Teaching in Higher Ed

Why Mattering Matters with Jennifer Wallace

with Jennifer Wallace

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Jennifer Wallace shares about her book, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose on episode 622 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren't here.

Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren’t here. You are adding value, and we would notice if you weren’t here.
-Jennifer Wallace

We have so much input and so much output being demanded of us today that often we go through life on autopilot.
-Jennifer Wallace

Mattering is not another thing to add to your to-do list. Mattering is a way of looking at your to-do list.
-Jennifer Wallace

When you look at the data on what drives performance, it is engagement. And what drives engagement is mattering.
-Jennifer Wallace

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The Public Scholar with David Perry

with David Perry

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David Perry shares about his new book, The Public Scholar, on episode 621 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do.
Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do.
-David Perry

If we are really practiced at teaching, and as we develop our skills as teachers, those are the skills that can also take us into other spaces outside of the classroom.
-David Perry

Academia is structured around all kinds of failure. Once you recognize that, and then bring yourself into another context where you’re going to experience rejection, you already have the skills to cope with it.
-David Perry

I think all writers, and certainly in academia, worry a lot about our worst faith readers. How do we not get ripped apart? You have to write for your best faith reader. You have to really shift your focus.
-David Perry

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The Joyful Online Teacher with Flower Darby

with Flower Darby

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Flower Darby shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

If you’re not a meme person, don’t do that. Something that isn’t authentic to your personality is not going to be effective.

Higher education doesn’t do a great job of preparing faculty to teach, generally speaking, that’s not new, but especially online teaching.
-Flower Darby

If you’re not a meme person, don’t do that. Something that isn’t authentic to your personality is not going to be effective.
-Flower Darby

Sometimes you don’t need all the latest bells and whistles; you don’t need the latest iPhone. We can be effective with simpler tools.
-Flower Darby

We can’t be joyful if we’re always working.
-Flower Darby

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The Science of Learning Meets AI with Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek

with Lew Ludwig & Todd Zakrajsek

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Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek uncover themes from The Science of Learning Meets AI on episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.

We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.
-Todd Zakrajsek

If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn because if you don’t attend to something, you can’t learn it.
-Todd Zakrajsek

Keep in mind that you’re the expert. This is your assignment. You know what you’re doing, you know the content, so then you can judge what AI gives you, what works, and what still may need some work.
-Lew Ludwig

What this gets down to is backward design; we start with the learning goals. We should figure out how to assess them, and then decide if AI fits in that or not.
-Lew Ludwig

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From Awareness to Action: Interrupting Bias in the Classroom

with Norma Montague

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Norma Montague shares of her experiences going from awareness to action, interrupting bias in the classroom on episode 618 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When students feel safe in the classroom, then they're going to contribute, invest. That's when I find that I can really increase their rigor and challenge them more.

One thing that my work on inclusive teaching focuses on, is really being able to understand your learner’s motivations.
-Norma Montague

One of the ideas that I learned from a colleague who had recommended a book was the idea of rebranding office hours as student hours.
-Norma Montague

I think it’s important to help students understand what those student hours are for and how they can get the most out of them.
-Norma Montague

When students feel safe in the classroom, then they’re going to contribute, invest. That’s when I find that I can really increase their rigor and challenge them more.
-Norma Montague

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