Teaching in Higher Ed

Rethinking Higher Education

with Wendy Purcell

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rethinking higher education

Wendy Purcell shares about rethinking higher education on episode 207 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I think you’re seeing that universities now are needing to be much more connected to the society we serve.
—Wendy Purcell

You really will be learning throughout your life.
—Wendy Purcell

The very best education should transform you.
—Wendy Purcell

You are supporting transformation of people, and through people, transformation of society at large.
—Wendy Purcell

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
—Socrates

To an unprecedented extent, universities must partner with government, business, and civil society to take on the grand challenges of sustainable development that lie ahead.
—Jeff Sachs

If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Inquiry-based Learning

with Jeffery Galle

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Inquiry-based LearningJeffery Galle discusses inquiry-based learning on episode 206 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Students get excited when they’re confronted with problems which they have confidence to explore.
—Jeffery Galle

Being an actively engaged student is not easy.
—Jeffery Galle

Start small and work outward from there.
—Jeffery Galle

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The College Classroom Assessment Compendium

with Jay Parkes & Dawn Zimmaro

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assessmentJay Parkes and Dawn Zimmaro discuss their book The College Classroom Assessment Compendium: A Practical Guide to the College Instructor’s Daily Assessment Life on episode 205 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We see the need both for that just-in-time answer but also for faculty to do more thinking systematically about why they do what they do.
—Jay Parkes

Stop and say, “Why does this bother me?” and usually the answer to that is … something a little deeper than that particular student.
—Jay Parkes

How does extra credit really support their mastery of learning objectives?
—Dawn Zimmaro

If we’re really focused on the academic welfare of the student then our assessment activity should primarily be focused on promoting learning.
—Dawn Zimmaro

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The Spark of Learning Reprise

with Sarah Rose Cavanagh

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The Spark of Learning
Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares about her book, The Spark of Learning, and more on episode 204 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Students are not going to learn if they’re not engaged, if they’re not curious.
—Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Students will remain engaged … if we initially generate excitement.
—Sarah Rose Cavanagh

We need to be authentically ourselves.
—Sarah Rose Cavanagh

We need to be attentive to the fact that there lots of different ways to portray that passion to be the spark.
—Sarah Rose Cavanagh

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My Flipped Classroom

with Jan H. Jensen

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flipped classroom

Jan H. Jensen shares about his flipped classroom on episode 203 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I didn’t flip the whole classroom at once.
—Jan H. Jensen

If you really have to generate your own teaching material … then videos are the fastest way of doing that.
—Jan H. Jensen

If you’re starting a course from scratch … it’s not that much more work to flip it.
—Jan H. Jensen

The boring stuff? That’s kind of a warning sign that the curriculum needs to be addressed.
—Jan H. Jensen

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