Teaching in Higher Ed

EdTech’s Role in Helping Students Feel Engaged, Safe, and Productive

with Ryan Straight

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Ryan Straight shares ways to use EdTech to help students feel engaged, connected, safe, and productive on episode 308 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

Pedagogy comes first. The tool is just a tool.

Leave the LMS to deal with the management portion of things and bring the community elsewhere, because that is where the engagement comes from.
-Ryan Straight

You have to be engaged first.
-Ryan Straight

The number one thing that I want students to do is be a person rather than just a username.
-Ryan Straight

Pedagogy comes first. The tool is just a tool.
-Ryan Straight

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Commitment to Change

with Dale Hoffman

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Dale Hoffman shares about a commitment to change on episode 307 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It took me about 5 years to get comfortable talking in front of an audience of people.

It took me about 5 years to get comfortable talking in front of an audience of people.
-Dale Hoffman

Trust is important.
-Dale Hoffman

Students need to like you before they can accept the idea that their education is relevant to you.
-Dale Hoffman

We need to make the prison experience a transformational one.
-Dale Hoffman

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Agency, Learning, and Purpose

with Martha Burtis

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Martha Burtis shares about agency, learning, and purpose on episode 306 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Make space for people to find their agency.

Make space for people to find their agency.
-Martha Burtis

There is so much trauma among our students that we don't realize.
-Martha Burtis

We need to rethink the opportunities we give students to demonstrate what they know.
-Martha Burtis

All of us can probably tell stories of that teach we had who changes our life.
-Martha Burtis

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  1. Autonomy
  2. Mastery
  3. Purpose

Inspiration, Failures, and Everything in Between

with David White & Jose Bowen

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David White and Jose Bowen share about inspiration, failures and everything in between on episode 305 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

This is ultimately the time to rethink what we do.

The current situation has really brought people together.
-David White

Whilst it is difficult times, it has also been exhilarating.
-David White

I'm really hopeful that we are forming working relationships that we can carry on with through this.
-David White

This is ultimately the time to rethink what we do.
-Jose Bowen

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A theme song, movie, or book

A tool

A Failure/Struggle

  • Cognitive Bandwidth (José)
  • Beginner’s Mind (Bonni)
  • Transition From Work to Home (Dave)

A Source of Inspiration

  • The Garden; Social Media (José)
  • Jen Heemstra (Bonni)
  • Seeing the Best in Other People (Dave)

A Challenge

  • Put Students First (José)
  • Shift the Focus to What’s Possible (Bonni)
  • Trust Our Students (Dave)

A Hope

  • We Use This as a Moment for Revitalization (José)
  • More of a Sense of Our Collective Selves (Bonni)
  • The Erosion of Individualism (Dave)

Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto

with Kevin Gannon

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Kevin Gannon shares about his book – Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto on episode 304 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

“I had to realize that treating all students equally was not the same thing as treating all students equitably.”

Hope is embodied in practice.
-Kevin Gannon

Because I have hope, I cannot abide by the status quo because I know what could be, not just what should be.
-Kevin Gannon

“I had to realize that treating all students equally was not the same thing as treating all students equitably.”
-Kevin Gannon in Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto

Free speech is often weaponized against marginalized groups.
-Kevin Gannon

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