Teaching in Higher Ed

Humanized Online Dance Classes

with MiRi Park & Heather Castillo

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Heather Castillo and MiRi Park share about humanized online dance classes (and dance as protest) on episode 340 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

There was never a doubt in either of our minds that this could be done.

When I went to college I was being modeled into this modern dancer, I didn’t necessarily know what that meant, but I still wanted to be the best.
-MiRi Park

I think of them as people who do dance, as opposed to merely dancers. They are human beings that have histories of arrival and each person is unique, so there is never going to be just one story.
-MiRi Park

There was never a doubt in either of our minds that this could be done.
-Heather Castillo

Why keep the information to myself when I can share it with others?
-MiRi Park

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Personal Knowledge Management Reprised

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Dave Stachowiak and Bonni share about our personal knowledge management practices on episode 339 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Dave Stachowiak / Harold Jarche

“Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks.”
-Dave Stachowiak quotes Harold Jarche

Resources Mentioned

Inclusive Excellence

with Douglas Haynes

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Douglas Haynes shares about inclusive excellence on episode 338 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We’re going to confront anti-blackness as an institutional imperative.

More universities and colleges across the country have articulated a real commitment to diversity in value statements, in offices and programs, and in initiatives and events. That’s a good start.
-Douglas Haynes

It is open to members of the campus community to learn together.
-Douglas Haynes

We’re going to confront anti-blackness as an institutional imperative.
-Douglas Haynes

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Authentic Assignments

with Deandra Little

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Deandra Little Authentic Assignments on episode 337 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Category/tags: Assessment and grading.

Quotes from the episode

A really good assignment, which is also a really good assessment, also teaches you something.

A really good assignment, which is also a really good assessment, also teaches you something.
-Deandra Little

Thinking about the purpose also helps you talk about meaning.
-Deandra Little

Resources

Equity in STEM

with Matthew Paolucci Callahan

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Matthew Paolucci Callahan discusses equity in STEM on episode 336 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Students in STEM receive bias from other students.

I think that for anybody who wants to learn, if they work hard enough, and if the instructor is clear enough, they can rise to their highest level.
-Matthew Paolucci Callahan

Students in STEM receive bias from other students.
-Matthew Paolucci Callahan

We meet students at the undergraduate level to teach about gender bias and sexual harassment early in their career.
-Matthew Paolucci Callahan

Resources

  • New Award National Science Foundation: “Gender Bias Stem” (Drs. Matthew Paolucci-Callahan and Lynn Cominsky)
  • Sex role spillover

 

Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning

with Mays Imad

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Mays Imad discusses trauma-informed teaching and learning on episode 335 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

My goal is to engage students and help them feel empowered and liberated.

I am able to recognize when they are triggered and when they feel disengaged. I also am able to recognize it in myself. We can’t give what we don’t have.
-Mays Imad

I want to acknowledge that we can heal from trauma.
-Mays Imad

My goal is to engage students and help them feel empowered and liberated.
-Mays Imad

We are not just thinking machines; we are feeling machines capable of thinking.
-Mays Imad

Resources Mentioned

Trauma-informed teaching webinar

Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now, by Mays Imad

Learn, Teach… and Satirize with Video

with Andrew Ishak

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Andrew Ishak talks about Learn, Teach… and Satirize with Video on episode 334 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Know what key points you need to hit. Be aware of the time and be aware of your audience.

You’re aware of the audience; you’re aware of the students.
-Andrew Ishak

Know what key points you need to hit. Be aware of the time and be aware of your audience.
-Andrew Ishak

I have 3 or 4 main points I want to hit with some notes underneath each. If I don’t get to some of the notes on some of them, that’s fine. It’s all about hitting the key points.
-Andrew Ishak

Have a backup plan.
-Andrew Ishak

Resources

Fostering Curiosity in STEM and Beyond

with Heloise Stevance

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Heloise Stevance shares how to foster curiosity in STEM and (other disciplines) on episode 333 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

You captivate them with the things that are fun… because learning is fun.

Some of the most fundamental questions you can ask are the hardest to answer and explain in a concise way.
-Héloïse Stevance

You captivate them with the things that are fun… because learning is fun.
-Héloïse Stevance

Good outreach doesn’t make you sound clever. It makes the audience feel smart.
-Héloïse Stevance

Failure is just part of the process. It is an ongoing part and never really goes away.
-Héloïse Stevance

Resources

Héloïse’s response to a young woman’s question about maths

5 Crazy Facts About Failed Stars (brown dwarfs)

Dr. Héloïse’s YouTube channel

Dr. Nova on TikTok

Kirsten Banks on TikTok

Science communication (#scicomm) on Wikipedia

Episode 215 with Bryan Dewsbury: Teaching as an Act of Social Justice and Equity

This I Believe from NPR

This I Believe Educator’s Guide

Distracted

with James Lang

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James Lang shares about his new book, Distracted, on episode 331 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Learning does not happen without attention

One of the main ideas of the book is to try to convince people that attention is something that we should value in education and not take for granted.
-James Lang

We are all experiencing lots of challenging issues right now in our lives.
-James Lang

One of the major things I argue in the book is thinking about the structure of the class.
-James Lang

Learning does not happen without attention.
-James Lang

Resources Mentioned

Instructions for living a life:

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it.

