Teaching in Higher Ed

Changing Our Minds About Teaching

with Robin DeRosa, Mike Truong & Maha Bali

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Changing our minds about teaching

Maha Bali, Robin DeRosa, and Mike Truong discuss changing our minds about teaching on episode 200 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I have learned that I don’t need to defend technology.
—Mike Truong

What happens if you structurally start to build [courses] around the real-world issues that students are bringing in?
—Robin DeRosa

In certain times of my life I think better in a synchronous way, talking to someone immediately. And other times I just need to step back and write.
—Maha Bali

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A Student’s Perspective

with Sierra Smith

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a college student’s perspective

Sierra Smith shares a student’s perspective on episode 199 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

College is a lot more traditional than I expected.

—Sierra Smith

I love a class that allows for natural interactions with other students.

—Sierra Smith

What you put into an experience is what you get out of it.

—Sierra Smith

I feel like it’s very non-productive when a professor comes in and they lecture for 50 minutes from paragraphs off a powerpoint.

—Sierra Smith

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The intersections between play, games, and learning

with Nicholas Holt

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play, games and learningNic Holt shares about the intersections between play, games, and learning on episode 198 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Always try to create those cross-silo engagements.
—Nic Holt

Before we can all learn together, we have to be nice and good to one another.
—Nic Holt

If you have a new piece of technology in your class … let everybody play with it.
—Nic Holt

To learn to take another person’s perspective is something that will transcend whatever content you’re trying to teach.

—Nic Holt

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Interactivity and inclusivity can help close the achievement gap

with Viji Sathy & Kelly Hogan

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Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan describe how inclusivity can help close the achievement gap on episode 197 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

How do I communicate that their work ethic was actually more important than innate ability?
—Viji Sathy

When I first started teaching, I thought the classroom had to look a certain way.
—Kelly Hogan

The attention span of a class goes down the larger the class size.
—Kelly Hogan

Making a mistake is a big part of learning.
—Kelly Hogan

The more you do it, the more you start to see opportunities for improvement.
—Viji Sathy

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Reading as Collective Action

with Nicholas Hengen Fox

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Reading as Collective Action

Nicholas Hengen Fox shares about his book, Reading as Collective Action, on episode 196 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

QUOTES FROM THE EPISODE

Like a lot of faculty members and grad students, I have a lot of privilege. That shapes the way I see the world and interact with texts.
—Nicholas Hengen Fox

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