Teaching in Higher Ed

Dave and I talk about how to deal with students that we perceive as difficult, engaging them in the learning experiences in higher ed. Podcast notes Engaging difficult students in higher ed Guest: Dave Stachowiak Dave and I talk about how to engage students that we perceive as difficult. We start by describing the dangers in […]

Help classrooms become worthy of human habitation… a dialog with Chip Espinoza on generational cohorts, specifically millennials. Podcast notes Generations “We aren't saying that all these people are the same, just because they are the same age.” “My desire is not to have a conversation about millennials, but have a conversation with millennials. I don't […]

It that season again: A lot of new faces and a lot of new names. How to get better at learning students' names.   Podcast notes How to get better at learning names Dave and I talk about the approaches we use to learn students' names. Attendance2 iphone app on iTunes (iOS) There is an […]

It can be stressful to head back into another year of teaching in higher ed. However, there certainly are actions we can take to make our experience more peaceful and be more present for our students as we get our new academic year underway. Our foci for the Fall Sandie and I share about where […]

It is going to take creative collaboration to better equip college students to develop 21st century skills. My guest, Jeff Hittenberger, has worked in higher ed, K-12; in the U.S. and abroad; and as a teacher and as an administrator. His unique perspective helps us think about how to prepare our students in higher ed […]

Librarians can be such a wonderful resource to us as faculty. Today's guests are Georgia Tech Academic Librarians: Mary Axford and Crystal Renfro. They  have been a tremendous help to me – and I've never even met them in person. Call it a testament to the power of academic personal knowledge management… Episode 9: Academic personal […]

Enough with the hypothetical. Now we share what tools we use in our personal knowledge management systems. Podcast notes This episode walks through each of the phases of a personal knowledge management system and the tools we each use for each step. Discipline of finding information, making meaning of it, and sharing it with others. […]

Personal knowledge management and mastery. How to capture information, curate it, and create new knowledge from it. It can be so challenging to keep up with everything we have on our plates, let alone to what's happening in the world and in areas that are most important to us. Podcast notes Guest: Dave Stachowiak This […]

How can we use silence to condition our students to answer the questions we pose? Podcast notes: Eight seconds of silence that will transform your teaching It is counter-intuitive. We want students to engage with us, so we pose questions. Then, they just look at us, or down at their desks, with a pained or […]

Overcome the excuses we make that stop us from pursuing more professional development opportunities in this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. There's a sign posted in our local (and beloved) grocery store: Trader Joe's. “Please do not use this machine if you have not been trained,” it reads. The machine in question is a […]

How to formulate, refine, and articulate your teaching philosophy.

This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Lessons in Teaching from The Princess Bride The Princess Bride […]

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Recommendations […]

Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity approaches, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students. Guest […]