
TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast Episode 197: Pillar Panel #2: Evidence-Based Practice in Online/Digital Ed
Nov 3, 2025
55:23
Guests Dr. Tanya Joosten and Dr. Patsy Moskal unpack decades of expertise in conducting research and fostering evidence-based practice in conversation with hosts Tom and Kelvin. This episode is the second in a mini-series of “pillar panels” offering distilled insights from esteemed community members on key, “structural support” topics essential in the future of strategic online/digital education.
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Dr. Tanya Joosten

Dr. Patsy Moskal
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Coffee Links
- Rishi Tea & Botanicals (Milwaukee, WI)
- “Truffle THiNS Lemon” (from Edward Marc Chocaltier)
Content Links
- Dr. Tanya Joosten’s Online Profile
- Dr. Patsy Moskal’s Online Profile
- National Research Center for Distance Education and Technological Advancement (“DETA Center”)
- DETA Research Toolkit 2.0 (“DETA Center”)
- Research Study: “Online Learning Readiness” (Joosten & Cusatis)
- Research Study: “A Cross-Institutional Study of Instructional Characteristics and Student Outcomes: Are Quality Indicators of Online Courses Able to Predict Student Success?” (Joosten & Cusatis)
- Historic Impact Evaluation Publications from UCF’s Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE)
- Research Study: “Student Ratings: Skin in the Game and the Three-Body Problem” (co-authored by Dr. Moskal)
- Research Study: “Dancing With a Bear: One University’s Experience With Evaluating Blended Learning” (Moskal)
- [From SUNY Oswego] “Tea for Teaching” Podcast
- [From Oregon State University] “Research in Action” Podcast (2016-2020)
- Past TOPcast Episodes
- #15 – “It’s More About the Social than the Media” (with guest Dr. Tanya Joosten)
- #96 – “25 Years of “Conscientious, Methodical Research” (with guest Dr. Patsy Moskal)
- #103 – “Learning from 2021: Our Listeners Speak” (featuring an appearance by Dr. Patsy Moskal)
- #130 – “Data, DETA, Design, and More” (with guest Dr. Tanya Joosten)
