

Teaching in Higher Ed
Bonni Stachowiak
Thank you for checking out the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Feb 11, 2021 • 46min
You Must Remember This
Michelle D. Miller discusses why memory is important for learning – even in the age of Google on episode 348 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Ask students to link their learning to their own lives.
-Michelle D. Miller
Resources
As Time Goes By
Tending, befriending, and coping with upending: Takeaways from the first month of mass emergency remote education, by Michelle Miller
Active learning, active pushback, and what we should take away from a new study of student perceptions, by Michelle Miller
Deep Work, by Cal Newport
Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology, by Michelle Miller
Episode 26 with Michelle Miller: Minds Online
Episode 291 with Michelle Miller: Learning Myths and Realities
How to Make Smart Choices About Tech for Your Course, by Michelle Miller
Episode 72 with Robert Bjork: How to Use Cognitive Psychology to Enhance Learning

Feb 4, 2021 • 32min
Online Culture
Courtney Plotts is back on Teaching in Higher Ed to discuss online culture on episode 347 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When we look at the culture of learning, whether in the online space or in the classroom space, a lot of students experience marginalization.
-Courtney Plotts
Research says that marginalization is a self-selected way to deal with acculturated stress.
-Courtney Plotts
When we look at what successful students do, they are not independent, they are interdependent.
-Courtney Plotts
We have to be honest that campus culture is not the online culture. It is an extension, but it is not the same thing.
-Courtney Plotts
Resources
Community of Inquiry overview from the University of Toronto
Cameras Be Damned, by Karen Costa
The Community of Inquiry website
Janae Cohn

Jan 28, 2021 • 39min
Filling the equity gap in STEM Fields
Archana McEligot discusses filling the equity gap in STEM fields on episode 346 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
You really do need that interdisciplinary perspective when looking at data.
-Archana McEligot
We can’t work in silos, some of the greatest innovations and discoveries have happened through an interdisciplinary perspective.
-Archana McEligot
Many underrepresented students experience imposter syndrome.
-Archana McEligot
Seeing someone that looks like them is so important.
-Archana McEligot
Resources Mentioned
Big Data Discovery and Diversity: Through Research, Education Advancement and Partnership (BD3-REAP)
BD3-REAP Faculty
John Snow

Jan 21, 2021 • 45min
Transforming a University
Adanely Jimenez, Adrian Delgado, + Jenny Vargas shares about transforming a university on episode 345 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
It was a big 180 slap in the face thing for me being around a whole diverse group of people and students who were my age, but I really thought everyone my age thought the way I did.
-Jenny Vargas
I was grateful to have professors who took the time to ask me what was wrong, if I was ok, and how it was going. Being able to speak to my professors when I was going through something made it easier for me to be real.
-Adanely Jimenez
Resources
Vanguard University Living Well Community Resource Center
High School Musical
Spreading the Word- Supporting Students’ Basic Needs with a Syllabus Statement and a Welcome Survey
Samson’s Career Pop-Up Closet
Vanguard University Career Services
The Hope Center

Jan 14, 2021 • 35min
Caring for the Whole Person
Sharon Hamill speaks about caring for the whole person on episode 344 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
It was an opportunity for these outstanding graduate students at Cal State San Marcos to be able to be on the frontlines actually educating.
-Sharon Hamill
Watching these public health students get in there and do their thing- I was just in awe.
-Sharon Hamill
I think you have to embrace the messiness and recognize that this is probably where the best learning is going to occur.
-Sharon Hamill
Resources
The What Gives Your Life Meaning (WGYLM®) Campaign
Youth Caregivers
Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County
Caregiver Resources

