Teaching in Higher Ed
Teaching in Higher Ed is a podcast that explores the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. Host Bonni Stachowiak shares insights on increasing personal productivity to have more peace in life and be more present for students. The show features discussions on teaching strategies, educational technology, and productivity tips for educators.
Episodes
The Story of Grades with Luke Green
Luke Green uses the Santa Claus story to rethink what grades measure and the case for ungrading on episode 629 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Each student at some point throughout their academic career is going to receive a grade, receive some sort of an assessment that is going to fundamentally alter how they feel about the classroom.
-Luke Green
The narrative th
The Fair Feedback Project with Remi Kalir
Remi Kalir shares the Fair Feedback Project for addressing bias in student evaluations on episode 628 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
If you actually have students write about affirming values as a kind of open free write before they complete an evaluation of teaching, it actually has been shown to mitigate bias.
-Remi Kalir
There are many people who are experienci
How College Students Make, Keep, and Lose Friends with Janice McCabe
Janice McCabe shares her research on campus loneliness and college friendship networks on episode 627 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The previous surgeon general, among others, have declared a loneliness crisis facing the United States, and, in fact, the highest rates are among young adults.
-Janice McCabe
Many people that I interviewed told me how they felt like
Naming the Urgency: Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Ed
Jeanie Tietjen unpacks trauma-informed practices in higher ed and why naming itself is a form of teaching on episode 626 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Naming goes so far back in, even just in literary terms, the importance of naming.
-Jeanie Tietjen
There is still a very nascent and as yet relatively unarticulated understanding of how profoundly trauma, adversity
Teaching Solidarity: Critical Race Reading with Malini Johar Schueller
Malini Johar Schueller unpacks critical race reading and the role of discomfort in the classroom on episode 625 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Racism is a permanent structural feature of American society, and law alone, as now we have it, cannot deal with racism because racism is also part of law.
-Malini Johar Schueller
Critical race reading takes off from that,
How to Engage Learners in Online Courses with Denise Maduli-Williams
Denise Maduli-Williams shares how to engage learners in online courses on episode 624 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The very first thing I saw was the online instructor posting this video where she was roller skating in this roller Derby rink and welcoming us online, and that just changed everything for me.
-Denise Maduli-Williams
When we design with accessibilit
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Teaching with AI Tools with Rebecca Fordon
Rebecca Fordon unpacks vibe coding and the eight AI teaching tools she built in a single semester on episode 623 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Vibe coding, I think of being able to describe the kind of application or website that you want in just words, a narrative, rather than having to code it, knowing coding language.
-Rebecca Fordon
I think the easiest place
Why Mattering Matters with Jennifer Wallace
Jennifer Wallace shares about her book, Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose on episode 622 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Mattering says you belong at the table, but it goes even further, and it says you would be missed if you weren’t here. You are adding value, and we would notice if you weren’t here.
-Jennifer Wallace
We hav
The Public Scholar with David Perry
David Perry shares about his new book, The Public Scholar, on episode 621 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Teaching is the most important form of public engagement that any of us do.
-David Perry
If we are really practiced at teaching, and as we develop our skills as teachers, those are the skills that can also take us into other spaces outside of the classroom.
-Dav
The Joyful Online Teacher with Flower Darby
Flower Darby shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Higher education doesn’t do a great job of preparing faculty to teach, generally speaking, that’s not new, but especially online teaching.
-Flower Darby
If you’re not a meme person, don’t do that. Something that isn’t authentic to your personality is no
The Science of Learning Meets AI with Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek
Lew Ludwig + Todd Zakrajsek uncover themes from The Science of Learning Meets AI on episode 619 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We could actually create an educational system. Not so that it deals with the problems we have with AI, but so that those problems are no longer relevant.
-Todd Zakrajsek
If you don’t have students attention, they can’t learn be
From Awareness to Action: Interrupting Bias in the Classroom
Norma Montague shares of her experiences going from awareness to action, interrupting bias in the classroom on episode 618 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
One thing that my work on inclusive teaching focuses on, is really being able to understand your learner’s motivations.
-Norma Montague
One of the ideas that I learned from a colleague who had recommended a
How Today’s Agentic AI Changes What and How We Teach with Teddy Svoronos
Teddy Svoronos describes how today’s agentic AI changes what and how we teach on episode 617 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
An AI agent is an LLM that runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal.
