Teaching in Higher Ed

Creating Immersive Learning Experiences in Online Courses

with Ric Montelongo

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GoPro in higher edRic Montelongo describes how he creates immersive learning experiences in online classes on episode 191 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

If you experiment, look at what support your institution has to offer.
—Ric Montelongo

Technology isn’t limited to online classes.
—Ric Montelongo

Be very mindful of privacy — not everyone likes to be recorded.
—Ric Montelongo

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Using Game-Based Pedagogy and Studying Our Teaching

with C. Edward Watson

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game-based pedagogyEddie talks about studying our teaching and his new book: Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past: Research on High Impact, Active Learning Practices* on episode 190 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We should take teaching … as seriously as we take researching.
—C. Edward Watson

Are students learning what we are trying to ensure that they learn?
—C. Edward Watson

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Designing Online Experiences for Learners

with Judith Boettcher

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Online learning

Judith Boettcher shares her expertise designing online experiences for learners on episode 189 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Autonomy really means helping students have their own sense of self.
—Judith Boettcher

What we really want to do is structure experiences where we don’t have the answers.
—Judith Boettcher

Review your courses and see where you can take the answers out and put the challenges in.
—Judith Boettcher

The best way to check whether or not you understand something is to teach it to someone else.
—Judith Boettcher

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Designing Inclusive Games for The Higher Ed Classroom

with Anastasia Salter

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Inclusive Games

Anastasia Salter on episode 188 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast discusses designing inclusive games for the Higher Ed classroom.

Quotes from the episode

What comes out of it is what someone imagines.
—Anastasia Salter

The first thing to decide is why you are making the game. How do you want people to encounter this concept you have?
—Anastasia Salter

Start out trying to build the thing that brought you to games.

—Anastasia Salter

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Laptops: Friend or Foe

with Todd Zakrajsek

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laptops

Todd Zakrajsek discusses laptops – friend or foe? – on episode 187 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Laptops weren’t the problem to begin with — attention was the problem.
—Todd Zakrajsek

Banning the problem doesn’t change the attention to you — it changes it to something else.
—Todd Zakrajsek

We live in a better system of thinking than dichotomies.
—Todd Zakrajsek

You can’t ban bacon thoughts.
—Todd Zakrajsek

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