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Tools for Learning (part 2)

| November 4, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

I share the second in a two-part series about my participation in the Tools4Learning annual survey on episode 386 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It really helps me to take a step back and reflect on the tools that I value and that I might be able to get more benefit from.

It really helps me to take a step back and reflect on the tools that I value and that I might be able to get more benefit from.

-Bonni Stachowiak

Resources Mentioned

  • Jane Hart’s Top Tools for Learning 2021
  • Top Tools for Personal Learning
  • Top Tools for Workplace Learning
  • Top Tools for Education
  • Zoom | Education | Web conferencing
  • Canva | Workplace Learning | Graphic design creator
  • Blubrry | Workplace Learning | Podcast hosting
  • Google Jamboard | Education
  • Loom | Education | Screencasting

Tools for Learning (part 1)

| October 28, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

I share the first in a two-part series about my participation in the Tools4Learning annual survey on episode 385 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Who we follow on social media can help us in our ongoing quest to learn.

Who we follow on social media can help us in our ongoing quest to learn.
-Bonni Stachowiak

Resources Mentioned

  • 2021 Top Tools for Learning: My Votes
  • Jane Hart’s Top Tools for Learning 2021
  • Top Tools for Personal Learning
  • Top Tools for Workplace Learning
  • Top Tools for Education
  • Raindrop.io | Personal Learning | Digital bookmarking tool
  • Overcast | Personal Learning | Podcast catcher
  • Twitter | Personal Learning | Microblogging + social media network
  • Episode 53 – Peter Newbury explained his method for who to follow on Twitter in that he connects with people who are like him, along with people who are not like him.
  • Readwise | Personal Learning | Digital reading highlights manager
  • Inoreader | Personal Learning | RSS feed aggregator
  • To read my RSS feeds, I prefer to use Unread

Supporting ADHD Learners

with Karen Costa

| October 21, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Karen Costa discusses how to support ADHD learners on episode 384 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Individual accommodations can provide more personalized, specific, structured, and robust support.

UDL is not a magic cure for all of our ills.
-Karen Costa

Individual accommodations can provide more personalized, specific, structured, and robust support.
-Karen Costa

We need to hear the voices of ADHD learners.
-Karen Costa

Resources Mentioned

  • Russell Barkley
  • Women with Attention Deficit Disorder 2nd Edition, by Sari Solden*
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • OneFocus App
  • Landmark College
  • Dr. Hallowell
  • ADHD 2.0, by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. & John J. Ratey M.D. (Author)

Implicit Bias in Our Teaching

with Jennifer Imazeki

| October 14, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Jennifer Imazeki talks about implicit bias in our teaching on episode 383 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is not about changing the bias or stopping the bias. It is about getting in between your internal reaction and your external reaction.

It is not about changing the bias or stopping the bias. It is about getting in between your internal reaction and your external reaction.
-Jennifer Imazeki

There is so much going on with our students that we can’t possibly know.
-Jennifer Imazeki

Resources

Dr. Jennifer Imazeki’s Home Page

Econ for Teachers Blog

SDSU Center for Inclusive Excellence

ACUE Implicit Bias video excerpt featuring Jennifer Imazeki

Daniel Kahneman

Peanut Butter, Jelly and Racism (NYT Interactive)

Expectations of Brilliance Underlie Gender Distributions Across Academic Disciplines – Science Magazine

Teaching Change

with Jose Bowen

| October 7, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

José Bowen shares about his new book, Teaching Change, on episode 382 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

College students are aware of the fact that they change.

College students are aware of the fact that they change.
-José Bowen

What are the important questions that our discipline answers?
-José Bowen

Diverse groups do better work and outperform groups of highly competent homogenous groups. They also take longer because they have more conflict because they question assumptions.
-José Bowen

It is a hard position to be the person in the group who questions assumptions.
-José Bowen

We think the opposite of conflict is harmony. The opposite of conflict is apathy.
-José Bowen

Resources

  • Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), by José Bowen (30% off with Code HTWN)
  • Stephen Brookfield
  • Michael Sandel’s Justice Course
  • Change the question(s)
  • Teaching Naked
  • Teaching Half-Naked

How to Use Podcasts in Teaching

with Barbi Honeycutt

| September 30, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Barbi Honeycutt and Bonni Stachowiak talk about how to use podcasts in teaching on episode 381 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Ask yourself, “how does this support my learning outcomes and help my students be successful in this course and beyond?”