-Teddy quoting Simon Willison’s definition
The process of having a task, write a report, use a tool, web search, and do it over and over again until you feel like youR
(Re)Orienting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Nancy Chick, Peter Felten, and Katarina Mårtensson share about The SoTL Guide: (Re)Orienting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on episode 616 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We see SOTL as simply inquiry into teaching and learning for the purposes of improving teaching and learning in context and then contributing to what we know about teaching and learning i
Being Kind to Our Future Selves with Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Matthew Mahavongtrakul and Bonni Stachowiak have a conversation about being kind to our future selves on episode 615 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Not everything that comes your way is an emergency. Not everything that comes your way has to demand your immediate attention.
-Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Once you are comfortable with your system and you’re iterating
Keeping Your PKM Real Simple with RSS
Bonni Stachowiak shares how to keep your Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM) real simple with RSS on episode 614 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Rather than get that overwhelmed feeling of how hard it’s going to be to keep up, I don’t have to, and neither do you. Enter RSS, Real Simple Syndication.
-Bonni Stachowiak
It’s pretty spectacular how, if som
Skepticism and Curiosity in the Age of AI with Marc Watkins
Marc Watkins shares about cultivating skepticism and curiosity in an age of AI on Episode 613 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I do think online education is going to be the focal point for this next year, and how it can survive with an agentic AI. My feeling is, we need to be offering students more embodied experiences and disembodied spaces.
-Marc Watkins
Every tec
Make Learning Visible with ePortfolios with Lynn Meade
Lynn Meade uncovers how to make learning visible with portfolios on episode 612 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
An ePortfolio is basically a curated collection of student work. It includes reflection, and it’s usually across the college experience.
-Lynn Meade
Anytime I teach portfolios, it’s really big that we talk about audience and purpose. Who is your
Fostering Peace, Joy, and Community in Teaching and Leading, with Danny Mann
Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.
-Danny Mann
Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time
Big and Small Experiments in Teaching and Learning with Mike Cross
Mike Cross shares about his experiments (big and small) in teaching and learning on episode 610 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.
-Mike Cross
I love that, that idea of tiny experiments. I think that that is absolutely critical because we’re all so busy.
-Mike C
Pedagogical Wellness and the Conditions for Flourishing with Theresa Duong
Theresa Duong on episode 609 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
“All we’re really trying to do is create these conditions that can help our students flourish and thrive within our classrooms while maintaining the rigor of our work.”
– Theresa Duong
“I felt like I could thrive in my PhD program because I had these people who kept pushing me to go
Overcoming the Curse of Expertise and Other Ways to Be Inclusive in Our Teaching with Sheila Tabanli
Sheila Tabanli shares ways to overcome the curse of expertise and other ways to be inclusive in our teaching on episode 608 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
“I suggest, sign up to a course that you have no idea, and then we’ll talk later. In other words, feel what it means to be a novice.”
– Sheila Tabanli
“An expert in a field doesn̵
An E-Bike for the Mind: AI, Augmentation, and Moral Hazards with Josh Brake
Josh Brake shares metaphors and other ethical considerations regarding AI on Episode 607 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
“When you’re moving fast, it’s really easy to do things unreflectively and to make a poor decision without even realizing it.”
-Josh Brake
“The special thing about bicycles, at least in their non-electronic versions, is tha
An Educator’s Guide to ADHD with Karen Costa
Karen Costa shares about An Educator’s Guide to ADHD on Episode 606 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Curiosity is just this sort of force of nature. So tap in to your students creativity, your students passions and interests as a way to support them in reaching and achieving those challenges that you also hold for them.
-Karen Costa
That’s a heavy thing for fol
Teaching With AI: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Future with José Bowen
José Bowen shares about the second edition of Teaching with AI on episode 605 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I do think that we are going to have to figure out how to focus on student learning in an era where students have this new technology that will short-circuit the learning we want.
-José Bowen
My advice to people is that I know we’re overwhelmed, so don
Peak Higher Ed: AI’s Possible Futures with Bryan Alexander
Bryan Alexander shares about Peak Higher Ed on episode 604 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Quotes from the episode
“It’s another form of thinking, it’s another form of organizing information and that we have to treat it seriously as such. The computer scientist actually recommends that we think about generative AI as children. These are AIs that have some degree of autonom
Active Learning That Engages All Learners with Matthew Mahavongtrakul
Matthew Mahavongtrakul shares about active learning that engages all learners on episode 603 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
You don’t need to change your entire course tomorrow. What is one simple thing that you can do that will push you on the path?
