Teaching in Higher Ed

The Joy of Teaching – Sustained

with Todd Zakrajsek

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Todd Zakrajsek and Bonni Stachowiak discuss how to sustain our joy of teaching on episode 280 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Teach the students you have.

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

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Applied Creativity for Transformation

with Brian LaDuca

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Brian LaDuca shares about applied creativity for transformation on episode 279 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

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

Resources Mentioned

Design Thinking in Teaching and Research

with Nicola Ulibarri

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Nicola Ulibarri explores Design Thinking in Teaching, Research, and Beyond on episode 274.

Quotes from the episode

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

Resources Mentioned

Intentional Tech

with Derek Bruff

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Derek Bruff discusses his book, Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching.

Quotes from the episode

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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

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Reaching All Learners Through Innovation and Teaching Excellence, with Edward Leach

with Edward Leach

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Edward Leach shares about Reaching All Learners Through Innovation and Teaching Excellence on episode 276 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

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

Resources Mentioned

NISOD – National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development

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