Ask yourself, “how does this support my learning outcomes and help my students be successful in this course and beyond?”
-Barbi Honeycutt

Audio is a powerful medium.
-Barbi Honeycutt

Find podcasts that are already out there that integrate with your course learning outcomes, course goals, and course topics and leverage those.
-Barbi Honeycutt

Podcasts are hard work.
-Barbi Honeycutt

Resources

  • International Podcast Day
  • How to Level Up Your In-Home Recording Studio
  • 10 Ways You Can Use Podcasts in Your Course to Engage Students (Lecture Breakers blog post)
  • 10 Ways to Use Podcasts to Break Up Your Lecture (Lecture Breakers podcast episode)
  • Lecture Breakers podcast
  • A Guide to Academic Podcasting
  • Additional Podcast Resources from Amplify
  • Lecture Breakers Podcast
  • Duke Learning Innovation’s Using Podcasts in Your Classroom
  • 27: The Most Perfect Album
  • Podcast Episode: 27: The Most Perfect Album
  • The Rewatchables Podcast

How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in Education

with Marcus Croom

| September 23, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Marcus Croom shares about How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in Education on episode 380 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is vital to know the difference between concluding a real talk and resolving a public issue. Those are not the same thing.

It is vital to know the difference between concluding a real talk and resolving a public issue. Those are not the same thing.
-Marcus Croom

Educators who take up this challenge will need to listen and learn and unlearn and relearn as human beings in addition to who they may be as professionals.
-Marcus Croom

You are going to listen and learn and process through the real talk along with the participants.
-Marcus Croom

This is not a checklist, but a protocol that sets up the possibilities and conditions for success.
-Marcus Croom

Resources

  • Has It Already Happened? by Marcus Croom for Indiana University Bloomington’s Center for Innovative Teaching 
  • Real Talk? How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in 21st Century American Schools, by Marcus Croom
  • Marcus Croom, Indiana University Bloomington

Recommendations

Bonni

Evaluate Your Puppies

Marcus Croom

  • 5th Annual CITL Reading List
  • NYC EPICENTERS 9/11-2021
  • ‎Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions
  • ‎The Dancing Monk by Eric Reed
  • ‎A Love Supreme, Pt. IV – Psalm (Live) by John Coltrane
  • ‎Hymn to Freedom by Oscar Peterson
  • ‎I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone
  • ‎Misrepresented People by Stevie Wonder
  • ‎Religion (feat. Lecrae) by PJ Morton
  • ‎a p p l y i n g . p r e s s u r e by J. Cole
  • Free RealTalk Protocol Template

Reducing Fear in Learning Contexts

with Shawna Rodabaugh & Ian Wolf

| September 16, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Shawna Rodabaugh and Ian Wolf talk about reducing fear in learning context on episode 379 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

You have absolutely no idea what people are capable of until you put them in a situation where they can flourish.

You have absolutely no idea what people are capable of until you put them in a situation where they can flourish.
-Shawna Rodabaugh

The true measure of whether I can teach or not is if I can bring it down to the level where someone who has never seen it before will understand it.
-Shawna Rodabaugh

Resources

  • Center for Faculty Development at Fayetteville Technical Community College
  • Ian Wolf was on Episode 222
  • Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play

Common Ground

with Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

| September 9, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton talks about the common ground on episode 378 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We are all philosophers.

It was the big questions that gripped me.
-Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

When you give them something interesting that they want to know about, they will do the reading.
-Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

We need to recognize that the hard questions are usually philosophical at their root.
-Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

We are all philosophers.
-Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Resources

  • Retrieval Philosophy
  • Parker Palmer
  • Michelle D. Miller
  • Michael Sandel’s Justice Course
  • Journal of Public Philosophy
  • Public Philosophy Society
  • Public Philosophy Press
  • Incentivizes Note-Taking with Open-Notes Assessments
  • Video: Open Assessments

Critical Thinking in Theory and Practice

with Lauren Bellaera

| September 2, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Lauren Bellaera discusses critical thinking in theory and practice on episode 377 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

When teaching, we tend to like to put things in a dichotomy.

