Teaching in Higher Ed

Integrating Personal Management Techniques into Curriculum

with Dustin Bakkie

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Dustin Bakkie shares how to integrate effective study methods, learning tools, and personal management techniques as a part of your curriculum.

personal management techniques

Guest: Dustin Bakkie
Lecturer at California State University, Chico

email: dbakkie @ csuchico dot edu
website: EpicHigherEd.com (coming soon)
twitter: @dustinbakkie

Quotes

The best time to learn something is right as you’re about to forget it.
—Dustin Bakkie

A lot of the time, students are just looking for someone who is on their side.
—Dustin Bakkie

Dustin’s effectiveness equations

 

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Resources

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The Clinical Coach

with Jeffrey Wiese

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On today’s episode, I have the honor of talking with Dr. Jeff Wiese about how he uses coaching skills in his teaching of residents.

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Guest: Dr. Jeff Wiese

Jeffrey G. Wiese, MD, is a Professor of Medicine with Tenure, and the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at the Tulane University Health Sciences Center. He is also Associate-Chairman of Medicine, the Chief of the Charity Medical Service and the Director of the Tulane Internal Medicine Residency Program. He has also served as the course director for the Clinical Diagnosis, Biostatistics, Advanced Internal Medicine, and Medical Education courses.

Quotes

What somebody knows is not as important to me as what they can do.
—Dr. Jeff Wiese

Years ago, we were so focused on on knowledge. Now, getting the knowledge is pretty easy. The shift of becoming a great coach is moving towards … teaching people not what to think, but how to think.
—Dr. Jeff Wiese

The way you go from good to great is finding your weakest area and improving it.
—Dr. Jeff Wiese

Training is to prevent surprise. Education is to prepare for surprise.
—James Carse

Links:

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Teaching in the Digital Age

with Mike Truong

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In this week’s episode, Mike Truong and I discuss teaching in the digital age.

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Quotes

In our instant and very distracted culture … it’s critical to learn how to pay attention.
—Mike Truong

As faculty, we need to find ways that force us to slow down.
—Mike Truong

I try to prioritize in-person interactions over virtual ones whenever possible.
—Mike Truong

It is a real discipline to turn off our devices … the default is to be connected all the time.
—Mike Truong

Resources

Recommendations:

Bonni

Mike

Retrieval Practice

with Pooja Agarwal

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On today’s episode, I get the pleasure of talking with Dr. Pooja Agarwal about retrieval practice.

retrieval practice

Guest: Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D.

Cognitive Scientist, Memory Expert, and Education Consultant,
Founder of RetrievalPractice.org

www.retrievalpractice
www.poojaagarwal.com
Twitter: @poojaagarwal

Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is committed to bridging the gaps between research, teaching, and policy. Passionate about evidence-based education, Pooja has conducted retrieval practice research in a variety of classroom settings for more than 10 years, in collaboration with distinguished memory scholar Henry L. Roediger, III. In addition to her career as a scientist, Pooja earned elementary teacher certification and has extensive teaching experience at K-12 and university levels. To advance the use of scientifically-based learning strategies, she contributes her expertise through collaborations with students, educators, scientists, and policymakers worldwide.

Recommendations

Bonni:

Change the culture in your classroom by asking students (in reference to retrieval practice): “What is it we’re doing right now?” and “Why are we doing it?”

Pooja:

Check out www.retrievalpractice.org for helpful resources.

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Strength Through Habits

with Natalie Houston

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Natalie Houston talks about strength through habits.

Strength through habits

Quotes

Habits save us tremendous time and energy, but they can also lead us to doing a lot of things mindlessly.
—Natalie Houston

Sometimes we have goals or intentions that are outdated, they’re from who we used to be.
—Natalie Houston

Habits often work really well when they’re connected to each other.
—Natalie Houston

If you successfully create one habit, it’ll be easier to create others.
—Natalie Houston

All of us have habits that we’re less than happy with and they’re there because they’re meeting some need.
—Natalie Houston

Resources

TIHE episode 34: Practical Productivity in Academia (Natalie Houston)

Natalie’s Blog: re:focus now

Natalie’s articles at the Chronicle of Higher Education

Book: The Power of Habit* by Charles Duhigg

Three Steps to Creating a New Habit

  1. Identify why you want to create a new habit
  2. Get very clear and specific about how you’re going to measure that behavior
  3. Track your behavior

Recommendations

Bonni recommends:

Natalie recommends: