Teaching in Higher Ed

Keeping Evergreen As Professors and Educators

with Teresa Sörö

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professors

Teresa Soro provides ideas on how we can keep evergreen as professors and educators on episode 143 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

No brain is very smart alone.
–Teresa Soro

You go from being the expert to being the one facilitating the learning.
–Teresa Soro

We need to let go of control — it’s their learning.
–Teresa Soro

I can have great thoughts on my own, but they always get better with others.
–Teresa Soro

I think it’s important to be able to allow a little bit more room for mistakes and creativity.
–Teresa Soro

Resources Mentioned

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Rethinking Assessment (and other reflections on the Lilly Conference)

with Dave Stachowiak

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assessment and agency

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak talk about rethinking assessment and other reflections on the Lilly Conference on episode 142 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Curiosity is one of our most deeply rooted mechanisms by which we learn.
–Josh Eyler

These experiences give people a different view of themselves.
–Thia Wolf

We don’t give students opportunities to experience and reflect on how the curriculum is part of them and how they are affecting it.
–Thia Wolf

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The Danger of Silence

with Clint Smith

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The Danger of Silence

Clint Smith warns us of the danger of silence on episode 141 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

I was failing to speak up on behalf of issues that didn’t directly affect me, and that caused me a deep amount of shame.
–Clint Smith

What does it look like to be more proactive in being the sort of person that I’m asking my students to be?
–Clint Smith

What is the role and responsibility of someone given access to a platform of potential power and influence?
–Clint Smith

There’s a difference between a sort of silence of complicity and a silence of listening. I think it’s important that we differentiate and disentangle the two.
–Clint Smith

We need to think about the ways in which our identities shape whether or not we should be speaking or listening.
–Clint Smith

The act of empathy and the act of listening … is going to be more important now than ever.
–Clint Smith

I believe deeply in the fact that I am a partner in my students’ academic journey.
–Clint Smith

Resources Mentioned

The Four Principles:

  • read critically
  • write consciously
  • speak clearly
  • tell your truth

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Thinking Outside the LMS

with Steven Michels

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LMS

Steven Michels helps us think outside the LMS on episode 140 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

Every technology suggests how it should be used.
–Steven Michels

The hub of any class should be the discussion board.
–Steven Michels

Teaching should be learner-driven, not tool-driven.
–Steven Michels

Technology is better at bringing the world into the classroom than it is in taking the classroom out into the world.
–Steven Michels

Anything we can do as faculty members and professors to harness this natural love of learning that our students have … I think is a good thing.
–Steven Michels

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Effective Debriefing Approaches

with Stephanie Lancaster

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Debriefing

Stephanie Lancaster shares ways to effectively debrief with our students on episode 139 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The role of any educator is to be there for their students: someone to talk to and lean on, or just to be with in times of need.
–Stephanie Lancaster

I learned the power of reflection in teaching and learning.
–Stephanie Lancaster

Debriefing is the process of strategically examining and analyzing what happened after the completion of an event or activity, within the context of learning.
–Stephanie Lancaster

What’s your big takeaway, and how does that connect to what you’re going to be doing in the real world?
–Stephanie Lancaster

The biggest challenge is that my students tend to want to talk just to me … really what I want them to do is to talk to each other.
–Stephanie Lancaster

Resources Mentioned

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