculty have a really great opportunity to reinforce the identity of the living-learning community in the courses.
-Mimi Benjamin
Michael Wesch shares about using challenges to motivate learners on episode 282 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
You have to live your way into a new way of thinking.
-Michael Wesch
How do you be completely yourself while also being of great value to your students?
-Michael Wesch
Teaching doesn’t just happen in the classroom, it is a constant meditation.
-Michael Wesch
Shared difficulty creates tremendous community.
-Michael Wesch
Bonni Stachowiak discusses homelessness and housing insecurity in higher education with Rashida Crutchfield and Jennifer Maguire on episode 281 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Some of our students just don't want to be seen as being “in need”.
-Rashida Crutchfield
It is that mobility and constant insecurity that is a trauma experience.
-Rashida Crutchfield
It is that fear and stress response that has short and long term impacts on our physiology that manifests in many different ways.
-Rashida Crutchfield
Making the time to do something that is different has given me so much more energy, creativity, and ability to be present to my students.
-Jennifer Maguire
Todd Zakrajsek and Bonni Stachowiak discuss how to sustain our joy of teaching on episode 280 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Don’t look for people who are like you, look for the people who are like the people you would like to be.
-Todd Zakrajsek
Schedule time and figure out ways to take care of yourself.
-Todd Zakrajsek
If you understand the importance and value of what you’re doing, it has more value for you.
-Todd Zakrajsek
Teach the students you have.
-Todd Zakrajsek
Brian LaDuca shares about applied creativity for transformation on episode 279 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
How do you take the concept of novel new knowledge and those aha moments and give them purpose?
-Brian LaDuca
We have to find a way to find these micro campuses on the campus to create pivots.
-Brian LaDuca
It’s the ambiguity that is the lock and key to the content and the resulting action is the tension.
-Brian LaDuca
The right and wrong answer isn’t nearly as important as your ability to filter down ideas, work together in ideas, and move ideas back into the system again.
-Brian LaDuca
Applied creativity inevitably has to be applied to something.
-Brian LaDuca
Meet the student where they are, in what they do, and how they think.
-Brian LaDuca
Nicola Ulibarri explores Design Thinking in Teaching, Research, and Beyond on episode 274.
Design thinking is a creative problem solving methodology that starts from understanding and addressing human needs.
-Nicola Ulibarri
Innovation is a learnable process.
-Nicola Ulibarri
Derek Bruff discusses his book, Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching.
We’re learning from and with each other- and that is what I liked to call a learning community.
-Derek Bruff
I love using technology to help students bring their unique perspectives and experiences to the conversation.
-Derek Bruff
There is a different level of student engagement that happens when students know they are writing or creating for the public.
-Derek Bruff
Our pedagogy needs to inform how we use our technology.
-Derek Bruff
We learn better when we encounter new things through multiple modalities.
-Derek Bruff
Edward Leach shares about Reaching All Learners Through Innovation and Teaching Excellence on episode 276 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
There isn’t a lot of focus on what it means to teach at a community college, which is totally different than being at a four-year institution.
-Edward Leach
The most critical aspect of the teaching and learning process are the faculty members in the classroom.
-Edward Leach
NISOD – National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development
Melanie Sage, Nancy Smyth, and Laurel Iverson Hitchcock share how they wrote a book with people they met on Twitter on episode 275 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Twitter had sort of a democratizing impact across our ranks.
—Melanie Sage
What does it mean to be connected as humans across technology?
—Melanie Sage
Technology is just a tool — we’re trying to do relationships like we would in any other space.
—Melanie Sage
Sarah Cavanagh shares about her new book, HIVEMIND, on episode 274 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
We can enter a state of mind in which we join our social partners almost in a collective sort of consciousness.
—Sarah Cavanagh
Our ideas about the world are collectively sourced almost as much as they are individual.
—Sarah Cavanagh
We’re dividing into different camps and I think that’s dangerous.
—Sarah Cavanagh
Bonni Stachowiak shares about engaging learners in large classes on episode 273 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
The act of predicting can enhance our learning.
—Bonni Stachowiak
Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan share about inclusified evaluation of our teaching on episode 271 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
We want structure built into the way we teach, not just in the course design and facilitation.
—Viji Sathy
When we don’t have structure in place, certain people are disadvantaged.
—Viji Sathy
We think students should have a voice … but how that information is used is really important to think about.
—Viji Sathy
How do we actually know that they’re learning what we intend for them to learn?
—Viji Sathy