TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Calbright College President and CEO Ajita Menon re-joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the lessons learned from leading a “start-up” public college. This is the second of two interviews with President Menon. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e78/

Tom and Kelvin consider the strategic role blended learning can have during the pandemic as higher ed institutions begin planning for their eventual return to f2f instruction. This episode is the eighth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e77/

Q&A Bonus Session between IELOL participants, guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap, and hosts Tom and Kelvin.

Calbright College President and CEO Ajita Menon joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the Calbright Model and to consider the place of innovative models in our collective work within online higher education. This is the first of two interviews with President Menon. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e76/

Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss principles for effective planning of spring 2021’s continued reliance on the work of online learning professionals. This episode is the seventh in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e75/

Guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share some of her leadership lessons learned with an explicit emphasis on the importance of openness to learning and the value of mentoring and coaching. This episode was recorded as part of the curriculum for the 2020 OLC IELOL Immersion Experience. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e74/

Stakeholder communications are especially important during a crisis. What do you do when communications are misinterpreted? Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through COVID-era communication strategies. This episode is the sixth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e73/

In this episode, special guest Dr. Richard Zraick joins Tom and Kelvin to discuss how teaching faculty can care for their voices despite inordinate vocal use online and f2f during the COVID-19 era. Great episode for sharing with teaching faculty colleagues who aren’t regular listeners! For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e72/

Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex. This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e71/

In this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e70/

Tom and Kelvin talk through giving voice to and gathering data from all faculty and student constituents to evaluate effectiveness of remote instruction. This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e69/

Guest Dr. Sherri Braxton joins Kelvin and Tom to discuss how a holistic, system-wide effort to “get current” on IT accessibility has implications for ensuring that all learners have access to their online course materials. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e68/

Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss how to carry out a strategy of offering a higher proportion of well-designed online courses each semester. This episode is the third in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e67/

Guest Dr. Euan Lindsay, director of engineering for Australia’s Charles Sturt University, joins Tom and Kelvin to talk about the role of adaptive learning in curricular innovation. Find out how students “binge at their point of need” while also getting a real world education. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e66/

Hosts Kelvin and Tom ponder the long term effects of the coronavirus on higher education. This episode is the second in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e65/