Teaching in Higher Ed

Margaret (Peggy) Stevenson shares how she is Changing Lives, One Petition (and Class) at a Time on episode 262 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It’s always been important to me that the students understand they are meeting an actual need. —Margaret (Peggy) Stevenson We don’t just continue to do things, but we also build into the classroom time for reflection. —Margaret (Peggy) Stevenson Resources Mentioned Record Clearance Project All of Us or None Justice Studies Courses – Undergraduate – San Jose State University Record Clearance Project Facebook Page VITA Orange County Public Sphere Pedagogy with Thia Wolf on Episode 101

Dave Stachowiak and I share about productive travel on episode 261 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Every time you have somebody on I just feel like there’s something that I’m using in my own work. —Dave Stachowiak There’s the tendency for a lot of us in this community to take on too much. —Dave Stachowiak Resources Mentioned Instructure conference  ESCALA certification  Sam Houston State University Teaching and Learning Conference Productive Productivity Igniting Our Collective Imagination TripIt  Packing cubes Dirty clothes bag Tools for Travel (Robert Talbert’s advice in comments) Packing list app (PackPoint)

Zoë Wood shares about a shipwreck, a Fakesbook, and a WISH on episode 260 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Being able to engage with students who are all such unique individuals is a privilege. —Zoë Wood I love having the opportunity to see what students create. —Zoë Wood Diverse teams actually produce better work. —Zoë Wood Practicing to work in a team isn’t always comfortable for students but it’s something we all need to do so we can help tackle these big problems. —Zoë Wood Resources Mentioned Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor, by Lynda Barry\* Chris Clark, PhD, Harvey Mudd Professor Timmy Gambin at the University of Malta Episode 246: Teaching STEM for Social Impact Dr. Wood’s Research Dr. Wood’s Classes Thesis work of Dr. Wood’s students International Computing work Outreach “Computing for the Interactive Arts” minor WISH at Cal Poly Keyboard shortcuts for international characters Fakesbook: A social networking platform for teaching security and privacy concepts to secondary school students

Natasha Jankowski shares about intentional and transparent assessment on episode 259 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode When I’m asking you to do something in my class, I can tell you why I’m asking you to do it. —Natasha Jankowski This is much more assessment with and not to students. —Natasha Jankowski Transparency for me is more than just posting it somewhere. —Natasha Jankowski How can you both share that love and excitement but also instill it in your students? —Natasha Jankowski Resources Mentioned Natasha Jankowski: Making Our Work Intentional and Transparent Minds Online, by Michelle Miller Rice Coursse Workload Estimator  Laura Gibbs – Using Padlet to Curate Student Advice to Future Classes

Sara Goldrick-Rab shares about Paying the Price on episode 258 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Once I knew, this was a problem I couldn’t unsee. —Sara Goldrick-Rab We’re supposed to be doing education for democracy. —Sara Goldrick-Rab I’ve had to ask myself, “Is this what I’m uniquely adding value to?” —Sara Goldrick-Rab I want to see growth in each of the students over the term — what else do I care about? —Sara Goldrick-Rab Resources Mentioned Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream (2016), by Sara Goldrick-Rab* The Hope Center Sara Goldrick-Rab’s Website Sara’s Books Campus Matters: Paying the Price for The New York Times Conference It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry, by Sara Goldrick-Rab #RealCollege Hashtag on Twitter College and University Basic Needs Insecurity: A National #realcollege Survey Report Universal Design for Learning  Ungrading Basic Needs Security and the Syllabus, by Sara Goldrick-Rab The Hope Center Facebook Sara Goldrick-Rab on Facebook  The Hope Center Instagram  Poverty: The biggest obstacle to higher education 

Ramesh Laungani talks about engaging students using FlipGrid on episode 257 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode How do we support and amplify those more quiet voices? —Ramesh Laungani The typed discussion board doesn’t allow for discussion … there’s no back and forth per se. —Ramesh Laungani Resources Mentioned #flipgridfever  Banking model of education – Paulo Freire 1000 STEM Women Project

Paul Hanstedt shares about Creating Wicked Students on episode 256 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If we’re going to face wicked problems, we’d better have wicked competencies. —Paul Hanstedt We have to communicate to students what we’re looking for. —Paul Hanstedt Constraint can be valuable for creativity. —Paul Hanstedt We need to find ways to allow students to take risks. —Paul Hanstedt Resources Paul Hanstedt ACUE Community article: Five Tips for Getting a Good Start on the Semester (and Maybe Even Enjoying Ourselves a Little) Creating Wicked Students: Designing Courses for a Complex World, by Paul Hanstedt* General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty, by Paul Hanstedt* Wicked the musical  Milgram experiment AAC&U creativity rubric Recess Revolution

Bonni Stachowiak shares about her experience at the AHSIE Conference on episode 255 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast Quotes from the episode If you’re going to come to my class, you need to come with purpose and passion. —Leticia P. Lopez Resources Mentioned AHSIE 11th Annual Best Practices Conference | April 14-17, 2019 | Riverside, CA AHSIE 2019 Program Details Gina A. Garcia Decolonizing Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A Framework for Organizing – Gina Ann Garcia, 2018 Exploring College Students’ Identification with an Organizational Identity for Serving Latinx Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Emerging HSI | American Journal of Education: Vol 124, No 2 Episode 123 with Yolanda Flores Niemann on Presumed Incompetent What Does it Mean to be Latinx-serving? Testing the Utility of the Typology of HSI Organizational Identities | Garcia | Association of Mexican American Educators Journal Microaggressions in the Classroom- YouTube Microaggression presentation – Google Slides Dunning–Kruger effect – Wikipedia

Jared Cooney Horvath shares about his book Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick on episode 254 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Don’t try to force your audience to choose between you or your notes. —Jared Cooney Horvath You remember what you pay attention to. —Jared Cooney Horvath Recall leads to deeper memories. —Jared Cooney Horvath If you want to learn anything, you’ve got to be in that sweet spot of stress. —Jared Cooney Horvath Resources Mentioned Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick, by Jared Cooney Horvath* Episode 72 with Dr. Robert Bjork Episode 94 with Dr. Pooja Agarwal LME Global

Jose Bowen talks about Spaces and Places (and Nudges) on episode 253 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Ultimately what we’re trying to do is create self-regulated learners. —Jose Bowen We know that students are digitally distracted all the time — this is not a classroom problem. —Jose Bowen Your learning management system is all about nudges. —Jose Bowen Make your classroom so interesting … that students don’t want to check Facebook. —Jose Bowen Resources Mentioned Jose Bowen is an expert consultant for ACUE on the following course modules: Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom Engaging Underprepared Students ACUE Community article: Using Feedback From Students to Improve Your Teaching Jose Bowen on Teaching in Higher Ed: Episode 30 Episode 136 Books: Teaching Naked, by José Antonio Bowen* Teaching Naked Techniques, by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson*