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Create Online Mashups that Ignite Curiosity

with Michael Britt

| February 14, 2019 | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

Michael Britt describes how to create online mashups that ignite curiosity on episode 244 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

Michael BrittWhat do I want my students to see first?
—Michael Britt

First I want to hear what the students think.
—Michael Britt

Resources Mentioned

  • Michael’s podcast
  • IFTTT
  • Zapier
  • Microsoft Flow 
  • What the Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain\*
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • Small Teaching, by James Lang\*
  • ThingLink
  • Customize Youtube Video Start time End Time 
  • PollEverywhere
  • A critical thinking exercise with Koko the Gorilla (uses Wakelet, embedded video and Google Forms)
  • Rubber (tire movie)
  • Google Forms
  • Padlet
  • Wakelet
  • H5P.org
  • CrazyTalk
  • Wordle
  • Visme
  • An online exercise to help students improve their study skills (uses Google Forms, Slides, and Spreadsheets)
  • What did B.F. Skinner Think about Parenting? (A combination of Thinglink, SoundCloud and Wordle)
  • Mental Illness or Demonic Possession? (a mashup of Visme, Vimeo and Google Forms)

The Writer’s Practice

with John Warner

| February 7, 2019 | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

John Warner shares about his new book, The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing on episode 243 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The Writer’s PracticeStudents came with so many preconceived notions of what an essay was.
—John Warner

The definition of a writer is simply somebody who writes.
—John Warner

There’s no reason not to trust students and their own experience of the world.
—John Warner

Resources Mentioned

  • The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing, by John Warner*
  • Episode 172: Values, Interdisciplinary Knowledge, and Pedagogy
  • Episode 233: Why They Can’t Write
  • Marlene M. Preston at Virginia Tech
  • Clint Smith’s tweet about used books
  • Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities, by John Warner*
  • ‘Dreyer’s English’ Is for Everybody, by John Warner on Inside Higher Ed*
  • The author you need to read now: Tressie McMillan Cottom, by John Warner
  • Abebooks – used books

Using Virtual Labs and Immersive Reality to Enhance Student Learning

with Kambiz Hamadani

| January 31, 2019 | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

Kambiz Hamadani discusses using virtual labs and immersive reality to enhance student learning on episode 242 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Using Virtual Labs and Immersive Reality to Enhance Student LearningFaculty have many more communication lines open to them, and why not use them?
—Kambiz Hamadani

One of the challenges I think we all face … is finding ways to deal with that diversity of background.
—Kambiz Hamadani

You have to very slowly wade into the pool of course redesign.
—Kambiz Hamadani

Resources Mentioned

  • E-portfolio 2016-2017 Course Redesign with Technology for General Biochemistry lecture course using and assessing the impact of Virtual Biochemistry Labs
  • E-portfolio 2017-2018 Course Redesign with Technology for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Lecture/Lab course where Dr. Hamadani developed, used, and assessed the impact of combining virtual labs and customized take-home lab kits
  • Recent Nature Outlooks article highlighting use and assessment of virtual biochemistry labs for teaching
  • VoiceThread
  • Webinar put together by Labster, Inc. on usage of their virtual lab tools
  • Video Summary of course redesign of General Biochemistry course using Labster, Inc. Virtual Labs
  • Labster Blog on Hamadani’s use of their virtual lab tools
  • ACS presentation slides detailing my course redesigns
  • Article detailing the remaining divisions between physical and virtual lab technologies and ways to make the best of all possible worlds
  • Bonni’s 2017 Tech Someday/Maybe List
  • Getting Things Done by David Allen

Inclusive Pedagogy

with Sylvia Kane

| January 24, 2019 | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

Sylvia Kane shares about inclusive pedagogy on episode 241 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Inclusive PedagogyWe need to start examining our own unconscious biases.
—Sylvia Kane

You have to start taking risks.
—Sylvia Kane

We are not teaching content — we are teaching students.
—Sylvia Kane

It’s a process — we are always learning.
—Sylvia Kane

Resources Mentioned

  • Excelencia in Education
  • Episode #199 with Sierra Smith
  • Banking model of education

Small Teaching Online

with Flower Darby

| January 17, 2019 | XFacebookLinkedInEmail

Flower Darby shares about Small Teaching Online on episode 240 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Small Teaching OnlineCompared to how long we’ve been teaching in person, online learning is in its infancy.
—Flower Darby

Oftentimes we see poor examples and we think that’s how it’s done.
—Flower Darby

We can enter into deep engagement with people online — we just need to bring some of those practices into the classroom.
—Flower Darby

Resources Mentioned

  • Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, by Flower Darby and James Lang
  • Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, by James Lang
  • Walking a Mile in Our Students’ Shoes by Flower Darby on ACUE
  • ECAR Study of Faculty and Information Technology, 2017
  • Flower Darby’s Website 

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