Mary Oliver, Sometimes

Relationship-Rich Education

with Peter Felten & Leo Lambert

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Peter Felten and Leo Lambert talk about their new book Relationship-Rich Education on episode 331 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Of all the places on college campuses where relationships take hold, the classroom is still the most important place.

We don’t use relational language to talk about how to go to college. And we need to do that.
-Leo Lambert

Relationships are high stakes for students both in college and after college.
-Leo Lambert

Of all the places on college campuses where relationships take hold, the classroom is still the most important place.
-Leo Lambert

They’re not asking us to solve all their problems, they just want to be seen as humans.
-Peter Felten

Resources Mentioned

Transformative Inclusion

with Paul Eaton

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Paul Eaton shares about transformative inclusion on episode 330 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is hard to get people to think outside of just individual behaviors.

There are times where you can be more real with students.
-Paul Eaton

It is hard to get people to think outside of just individual behaviors.
-Paul Eaton

We spend way too much time focusing on the individual acts and not enough time focusing on the system. We have got to fix the system and that is much harder work.
-Paul Eaton

Resources Mentioned

Known and Strange Things, by Teju Cole

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education, by Jay Timothy Dolmage

Episode 228: How to Create Engaging Online Classes with Laura Gibbs

How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi

Teaching as Listening

with Chris Friend

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Chris Friend discusses teaching as listening on episode 328 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

We don’t teach content, we teach the students who are in the room.


We don’t teach content, we teach the students who are in the room.
-Chris Friend

Planning less has always paid off for me.
-Chris Friend

This semester’s classes amaze me with how flexible and sympathetic students are.
-
Chris Friend

Resources Mentioned

Misconceptions About Hyflex

with David Rhoads

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David Rhoads discusses common misconceptions about Hyflex on episode 327 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Every person that does Hyflex has a unique way of doing it.

Every person that does Hyflex has a unique way of doing it.
-David Rhoads

Resources Mentioned

Creatively Teaching Biology

with Lisa Burgess, Idelisa Ayala & Vanessa Hormann

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Lisa Burgess, Idelisa Ayala, & Vanessa Hormann discuss creatively teaching biology on episode 326 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What do we want our students to walk away with?

What do we want our students to walk away with?
-Lisa Burgess

We tend to do a lot of social media interaction. At the end of each lab we have hashtags.
-Vanessa Hormann

You really have to think about the student’s point of view.
-Vanessa Hormann

Resources Mentioned

Digital Pedagogy Lab Reprised

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Bonni Stachowiak shares about Digital Pedagogy Lab Reprised on episode 325 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Connect with others and ask questions. Be open.

Connect with others and ask questions. Be open.
-Dustin

Through constraint comes creativity.
-Christina

Provide as much consistency and as much grounding that you can for your students because there is so much unknown outside of your classroom.
-Sylvia

Resources Mentioned

Digital Pedagogy Lab

Episode 320 with Jesse Stommel: How to be together in learning online

Teaching Effectively with Zoom

with Dan Levy

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Dan Levy talks about his book, Teaching Effectively with Zoom on episode 324 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Virtual provides a wider range of ways in which our students can engage in our classrooms.

Virtual provides a wider range of ways in which our students can engage in our classrooms.
-Dan Levy

In a virtual classroom students can share their work much more easily.
-Dan Levy

Resources

Becoming a Minority

with Renea Brathwaite

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Renea Brathwaite shares about his experience of “becoming a minority” on episode 323 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Where you start is not where you will end up.

Where you start is not where you will end up.
-Renea Brathwaite

My core identity was formed and reinforced with value systems that valued me.
-Renea Brathwaite

Until that anger gets deeply seeded in a common humanity, it will just be anger and it becomes misplaced.
-Renea Brathwaite

Resources Mentioned

“Hope has two beautiful daughters: Anger at the way things are and courage to act so that things don’t stay the same”

Helping Students to Thrive

with Shauntae White

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Shauntae Brown White discusses approaches for helping students to thrive in their learning on episode 322 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I never want to step into a classroom and not have a plan.

I never want to step into a classroom and not have a plan.
-Shauntae Brown White

Students appreciate someone saying “I don’t know.”
-Shauntae Brown White

I just want to do things with excellence.
-Shauntae Brown White

Resources

Storytelling: Audience, Path, and Destination

with Josef Woldense

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Josef Woldense discusses the elements of storytelling: audience, path, and destination on episode 321 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Storytelling is a technology that we, as humans, have evolved.

Storytelling is a technology that we, as humans, have evolved.
-Josef Woldense

The question becomes how can I have you buy into what I am doing?
-Josef Woldense

Resources Mentioned