– Matthew Mahavongtrakul
“The number one kind of piece of pushback that I get from faculty is I ju
Navigating AI’s Rapid Transformation in Higher Ed with C. Edward Watson
C. Edward Watson shares about navigating AI’s rapid transformation in higher ed on episode 602 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I never include AI in the beginning of my processes.
-C. Edward Watson
There’s a lot of incremental shifts, but the increments are quite large.
-C. Edward Watson
I would argue that maybe this is the first time in the history of higher
The AI Grief Cycle
Christopher Ostro discusses the AI grief cycle on episode 601 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The fact is there are things we’re grieving. Our job has profoundly changed in huge ways in a very short period of time.
-Christopher Ostro
Our traditional assessments suddenly are not working effectively like we used to think that they did.
-Christopher Ostro
I want
6 Pedagogical Practices From 600 Episodes
Dave Stachowiak joins Bonni to explore 6 pedagogical practices from 600 episodes on episode 600 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When we stop aiming for perfection, we allow ourselves to then be fully present for others.
-Bonni Stachowiak
Practice 1: Start and end small.
Practice 2: Build courses around curiosity, not coverage.
Practice 3: Prioritize presence over pe
How Better Teaching Can Make College More Equitable
David Gooblar shares how better teaching can make college more equitable on episode 599 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Most of our scars are hidden. I think most of the time people don’t see the scars that we carry.
-David Gooblar
We get such a small window into our students lives.
-David Gooblar
The imaginary idea of the college student in America is of a pr
Voices on AI: Jeff Young Shares Soundbites of Change
Jeff Young shares clips from his Learning Curve Podcast regarding AI in higher education on episode 598 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
It is crazy to think of how much we’ve all learned about generative AI just in the last couple years.
-Jeff Young
I’ve been really interested in how students are thinking through AI and where their perspectives are. Ther
Go Somewhere: A Game of Metaphors, AI, and What Comes Next
Bonni Stachowiak shares about her card game, Go Somewhere: A game of metaphors, AI, and what comes next on episode 597 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
A lot of you have been asking me about this game that I’ve played now and facilitated at over 10 universities and conferences called Go Somewhere.
-Bonni Stachowiak
What the game allows people to do is to be a l
Teaching, Learning, and the Lessons of Grief
Christy Albright + Clarissa Sorensen Unruh share about teaching, learning, and the lessons of grief on episode 596 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Take two deep breaths.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh
None of the books that I researched on grief actually defined grief. It’s like they just assumed you knew what it was because it’s such a universal experience, b
Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make It Better for Others, and Transform the University
Roberta Hawkins + Leslie Kern share about their book, Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make it Better for Others, and Transform the University on episode 595 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We advise lots of different ways of rethinking our relationship with work in the book.
-Roberta Hawkins
You can’t solve institutional problems with individual sacrif
Remembering Ken Bain
Dave Stachowiak joins Bonni in remembering Ken Bain on episode 594 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Ken Bain was such good company to me and to countless people from around the world.
-Bonni Stachowiak
While I didn’t ever have a chance to meet him or talk to him, I’m so glad for everything Ken did, all his writing, and how he’s inspired a new genera
Analog Inspiration: Human Centered AI in the Classroom with Carter Moulton
Carter Moulton shares about his Analog Inspiration (AI) card deck and human centered AI in the classroom on episode 593 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I’m here to talk a little bit about the Analog Inspiration card deck, which really is a professional development resource under the guise of a game.
-Carter Moulton
I wanted to create something that would bring
Metaphors, Free Speech, and How We Learn with Barbara Oakley
Barbara Oakley shares about her course, Speak Freely, Think Critically, and gives practical advice about teaching on episode 592 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
If you look at free speech from a historical and neuroscientific perspective, you can get a much better sense of people’s motivations and the continuing patterns that we see through history of people b
Rethinking Student Attendance Policies for Deeper Engagement and Learning
Simon Cullen + Danny Oppenheimer help us rethink student attendance policies toward deeper engagement and learning on episode 591 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There’s a lot of evidence that coming to class is one of the best things a student can do to facilitate their learning and performance in class.