When you’re teaching students, you have limited time. So all of the time you’re making particular pedagogical choices about where to focus.
-Lauren Bellaera

When teaching, we tend to like to put things in a dichotomy.
-Lauren Bellaera

Critical thinking is a really important life skill.
-Lauren Bellaera

The bridging between research and practice is very important.
-Lauren Bellaera

Resources Mentioned

  • Making Connections That Matter: Critical Thinking in Theory and Practice by Lauren Bellaera for AAC&U
  • Critical Thinking in Practice: The Priorities and Practices of Instructors Teaching in Higher Education by Lauren Bellaera for Science Direct
  • Albert Bandura
  • Self Efficacy
  • Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Mind Map
  • The Brilliant Club
  • Developing Critical Thinking Skills with Tine Reimers | Episode 37

On Improving Our Teaching

with Dan Levy

| August 26, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Quotes from the episode

I no longer trust myself to know how much my students are understanding.

I no longer trust myself to know how much my students are understanding.
-Dan Levy

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Resources Mentioned

  • Teaching Effectively with Zoom (2e), by Dan Levy
  • Invisible Learning, by David Franklin
  • Teachly.me
  • Info about Dan Levy’s Teaching
  • Teaching Effectively with Zoom, Second Edition, by Dan Levy
  •  Ezra Klein Podcast (Ezra Klein asks the people he interviews, what’s something you have changed your mind about?)
  • Coaching for Leaders (Dave Stachowiak also asks people what they have changed their minds about)
  • Episode 23 with Jay Howard on How to Engage Students in the Classroom and Online
  • Tea for Teaching: The Active Learning Initiative at Cornell with Doug McKee
  • The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
  • Understanding by Design (Backward Design) from Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching
  • 1-minute Paper – Ongoing Feedback Resources from Harvard’s Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Teddy Svoronos

How to Use a Course Workload Estimator

with Betsy Barre

| August 19, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Betsy Barre talks about how (and why) to use a course workload estimator on episode 375 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The difference between an expert reader and a student reader is that an expert reader will slow down when they don’t know a word.

The difference between an expert reader and a student reader is that an expert reader will slow down when they don’t know a word.
-Betsy Barre

Students are reading, they just aren’t reading well.
-Betsy Barre

Is this activity really worth it given my outcomes of the course?
-Betsy Barre

We all need to be talking more about time.
-Betsy Barre

Resources

  • Course Workload Estimator 2.0
  • Course Workload Estimator
  • How Much Should We Assign? Estimating Out of Class Workload, by Betsy Barre
  • So Much to Read, So Little Time: How Do We Read, and Can Speed Reading Help?, by Keith Rayner et al
  • R Studio
  • Janet Evanovich’s Stephenie Plum novels

Small Teaching Reprised

with James Lang

| August 12, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

James Lang shares about the second edition of Small Teaching on episode 374 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Small changes can absolutely lead to revolutionary changes.

Small changes can absolutely lead to revolutionary changes.
-James Lang

Students have to be introduced and conditioned to accept different types of teaching approaches.
-James Lang

I love having my students try to teach things they have learned to another audience.
-James Lang

My most fundamental principal about teaching is vary what you’re doing.
-James Lang

Resources

  • Should We Stop Grading Class Participation?
  • Small Changes in Teaching: The Last 5 Minutes of Class
  • On Not Drawing Conclusions About Online Teaching Now — or Next Fall
  • Small Changes in Teaching: Making Connections
  • What I Am Learning About My Students During an Impossible Semester
  • Turn Your Classroom Irritation Into Compassion
  • Pedagogies of Care: Open Resources

The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health

with Sarah Lipson & Laura Horne

| August 5, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Sarah Lipson and Laura Horne share about The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health on episode 373 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

One of the most important determinants of student learning is motivation.

One of the most important determinants of student learning is motivation.
-Sarah Lipson

Resources Mentioned

  • Student Mental Health and Faculty: Q&A With Dr. Sarah Kelchen Lipson of the Health Minds Study:
  • Report: The Role of Faculty in Student Mental Health 
  • ACUE Report: Creating a Culture of Caring: Practical Approaches for College and University Faculty to Support Student Wellbeing and Mental Health
  • Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 317 with Laura Horne: Mental Health on the College Campus

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education

with Alex Venet

| July 29, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Alex Shevrin Venet talks about her book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education on episode 372 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Something that might just be stressful for one person could be traumatic for another.

