Teaching in Higher Ed

Maria Andersen shares about how learning is not a spectator sport on episode 177 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I feel like we’ve made online learning really transactional. — Maria Andersen We’ve taken the joy and excitement out of learning. — Maria Andersen The world is not as cut […]

Bonni Stachowiak shares her experience attending OpenEd17, as well as other teaching lessons, on episode 176 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Open Education 2017 Conference Student Panel – Santa Ana college American Concrete Institute’s Annual Conference Robin DeRosa’s Open Textbooks post Pressbooks Matthew Bloom Scottsdale CC The Ohio State University Open […]

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak answer listener questions on episode 175 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 1 Choose Your Own Adventure Learning, Part 2 Choose Your Own Adventure Assessment National Center on Universal Design for Learning 159: Dynamic Lecturing with Todd Zakrajsek UDL guidelines – version […]

Laura Gogia shares how to develop learning objectives for the 21st century on episode 174 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There are people out there who live and die by learning objectives, and there are people who think they are the work of the devil. —Laura Gogia Knowledge is […]

  David Webster and Nicola Rivers resist resilience and share other unpopular opinions on episode 173 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

John Warner shares about values, interdisciplinary knowledge, and pedagogy on episode 172 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I realized I could make choices consistent with what I think is important. —John Warner What we think is best is highly dependent on our values. —John Warner Attention by itself is […]

Anton Tolman shares about his book Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students edited by Anton O. Tolman and Janine Kremling on episode 171 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Everybody who has taught has run into student resistance in one form or another. —Anton […]

Cathy O'Neil shares about her book, Weapons of Math Destruction, on episode 170 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode This has very little to do with technical knowledge and everything to do with power. —Cathy O'Neil They think that because something is mathematical … it’s inherently more fair than a […]

Cathy Davidson shares about her book, A New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux on episode 169 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We’ve divided things up into very strange and restrictive categories in a world where those categories are completely merged […]

Teddy Svoronos talks about how to effectively use presentation tools in our teaching on episode 168 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode A real tech win to me is a device that both enhances the student experience and also reduces friction. —Teddy Svoronos Think very carefully about what will enhance […]

Maria and Ben share about educational technology across the disciplines on episode 167 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There’s really no end to the ways screencasting can be used. —Ben Kahn Don’t try to go it alone, because there’s such a great community out there that wants to help. […]

Bruce Hoskins and I attempt to model how to have healing conversations about racial identity on episode 166 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode People are not necessarily the problem, it’s what people are taught that is the problem. —Bruce Hoskins If we want to create different behavior, we have […]

Dave Stachowiak and I talk about teaching lessons from my course evaluations on episode 165 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I hope students realize that I’m learning too, and I’m willing to grow and change and adapt. — Dave Stachowiak Is there anything worthwhile you can glean from this […]

Joe Hoyle shares his expertise from 46 years of teaching and reflects on how to set students up for success from the start on episode 164 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If you want to become a better teacher, start writing about it. —Joe Hoyle You have to start […]

Stacy Jacob talks about her experience incorporating games in her classes on episode 163 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode You really have to be willing to fail. —Stacy Jacob Learn something new every year. —Stacy Jacob They need to trust me; I know where we’re going. —Stacy Jacob Resources […]