
Teaching in Higher Ed
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.
Latest episodes

Jan 26, 2017 • 47min
Teaching Naked Techniques
C. Edward Watson joins me to talk about Teaching Naked Techniques on episode #137 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Resources Mentioned
Teaching Naked Techniques* by Jose Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers (2013)
Measuring Cognitive Distraction in the Automobile III
Please read while texting and driving
TIHE article: The Invitation
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Jan 19, 2017 • 40min
Teaching Naked Techniques
Jose Bowen reveals Teaching Naked Techniques on episode #136 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Good teaching always starts with what matters to your students.
—Jose Bowen
What I really want is for my students to all find their own voice.
—Jose Bowen
This is going to be challenging … and I know you can do it.
—Jose Bowen
Students learn more when they believe the teacher cares about learning.
—Jose Bowen
Resources Mentioned
Episode #030 with Jose Bowen on Teaching Naked
Teaching Naked Techniques* by Jose Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning* by Jose Bowen and C. Edward Watson
The New Science of Learning: How to Live in Harmony with Your Brain* by Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek, and Jeannie H. Loeb
S.W.E.E.T (sleep, water, eating, exercise, and time)
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Jan 12, 2017 • 33min
The Spark of Learning
Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares about The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion* on episode #135 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Resources Mentioned
Caring isn’t Coddling by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
VALUE rubrics from the Association of American Colleges and Universities
Planet Money Episode 216: How Four Drinking Buddies Saved Brazil
Minds on Fire: How Role-Immersion Games Transform College* by Mark C. Carnes
Episode 21: Minds on Fire with Marc Carnes
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning* by James Lang

Jan 5, 2017 • 32min
Teaching Creativity
Hoda Mostafa discusses teaching creativity on episode 134 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Relevance and meaning are so important for the students I teach.
—Hoda Mostafa
I had to figure out ways to learn things without relying too much on memorization.
—Hoda Mostafa
You have to guide students through the process of learning how to think.
—Hoda Mostafa
Students get engaged when it’s meaningful to them.
—Hoda Mostafa
Resources Mentioned
TIHE Episode 132: Teach Students How to Learn
Edward de Bono’s work on Thinking Tools
Creative Problem Solving
Tim Brown on creative confidence
TED Talk: On Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz
Syllabus: Scientific Thinking Course
Syllabus: Creative Cairo: Human Centered Design (co-taught with Maha Bali)
Slide:ology* by Nancy Duarte
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions* by Stephen Brookfield
Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (Volume 2) 5th Edition* by Diane Halpem
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Dec 29, 2016 • 25min
My 2017 Someday-Maybe Tech List
Bonni Stachowiak reveals what’s on her someday/maybe tech list on episode 133 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Resources Mentioned
TIHE Episode #120 with Robert Talbert about Getting Things Done
Sanebox
Amphetamine (Mac) / Windows alternatives
Harvard’s H20
Mother blogs
YouCanBook.Me
Planboard
Kahoot team mode
Backdraft for Tweets during presentation
IFTTT
Expert Level Text Expander Snippets
Moom (Mac)
Better touch Tool (Mac)
Just Dance Now Apple TV game (recommended by Doug McKee)
Collaborative Annotating
Omnifocus Hotspot for Grading (Mac)
Activity (iOS and Apple Watch)

Dec 22, 2016 • 38min
Teach Students How to Learn
Saundra Y. McGuire discusses how to teach students how to learn on episode 132 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Learning is a process, not an activity.
–Saundra Y. McGuire
Physical activity is really important to having the brain operate at peak efficiency.
–Saundra Y. McGuire
Pretending that you’re teaching information is a great way to practice retrieval of that information.
–Saundra Y. McGuire
Students who may be failing our courses miserably are not failing because they are not capable; they are failing because they don’t have strategies to successfully manage the information.
–Saundra Y. McGuire
When we believe it’s possible, then we can help students believe it’s possible.
–Saundra Y. McGuire
Resources Mentioned
Teach Students How to Learn* by Saundra Y. McGuire
Louisiana State University’s Center for Academic Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success* by Carol Dweck
Bloom’s taxonomy
Earnest Everest Just
ACUE’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices
150 ways to increase intrinsic motivation in the classrooms* by James P. Raffini
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Dec 15, 2016 • 34min
Peer Review of Teaching
Isabeau Iqbal shares about the peer review of teaching on episode #131 of Teaching in Higher Ed.
Quotes from the episode
Formative peer reviews of teaching offer the opportunity for growth for both the reviewer and the reviewee.
–Isabeau Iqbal
Despite the fact that you might have decades of experience and high student evaluations of teaching, it’s still nerve-wracking.
–Isabeau Iqbal
There are best practices in peer review, but often those don’t get followed.
–Isabeau Iqbal
Resources Mentioned
UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology’s Formative Peer Review of Teaching Resources
Isabeau Iqbal’s Publications on Peer Review of Teaching and Dissertation
Josh Eyler and others tweet about Faculty Owl Days at Rice University
On Being Observed by David Gooblar
Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching’s Peer Review of Teaching Post
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Dec 8, 2016 • 36min
Digital Redlining and Privacy
Chris Gilliard talks about digital redlining and privacy on episode 130 of Teaching in Higher Ed.
Quotes from the episode
Unless you have a really keen understanding of how filtering works, you often don’t know what you’re not getting.
–Chris Gilliard
Both with faculty and students, the awareness of how closely we’re watched when we’re on networks is not high.
–Chris Gilliard
Digital redlining is tech policies, practices, pedagogy, and investment decisions that reinforce class and race boundaries.
–Chris Gilliard
Resources Mentioned
Black Box Society* by Frank Pasquale
Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy
Gross Pointe Blank
8 Mile
The Case for Reparations by Ta Nehasi Coates
TIHE 130: Undercover Professor Episode (Mike Cross)
Sarah Goldrick-Rab
Tresse McMillian Cottom
Joe Murphy recommended we watch Chris’ talk at Boston University

Dec 1, 2016 • 37min
The Shared Journey
Bill Dogterom shares about mentoring and the shared journey on episode #129 of Teaching in Higher Ed.
Quotes from the episode
If they know that you really do have their best interests at heart, they’ll teach you how to teach them.
–Bill Dogterom
What I like to do most is to walk with people and to learn from them as much as they learn from me.
–Bill Dogterom
For me, it’s more of a shared journey than a pure mentor relationship.
–Bill Dogterom
If they know that you’re actually listening to them, they will let you into their story.
–Bill Dogterom
Resources Mentioned
“People are not problems to solve, but mysteries to explore.”
-Eugene Peterson
The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth* by Gerald G. May
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Nov 23, 2016 • 29min
Online Learning Consortium Accelerate Conference Recap
Bonni Stachowiak shares about her experience at the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Conference on episode #128 of Teaching in Higher Ed.
Resources Mentioned
OLC Accelerate 2016 Conference
Research in Action podcast
Periscope
HigherEdScope
Learning Lab Show
Podcast Recommendations from the #podpanel
TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
Women Who Wine in Education
DACA
Bonni’s OLC Conference Session Materials
Minerva Schools
Slideology* by Nancy Duarte
OpenEd 2016
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