Something that might just be stressful for one person could be traumatic for another.
-Alex Shevrin Venet

Trauma-informed education is not a checklist.
-Alex Shevrin Venet

The way we understand trauma is always changing.
-Alex Shevrin Venet

Resources

Episode 258 with Sara Goldrick-Rab: Paying the Price

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education, by Alex Shevrin Venet*

Episode 335 with Mays Imad: Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning

Peer Mentoring

with Simon Dalley

| July 22, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Simon Dalley shares about peer mentoring on episode 371 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Teaching is to learn twice.

A peer mentor is a more qualified and experienced student that provides guidance and support to another student.
-Simon Dalley

Mentors are influential in terms of being a remodel. They are the embodiment of a successful student.
-Simon Dalley

Teaching is to learn twice.
-Simon Dalley

Resources

Video of peer mentors talking about the programme

Motivational interviewing overview

The Hidden Curriculum

Video: Unwritten Rules for College Success

Kristen Neff – Self Compassion

Toward More Equitable Assessment

with Erin Whitteck & Douglas Fritz

| July 15, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Erin Whitteck and Douglas Fritz share efforts toward more equitable assessment on episode 370 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

High stakes assessments create such a risk averse environment where there is no room to fail.

First impressions with students are extremely important.
-Erin Whitteck

High stakes assessments create such a risk averse environment where there is no room to fail.
-Douglas Fritz

Resources

  • Bonni explains the significance of her favorite number (208) and how it is associated with her teaching during Episode 208
  • Boxes (digital and/or analog) of encouragement
  • Relationship-Rich Education, by Peter Felton and Leo Lambert
  • Peter Felton and Leo Lambert talk about Relationship-Rich Education on Episode 331 of Teaching in Higher Ed
  • Robert Talbert describes his 3-dimensional view of assessment in his post: Building Calculus Assessments (not just related to calculus, by the way)
  • Retrieval Practice
  • Erin likes how Rissa Sorensen-Unruh talks about the word ‘rigor’ in being used to support high-stakes exams

Advice to a New Professor

with Dave Stachowiak

| July 8, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Dave and Bonni Stachowiak give advice to a new professor on episode 369 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Students aren’t our adversaries.

Students aren’t our adversaries.
-Kevin Gannon

Resources Mentioned

  • Episode 6: Eight Seconds That will Transform Your Teaching with Dave Stachowiak
  • Episode 94: Retrieval Practice with Pooja Agarwal
  • Retrieval Practice website
  • Episode 184: The Science of Retrieval Practice with Pooja Agarwal
  • Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It, by James M. Lang
  • The Distracted Classroom series, by James M. Lang for The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, 2nd Edition, by James M. Lang
  • The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom, 3rd Edition, by Stephen D. Brookfield
  • The Productive Online and Offline Professor, by Bonni Stachowiak

Defining Our Future

with Kelvin Bentley

| July 1, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Kelvin Bentley talks about defining our future on episode 368 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The pandemic has forced us to re-examine how we teach, what we are teaching, and what we can be doing differently.

The pandemic has forced us to re-examine how we teach, what we are teaching, and what we can be doing differently.
-Kelvin Bentley

Our learners need us to be more mindful of our work.
-Kelvin Bentley

We need to do a better job at re-examining our learning experiences.
-Kelvin Bentley

We need to leverage better data to make more informed decisions that will help us improve our pedagogy.
-Kelvin Bentley

Resources

@BlackTimeLord

Dr. Who

Actualizing the Online Community College, by Kelvin Bentley for EDUCAUSE

Kelvin joins Bryan Alexander on the Future Trends Forum

Paul LeBlanc of Southern New Hampshire University

Capella University’s FlexPath Learning Format

WGU (Western Governors University)

WGU Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Marni Baker Stein

Fuel Efficient Mentoring

with Adaira Landry & Resa E Lewiss

| June 24, 2021 | TwitterFacebookLinkedInEmail

Resa Lewiss & Adaira Landry share about fuel efficient mentoring on episode 367 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There has to be a sense of trust and physiological safety in the mentor/mentee relationship.

There has to be a sense of trust and physiological safety in the mentor/mentee relationship.
-Resa Lewiss

Boundaries are the most important part of a relationship.
-Adaira Landry

The whole point of this is to build a sustainable model so that you mentor more.
-Adaira Landry

It is the responsibility of the mentor to recognize if it is not the right fit.
-Resa Lewiss

Resources Mentioned

  • What Efficient Mentorship Looks Like
  • What a Compassionate Email Culture Looks Like
  • ‎Here's Something Good: The Doctor Will See You Now…Remotely on Apple Podcasts

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