-Danny Oppenheimer
You can make students attend, and mo
Deep Background: Using AI as a Co-Reasoning Partner with Mike Caulfield
Mike Caulfield shares about using AI as a co-reasoning partner and his Deep Background tool on episode 590 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Critical thinking problems with students turn out to be critical doing problems.
-Mike Caulfield
AI doesn’t naturally think in terms of provenance, in terms of how it got this piece of information. It’s a little bit o
The Richness of Podcasting in Higher Education
The Richness of Podcasting in Higher Education, with Dom Conroy and Warren Kidd.
Quotes from the episode
There’s so many different ways to capture people’s imagination through an audio feed.
-Dom Conroy
When we’re creating podcasts, we are putting ourselves on the line.
-Dom Conroy
Education is a relational experience.
-Warren Kidd
The act of teaching is reflective and reflexiv
Learning About Grades from an Emerging Failure and Special Guest Emily Donahoe
Emily Pitts Donahoe shares what we can learn about grades from an “emerging failure” on episode 588 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
They introduced a framework that attempts to identify the common features of alternative grading for growth systems that are meant to prioritize student growth and student learning over just grades and performance.
-Emily Donahoe
Layered Learning: Designing video with Intention and Authenticity
M. C. Flux uncovers lessons for video creation from what he calls layered learning on episode 587 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I’ve also started creating these little quiz questions in them, but they’re not hard. They’re just to keep their attention going.
-M. C. Flux
Many students seem to enjoy this and actually learn well from it, so I keep do
Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom
Seth Offenbach shares about his article, Kindness and Community in an Online Asynchronous Classroom, on episode 586 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I had to recognize the reality that my classroom was never going to be the number one priority for people during the pandemic.
-Seth Offenbach
When we teach, why not be kind?
-Seth Offenbach
My goal is to challenge my st
Toward Socially Just Teaching Across Disciplines
Bryan Dewsbury helps us explore what socially just teaching might look like across disciplines on episode 585 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I am not interested in being in a war with AI. I’m not trying to be a faculty detective to see who’s using ChatGPT or not, I didn’t sign up for that work.
-Bryan Dewsbury
I’m not your enemy. I’m n
A Different Way to Think About AI and Assessment
Danny Liu shares a different way to think about AI and assessment on episode 584 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Our students are presented with this massive array of things they could choose from. They may not know the right things to choose or the best things to choose. And our role as educators is to kind of guide them in trying to find the most healthy options f
Write Like You Teach
James Lang shares about his latest book, Write Like You Teach, on episode 583 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Answers on their own are not interesting. They become interesting when we know the questions behind them.
-James Lang
When you take a reader on a journey, as the reader works through an essay or book that you’ve written, they spend a lot of time with y
Counterstory Pedagogy
Adriana Aldana shares about Counterstory Pedagogy: Student Letters of Resilience, Healing, and Resistance on episode 582 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
One of our ethical obligations as social workers is to engage in self care to avoid burnout.
-Adriana Aldana
Their voice really comes through in the letter format in ways that I don’t see in other forms of wri
Joyful Justice
Alexandra (Ana) Kogl shares about her chaper in Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education on episode 581 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I didn’t expect to find joy in the classroom when I started teaching political science 20 years ago.
-Alexandra (Ana) Kogl
Joy isn’t something that we can coerce out of students.
-Alexandra (Ana) Kogl
They seem to expec
The Joy of Embodied Learning
Leslie Bayers discusses her chapter in Joy-Centered Pedagogy: The Joy of Embodied Learning on episode 580 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I certainly wasn’t taught body literacy in school, and what I mean by that is how to read the internal signals that the body might be communicating.
-Leslie Bayers
We feel and think better when we move.
-Leslie Bayers
I try
Lessons in Love and Learning from Mr. Rogers’ Legacy
Jennifer Baumgartner shares some lessons in love and learning from Mr. Rogers’ legacy on episode 579 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Mr. Rodgers was a very comforting influence as a young child.
-Jennifer Baumgartner
Moving slowly or taking your time is a very key theme of Mr. Rogers neighborhood, and also Fred Rogers’ life and the way he lived it.
-Jennifer B
Learning to Teach, Design, and Rest From Nature
Karen Costa describes learning to teach, design, and rest on episode 578 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Gardening is something I’ve tried and failed at many times. I don’t know if it’s something you can win or fail at.
