TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast show

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Summary: Hosted by Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson, the Teaching Online Podcast (TOPcast) takes a fun and informative look at the various trends, best practices and technologies in the realm of online education.

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Podcasts:

 Episode 64: Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:03

Hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock (“Brocansky”) to discuss the importance of “humanizing” education. Humanizing is important generally for the design and teaching of actual online courses/programs, but in the COVID-19 era, humanizing remote teaching/learning is imperative. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e64/

 Episode 63: Field Report #1: Making #RemoteTeaching Happen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:50

This episode is the first in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through the current era of “remote teaching” necessitated by COVID-19. Hosts Kelvin and Tom offer principles for launching and sustaining remote teaching initiatives. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e63/

 Episode 62: DL Course Fees and the Funding of Online Education | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:57

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Tamara Powell, from Kennesaw State University, to discuss the role of course fees in funding online education. The importance of showing a return on investment is emphasized. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e62/

 Episode 61: Beyond the Coronavirus: Continuity of Operations and Online Learning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:15

In this episode, Tom and Kelvin consider the valuable role online education professionals can play in helping their institutions maintain or resume operations when faced with crises. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e61/

 Episode 60: Growing [As] Leaders in Our Online Learning Field | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:51

Dr. Kelvin Bentley joins co-hosts Kelvin Thompson and Tom Cavanagh to discuss how our field and its leaders are growing in strategic importance. The value of strengthening personal and organizational networks is emphasized. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e60/

 Episode 59: Online Faculty Development | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:58

Tom and Kelvin devote an entire episode to one of the pillars of successful online education programs: the preparation of faculty for online course design and teaching. Varieties of faculty development approaches are discussed. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e59/

 Episode 58: “Fun with Regulations” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:10

In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom learn to have “fun with regulations” as guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd from WCET provide an update on timely topics from the US higher education policy context. Russ and Cheryl’s enthusiasm for the topics is infectious. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e58/

 Episode 57: “Do You Want a Degree with Those Fries?” Education as an Employee Benefit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:36

Tuition reimbursement programs have been around for many years. In this episode, though, join hosts Tom and Kelvin as they uncover how modern education as an employee benefit programs align with the aspirations of online higher education. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e57/

 Episode 56: “The Last Mile:” Getting STEM Online | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

Many of us in online education have struggled to implement online course design in STEM disciplines. In this episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson discuss reasons for this disconnect and how we might work together to innovate and cross the chasm to benefit students. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e56/

 Episode 55: A Journey from Faculty Member to Digital Learning Leader | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:47

In this episode, Tom and Kelvin are joined by Dr. Susan Wegmann as she shares her experience of transitioning from teaching online to leading digital learning for an entire institution. Listeners are encouraged to reflect upon the lessons learned from their own journeys. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e55/

 Episode 54: “Keep It Simple Starting” with Design and Teaching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:33

In this episode, TOPcast hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through how “starting simply”, with the essentials, in online design/teaching and then iterating over time will make for a more successful experience for all concerned. These principles hold for other kinds of digital learning implementations. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e54/

 Episode 53: A “Sobering” Conversation About Diversity Among Leaders of Online Learning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:36

Returning guest Dr. Liz Ciabocchi joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to consider the current state of diversity and inclusivity within the ranks of online learning leaders. While a sobering conversation to be sure, this episode is filled with data and optimism. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the 2019 OLC IELOL Immersion Experience. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e53/

 Episode 52: Higher Ed’s “Third Wave of Digital Leaders” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:34

In this episode, Tom and Kelvin are joined by Dr. Casey Green who shares his decades long observations about the evolving nature of leadership in higher ed’s technology-mediated teaching and learning initiatives. A key theme is the sustainability of our digital learning efforts. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e52/

 Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:35

Textbook affordability is important to students, parents, policymakers, and online education professionals. Reducing the functional cost to students of course materials is a complex challenge. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss one multifaceted strategy for meeting this challenge. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e51/

 Episode 50: Conveying Online Quality: One Way to Better Inform Stakeholders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:07

Providing evidence of quality assurance efforts for online education goes a long way toward addressing the concerns of stakeholders, novices, and naysayers. In this episode, Dr. Deb Miller joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to share the details of one state’s system-wide approach to better conveying evidence of online quality. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s05e50/

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