Jan 7, 2021 • 37min
Meeting the Moment Through Inclusive Teaching
Meeting the Moment Through Inclusive Teaching, with Michael Benitez and Meredith Flynn.
Quotes from the episode
Pedagogy is truly a craft. It is an art and requires us to be attentive to it.
-Michael Benitez
As educators, we want to make sure that we create really welcoming environments and that our learning environments promote equitable and successful outcomes for our students.
-Meredith Flynn
Resources
Improve online teaching while learning about anti-racist pedagogy (MSU Denver)
Creating an Inclusive Online Learning Environment: Webinar Recap (ACUE Community)
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), edited by Susan Blum*
Pasque, P. A., Chesler, M. A., Charbeneau, J., & Carlson, C. (2013). Pedagogical approaches to student racial conflict in the classroom. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 6 (1), 1-16.
Equity-Minded and Culturally-Affirming Teaching and Learning Practices in Virtual Learning Communities with J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III

Dec 31, 2020 • 40min
Place-Based Learning
Amy Sprowles and Matt Johnson on episode 342 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We became much more aware and knowledgeable about what place-based learning means to other people and other groups.
-Amy Sprowles
Place-based learning rests on the power of immersing students, faculty and staff in the place and recognizing the heritage, culture, landscape, geography, plants, animals and rocks and how those things interact with each other to illustrate to students how so many disciplines are interconnected.
-Matt Johnson
You cannot talk about the place without talking about the Indigenous people that have been there since time immemorial.
-Matt Johnson
Resources
Place-Based Learning Communities
Place-Based Education Reports – Humboldt State University
2019 Presentation to the Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institution Educators
Klamath Connection Program
Native Land Interactive Map

Dec 23, 2020 • 41min
Multidisciplinary Teaching
Susan Roll and Jennifer Wilking share their experience teaching a multidisipilnary course together on episode 341 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
It was really fascinating to see how students across these three disciplines had different orientations from day one to this issue of homelessness.
-Jennifer Wilking
One of the real benefits to interdisciplinary teaching is the exposure to different perspectives.
-Jennifer Wilking
Students have such a deeper understanding when they’re actually doing the research rather than just hearing about research methods.
-Jennifer Wilking
Once they have an experience and actually talk to a person who is experiencing homelessness, all of those preconceptions start to drop away; and that’s the beauty of doing research too.
-Jennifer Wilking
Resources
Student Teams Work to Alleviate Housing Insecurity
Episode 234 with Maria Andersen: A new lens to support learning outcomes
Mariah Kornbluh
Mindmap

Dec 17, 2020 • 44min
Humanized Online Dance Classes
Heather Castillo and MiRi Park share about humanized online dance classes (and dance as protest) on episode 340 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
When I went to college I was being modeled into this modern dancer, I didn’t necessarily know what that meant, but I still wanted to be the best.
-MiRi Park
I think of them as people who do dance, as opposed to merely dancers. They are human beings that have histories of arrival and each person is unique, so there is never going to be just one story.
-MiRi Park
There was never a doubt in either of our minds that this could be done.
-Heather Castillo
Why keep the information to myself when I can share it with others?
-MiRi Park
Resources
CORontine Corps
Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online via the Dance Studies Association
Loïe Fuller
Isadora Duncan
Breakdancing/b-boy/b-girl
Nia Love
Planet B-Boy
Dr. Shamell Bell
Butoh dancers
Innovations in Digital Pedagogy: Preparing the Globe for the Unfathomable – Virtual Dance Instruction
Dancing Bodies That Proclaim: Black Lives Matter
Sample Online Dance History Course
Considerations for Moving University Dance Classes Online

Dec 10, 2020 • 46min
Personal Knowledge Management Reprised
Dave Stachowiak and Bonni share about our personal knowledge management practices on episode 339 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
“Good curators are valued members of knowledge networks.”
-Dave Stachowiak quotes Harold Jarche
Resources Mentioned
Harold Jarche’s PKM Resources
The Seek > Sense > Share Framework
SIFT: The Four Moves, by Mike Caufield
Inoreader
Feedburner
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Overcast
John Stepper – Working Out Loud
Raindrop.io
Twitter list: Disability
Twitter list: Teaching + Learning Ctrs (Peter Newbury)
Episode 53 with Peter Newbury
Readwise