-Karen Costa
There’s a ton of research on our mental health and well being and what green spaces can do for us.
-Karen Costa
Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom
Jessamyn Neuhaus shares about her book, SNAFU Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom, on episode 577 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Human beings make mistakes. We make mistakes as part of learning. We make mistakes just being in the world.
-Jessamyn Neuhaus
Academia generally attracts people with perfectionist tendencies.
-Jessamyn
The AI Con
Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna share about their book, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want on episode 576 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
What’s going on with the phrase artificial intelligence is not that it means something else than what we’re using it to mean, it’s that it doesn’t have a proper referent
Are We There Yet? Rebuilding Trust in the Value of Education
Rolin Moe shares about rebuilding trust in the value of education (among other things) on episode 575 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I never again had a static lesson plan. I was always very fluid in whatever I was going to be doing. I knew where I wanted to get, but the road could go in all sorts of different directions.
– Rolin Moe
Learning is a continuous
May Contain Lies: Stories, Stats, and Bias
Alex Edmans shares about his book, May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do About It on episode 574 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We think a lie is basically the opposite of truth. So something is a lie if you can disprove it factually.
-Alex Edmans
What I focus on in my book is a more subtle form of a lie where
How to Facilitate Enriching Learning Experiences
Tolu Noah shares about her new book, Designing and Facilitating Workshops with Intentionality, on episode 573 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Whenever I’m planning a learning experience, I start by identifying a clear goal for the experience.
-Tolu Noah
I don’t think there’s necessarily one right way to approach planning.
-Tolu Noah
A really import
Myths and Metaphors in the Age of Generative AI
Leon Furze shares about myths and metaphors in the age of generative AI on episode 572 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
In higher education there is a need to temper the resistance and refusal of the technology with the understanding that students are using it anyway.
-Leon Furze
We can take a a personal moral stance, but if we have a responsibility to teach students
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Through Joyful Curiosity
Jackie Shay Shares about overcoming imposter syndrome through joyful curiosity on episode 571 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Sometimes I get in my head about imposter syndrome about being joyful.
-Jackie Shay
Why can’t we recognize that these different types of intelligences have just as much value as intellectual intelligence?
-Jackie Shay
It’s about s
How to Get Started with Interactive Storytelling in Any Discipline
Laura Gibbs shares how to get started with interactive storytelling in any discipline on episode 570 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I think what happens with a lot of people’s efforts to tell stories is that they’re staring at a blank page or a blank screen, and they just feel lost in it because they don’t have a form that they’re filling up
A Practical Framework for Ethical AI Integration in Assessment
Mike Perkins and Jasper Roe share a practical framework for ethical AI integration in assessment on episode 569 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We wanted to be flexible and have some opportunities for students and faculty to really have open conversations about how AI might be suitably used given the individual circumstances and the cultural context.
-Mike Perkins
O
Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI
Tricia Bertram Gallant and David Rettinger discuss The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI on episode 568 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
It is true that people cheat, and that’s the reason we have rules in the first place in our lives.
-David Rettinger
There are always going to be social, personal, and individual pressures on us that
How to Keep Our Brains Sharp
Therese Huston shares about Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science on episode 567 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
As an instructor, there are multiple streams that you’re having to pay attention to and you’re switching between each one.
-Therese Huston
The research shows that listening to music that moves you will increase dopamine
Joy-Centered Pedagogy
Eileen Camfield shares about Joy-Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education on episode 566 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I want to encourage folks to think about how vigor can go alongside rigor.
-Eileen Camfield
We really feel healed. We really feel like our suffering does not have to define us anymore.
-Eileen Camfield
Joy is a renewable resource because it does not
Embracing Anger to Find Joyful Agency
Jamie Moore shares about embracing anger to find joyful agency on episode 565 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I was told that that if I showed emotion I would be seen as vulnerable, and my students would be ready to pounce on that vulnerability.
-Jamie Moore
Invisible agreements shadow our classroom interactions and curriculum, capping the potential for connection,
How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI
John Warner shares about his latest book, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI on episode 564 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
If we treat the output of large language models as writing, as opposed to syntax generation, which is how I characterize it, then we’re allowing the meaning of writing and the experience of writing to be degraded
Defy – The Power of Saying No in a World That Demands Yes
Dr. Sunita Sah discusses her book, Defy: The Power of Saying No in a World That Demands Yes on episode 563 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Defiance is a practice, not a personality.
