Teaching in Higher Ed

Michael Wesch shares about using challenges to motivate learners on episode 282 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode You have to live your way into a new way of thinking. -Michael Wesch How do you be completely yourself while also being of great value to your students? -Michael Wesch Teaching doesn’t just happen in the classroom, it is a constant meditation. -Michael Wesch Shared difficulty creates tremendous community. -Michael Wesch Resources ACUE: What Inspired Me to Redesign My Syllabus ACUE: Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices ACUE: Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom ACUE: Preparing an Effective Syllabus Homework vs assignments vs challenges The Un-TV and the 10 Mph Car: Experiments in Personal Freedom and Everyday Life, by Bernard McGrane Ryan Klataske The UnThing Experiment Life101 Podcast How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half, by Jeff Young for EdSurge Desirable difficulties – Robert Bjork coined the term. Episode 277 with Derek Bruff Video: 10 Tips for Online Teaching Video Video: Wesch made in Vietnam (his first try at something like this) Anth101 – Built with Ryan Klataske and Tom Woodward

Bonni Stachowiak discusses homelessness and housing insecurity in higher education with Rashida Crutchfield and Jennifer Maguire on episode 281 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Some of our students just don’t want to be seen as being “in need”. -Rashida Crutchfield It is that mobility and constant insecurity that is a trauma experience. -Rashida Crutchfield It is that fear and stress response that has short and long term impacts on our physiology that manifests in many different ways. -Rashida Crutchfield Making the time to do something that is different has given me so much more energy, creativity, and ability to be present to my students. -Jennifer Maguire Resources Mentioned Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education Episode 237 with Rashida Crutchfield FASFA

Todd Zakrajsek and Bonni Stachowiak discuss how to sustain our joy of teaching on episode 280 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Don’t look for people who are like you, look for the people who are like the people you would like to be. -Todd Zakrajsek Schedule time and figure out ways to take care of yourself. -Todd Zakrajsek If you understand the importance and value of what you’re doing, it has more value for you. -Todd Zakrajsek Teach the students you have. -Todd Zakrajsek Resources Teaching the Students We Have, Not the Students We Wish We Had, by Jesse Stommel and Sara Goldrick-Rab  International Teaching Learning Cooperative Network Educational Blueprints For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education*, by Christopher Emdin Neuroscientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Brian LaDuca shares about applied creativity for transformation on episode 279 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode How do you take the concept of novel new knowledge and those aha moments and give them purpose? -Brian LaDuca We have to find a way to find these micro campuses on the campus to create pivots. -Brian LaDuca It’s the ambiguity that is the lock and key to the content and the resulting action is the tension. -Brian LaDuca The right and wrong answer isn’t nearly as important as your ability to filter down ideas, work together in ideas, and move ideas back into the system again. -Brian LaDuca Applied creativity inevitably has to be applied to something. -Brian LaDuca Meet the student where they are, in what they do, and how they think. -Brian LaDuca Resources Mentioned University of Dayton Applied Creativity for Transformation The GEMnasium: A Test Lab for Transdisciplinary Learning Certificate in Applied Creativity for Transformation

Nicola Ulibarri explores Design Thinking in Teaching, Research, and Beyond on episode 274. Quotes from the episode Design thinking is a creative problem solving methodology that starts from understanding and addressing human needs. -Nicola Ulibarri Innovation is a learnable process. -Nicola Ulibarri Resources Mentioned Creativity in Research Website Stanford d.school The Four Agreements Research as Design: Developing Creative Confidence in Doctoral Students Through Design Thinking: Ulibarri, Cravens, Cornelius, Royalty, and Svetina Nabergoj 

Derek Bruff discusses his book, Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching. Quotes from the episode We’re learning from and with each other- and that is what I liked to call a learning community. -Derek Bruff I love using technology to help students bring their unique perspectives and experiences to the conversation. -Derek Bruff There is a different level of student engagement that happens when students know they are writing or creating for the public. -Derek Bruff Our pedagogy needs to inform how we use our technology. -Derek Bruff We learn better when we encounter new things through multiple modalities. -Derek Bruff Resources Mentioned A Time for Telling, Schwartz & Bransford (1998) Agile Learning: Derek Bruff’s Blog on Teaching and Learning Dual-coding Theory Harold Jarche Birdclass hashtag on Twitter

Edward Leach shares about Reaching All Learners Through Innovation and Teaching Excellence on episode 276 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode There isn’t a lot of focus on what it means to teach at a community college, which is totally different than being at a four-year institution. -Edward Leach The most critical aspect of the teaching and learning process are the faculty members in the classroom. -Edward Leach Resources Mentioned NISOD – National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development About NISOD NISOD and ACUE Collaboration

Melanie Sage, Nancy Smyth, and Laurel Iverson Hitchcock share how they wrote a book with people they met on Twitter on episode 275 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Twitter had sort of a democratizing impact across our ranks. —Melanie Sage What does it mean to be connected as humans across technology? —Melanie Sage Technology is just a tool — we’re trying to do relationships like we would in any other space. —Melanie Sage Resources Mentioned Dorlee Michaeli  #swtech – hashtag  Linda Grobman The Social Work podcast Jonathan Singer Dropbox MindMiester GoToMeeting Zoom* Qualtrics Twitter Google Docs Second Life Creative Commons license GroupMe Teaching Social Work with Digital Technology\* David Gooblar Oculus FlipGrid Marco Polo

Sarah Cavanagh shares about her new book, HIVEMIND, on episode 274 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We can enter a state of mind in which we join our social partners almost in a collective sort of consciousness. —Sarah Cavanagh Our ideas about the world are collectively sourced almost as much as they are individual. —Sarah Cavanagh We’re dividing into different camps and I think that’s dangerous. —Sarah Cavanagh Resources Mentioned The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion*, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh HIVEMIND: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World*, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh Tressie McMillan Cottom

Bonni Stachowiak shares about engaging learners in large classes on episode 273 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Quotes from the episode The act of predicting can enhance our learning. —Bonni Stachowiak Resources Mentioned Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio* (graphic narrative) Small Teaching, by James Lang James Lang’s Small Changes in Teaching Series in The Chronicle of Higher Education Michael J. Sandel Justice course from Harvard University Justice videos on YouTube Michael Wesch ANTH101: Anthropology for Everyone Does Course Size Matter? Class Size in Online Courses: What the Research Says Chrissy Spencer Episode 25 with Chrissy Spencer Active Learning in Introductory Biology (Chrissy Spencer) CATME Team Maker POD Network 2019 POD Conference