Teaching in Higher Ed

On Not Affirming Our Values

with Lori Martin, Stephen Finley & Biko Mandela Gray

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Stephen Finley, Lori Martin, and Biko Mandela Gray share about their article: “Affirming Our Values”: African American Scholars, White Virtual Mobs, and the Complicity of White University Administrators on episode 214 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Affirming Our Values
I try to have very honest conversations with my students.
—Stephen Finley

You have to have integrity before you stand before these students.
—Biko Mandela Gray

Integrity and honesty on both sides is absolutely necessary.
—Biko Mandela Gray

A lot of institutions think diversity is having a woman, having a person of color, on faculty — but not structural change.
—Stephen Finley

Resources Mentioned

Personal Knowledge Mastery

with Harold Jarche

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Personal Knowledge Mastery

Harold Jarche discusses personal knowledge mastery on episode 213 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

You can’t turn data into information until you have the knowledge to understand the data.
—Harold Jarche

We are the sum of our interactions, our experiences, with others.
—Harold Jarche

Whatever you do, make it shareable.
—Harold Jarche

Leadership in the network era is helping make your network smarter.
—Harold Jarche

Resources Mentioned

Delegation in an academic context and other listener questions

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MotivationBonni Stachowiak answers listener questions on episode 212 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We actually can create motivation in the students we have.
—Robert Talbert

Motivation is hard work.
—Robert Talbert

Resources Mentioned

Email debt forgiveness day

Question 1: Assessing reflective essays

Question 2: Delegation

Question 3: Quizlet Live

Question 4: Discussion board metrics

Question 5: Tuition centers for math classes

Question 6: Sexual assault on campus and its ramifications in a journalism class

Question 7: Unmotivated students

Question 8: Course evaluations

Question 9: The professor as administrator

Question 10: Group presentations in live online classes

Teaching the Literature Survey Course

with James Lang

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James Lang shares about teaching the Literature Survey course on episode 210 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

What do we expect, in terms of breadth of knowledge within a discipline, and how do you get students to learn that?
—James Lang

Deep learning is when students create connections between the course material and their own lives.
—James Lang

Where are the opportunities in my syllabus for students to make their voices heard?
—James Lang

Resources Mentioned