-Dr. Sunita Sah
Defiance is a skill that’s available and necessary for all of us to use.
-Dr. Sunita Sah
For many of us, the distance between who we think we are and what we actual
Supporting Undocumented Students in Higher Education
Jesús Campos shares his story as an undocumented undergrad/grad student and ways to support others in their educational pursuits on episode 562 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There is some guilt students have because they feel like they’re not really pulling their weight, or they’re sort of a burden because they’re not producing an income.
-Jesús Campos
Look at sch
Disability Is Human
Stephanie Cawthon shares about her book, Disability Is Human – The Vital Power of Accessibility in Everyday Life, on episode 561 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We all have disability at one time or another, maybe just not right now.
-Stephanie Cawthon
I think that there is still a sense of surprise when a request is made for some kind of modification.
-Stepha
Equip Students to Dialog Across Differences Using an AI Guide
Simon Cullen and Nicholas DiBella discuss how to equip students to dialog across differences using an AI Guide they’ve created on episode 560 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Most of my students have not heard cogent arguments on the other side of whatever their own position is because they’ve been so siloed.
-Simon Cullen
In every one of these classes the poin
Cultivating Critical Teaching Behaviors
Lauren Barbeau + Claudia Cornejo Happel discuss how to cultivate critical teaching behaviors on episode 559 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Being a good teacher or a good researcher is not something you’re born with. It’s something you learn. It’s something you can get better at.
-Lauren Barbeau
Teaching doesn’t fall into nice, neat color cod
How to Learn Students’ Names
Michelle Miller shares about her book, A Teacher’s Guide to Learning Student Names: Why You Should, Why It’s Hard, How You Can, on episode 558 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I think a lot of us kinda simmer in this little mindset of, everybody else can do this and I can’t.
-Michelle Miller
We’ve all heard the old saying it’s the sweetest sound tha
Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know
Kent Kauffman shares about his book, Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues Faculty Need to Know, on episode 557 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Leave the things that you have full discretion on out of a syllabus. Put those things that allow you to show to your students that you care about clarity into a syllabus.
-Kent Kauffman
What have courts that have author
Socially Just Open Education and Black Feminist Pedagogy
Jasmine Roberts-Crews shares about socially just open education and Black feminist pedagogy on episode 556 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I’m focusing on Black women in particular here because there is a history among some Black women with rejecting the term feminism because there is this idea that feminism is for white women.
-Jasmine Roberts-Crews
What can
A Big Picture Look at AI Detection Tools
Christopher Ostro shares a big picture look at AI detection tools on episode 555 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I think there are tons of students I interact with who are really just curious and trying to use these tools to dig deeper.
-Christopher Ostro
I want them getting practice on these things that are going to be part of their future careers and lives. I love
Classroom Assessment Techniques
Todd Zakrajsek shares about Classroom Assessment Techniques on episode 554 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
There’s a lot of things that we don’t know that we don’t know until we try to do it.
-Todd Zakrajsek
If 90% get it wrong, you didn’t teach it well.
-Todd Zakrajsek
It is so important for the students to understand that you can discuss a
The Present Professor – Authenticity and Transformational Teaching
Liz Norell shares about her book, The Present Professor, on episode 553 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
What student behavior just triggers your frustration more than anything else?
-Liz Norell
Reflect: What kind of expectations do we have of other people? Are those expectations reasonable? Are their priorities the same as mine?
-Liz Norell
We are living in very int
Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom
Cyndi Kernahan discusses her book Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom on episode 552 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Students begin to better understand institutionalized racism, which is my main goal for them.
-Cyndi Kernahan
When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good perso
Relationship-Rich Education at Scale
Peter Felten + Kassidy Puckett share about relationship-rich education at scale on episode 551 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We need to help students understand that relationships matter for their learning, their well-being, and success.
-Peter Felten
Curiosity is a practice.
-Peter Felten
Empathy in the classroom is not just about being kind; it’s about act
The Importance of Transparency in Learning and Teaching
Kerry Mandulak talks about the importance of transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) on episode 550 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We can teach in a way where different types of learners can be successful.
-Kerry Mandulak
Perfect is the enemy of us all.
-Kerry Mandulak
I am consistently trying to impress upon students how important reflection and revising is o
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