Teaching in Higher Ed

Jackie and Rob Parke share about empathy toward greater inclusion on episode #126 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Even the Rat Was White* Eatwell Tableware Set for people with Alzheimer’s Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.

John Stewart shares how he uses Open Educational Resources (OER) in his teaching on episode 125 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Any time you’re doing experimental work, you can anticipate some of the problems, but not all of them. –John Stewart Laziness at the faculty level hasn’t been invented recently. –John Stewart It surprised me what amount of control of the course that faculty cede to the textbook industry. –John Stewart Think about how you can take the time both for yourself and for your students to share what you’re doing. –John Stewart Resources Mentioned John Stewart’s Digital Projects Very Bad Wizards Episode #99 iBooks After Newton OU Create FeedPress Rezzly (used to be called 3D Game Lab) MERLOT II eXperience Play GOBLIN  

Maha Bali talks about intercultural learning on episode 124 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode By spending a lot of time with people who are different than yourself, you get to know yourself even better. –Maha Bali When you leave your culture and go to live somewhere else it helps you question your values, what you take for granted, and your assumptions. –Maha Bali You need deep, sustained interaction with a person or a group of people to be able to understand their culture. –Maha Bali Resources Mentioned Maha’s PhD Thesis: Critical Thinking in Context: Practice at an American Liberal Arts University in Egypt Developing Intercultural Competence in Practice* by Michael Byram, Adam Nichols, and David Stevens The Outer Word and Inner Speech: Bakhtin, Vygotsky, and the Internalization of Language by Caryl Emerson Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity by Milton J. Bennett Hannah and the Talking Tree by Elke Weiss The Lion Guard song: We Are the Same Homi K. Bhabha’s Third Space Theory Edward Said  

Yolanda Flores Niemann dialogs about being presumed incompetent in academia on episode #123 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode Only about 20% of faculty are people of color. —Yolanda Flores Niemann No matter how you think of yourself, you cease to be the independent scholar … and you become what the environment needs you to be because you are one of the few people of color. —Yolanda Flores Niemann We need to mentor women to not be afraid to negotiate. —Yolanda Flores Niemann The millennials are …  one of our most social-justice and equality-minded generations. —Yolanda Flores Niemann The responsibility for knowing about issues of race, class, and gender identity, and being able to mentor students around these issues, is a responsibility that needs to be shared. —Yolanda Flores Niemann Resources Mentioned The Making of a Token by Yolanda Flores Niemann The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo “They Forgot Mammy Had a Brain” by Sherrée Wilson, a chapter in Presumed Incompetent Meg Urry on Teaching in Higher Ed #069, talks at one point about negotiation Inclusive Teaching in the STEM Classroom, a video series by Vanderbilt’s Center for Faculty Development Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.

Keegan Long-Wheeler talks about game-based learning on episode 122 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Goblin eXperience Play Open Education Conference 2016 Stephen Colbert’s Escape from the Man-sized Cabinet Healing Words Twine Video of Keegan sharing about his domain of one’s own Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity.  

  Bonnie Stewart talks about networked pedagogy on episode #121 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode Networks are a foundational structure of human experience. —Bonnie Stewart Recognizing that there is a distinction between the personal and the private can be encouraging for people who may feel uncomfortable with the whole idea of sharing. —Bonnie Stewart Identity is something that we’re always curating. —Bonnie Stewart I realized that I’ve been curating my identity since long before there was the internet … with the things that I save. —Bonnie Stewart Resources Mentioned Hybrid Pedagogy Digital Pedagogy Lab Networked Pedagogy Graphic on Bonnie’s site  

Dr. Robert Talbert talks about how to get more meaningful work done on episode 120 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the episode 90% of the emails I get in my inbox are not actionable. —Robert Talbert The human brain is fantastic for processing information but it’s terrible for storing information. —Robert Talbert Sometimes the busyness we have is entirely self-inflicted; we work hard because we’re disorganized. —Robert Talbert Say yes to the things that matter and say no to everything else. —Robert Talbert Resources Getting Things Done (Updated Edition)* by David Allen Getting Things Done: Five Steps Overview The Five Steps Capture Dave and Bonni talk about capture on episode #32 todoist Recommendations from the Last TIHE episode with Robert Talbert Bonni talks about inboxzero on episode #56 Capture sticky notes using Evernote Clarify Dave and Bonni talk about clarify and organize on episode #41 Organize Evernote Review Google Keep  Episode #64: The Weekly Review Episode #78: Checklists Essentialism* by Greg McKeown Engage Amazon’s Grocery Delivery Service* Amazon Dash OmniFocus  

Annemarie Perez shares about bridging the culture gap in the classroom and other broad thoughts about cultural competence on episode 119 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Resources Mentioned Annemarie’s Teaching Manifesto Blog Post Chicano or Chicana Latino Latina Hispanic The Case for ‘Latinx’: Why Intersectionality is Not a Choice

Mike Wesch describes his becoming a learner and what it taught him about teaching on episode 118 of Teaching in Higher Ed. Quotes from the Episode I’ve always picked things that are really hard and bring out fears inside me. —Mike Wesch Students get out of it whatever they put into it. —Mike Wesch I take the philosophy that grading can play different roles depending on the course. —Mike Wesch What matters when students graduate is how they’ve changed, not just their GPA. —Mike Wesch When I started teaching in my late 20s, it was really easy to relate to students. As I was in my late 30s, it was much more difficult. —Mike Wesch Life is too short to not experiment. —Mike Wesch Resources Mentioned The Sleeper, by Mike Wesch Rethinking the Syllabus (with a Course Trailer) Links to Presentations and Videos by Mike Wesch Daniel Pink’s Research on Motivation: Drive* LIFE101 Podcast LIFE101: Episode 1 What Baby George and Handstands Have Taught Me About Learning Mike Wesch’s YouTube Channel  

  Kerry Moore discusses how to balance the responsibilities of caring for an elderly loved one with our teaching responsibilities. Quotes from the episode   We’re trying to help people grow their own ability to meet needs and to have agency in their own lives. —Kerry Moore Sometimes challenges can help us to … bounce forward into new skills and knowledge. —Kerry Moore Nothing is going to make the loss of someone you love or a disability okay, but the way we walk through it makes a big difference in what our life looks like on the other side. —Kerry Moore A healthy locus of control has a realistic assessment of the things that I am in control of and also the things that I’m not. —Kerry Moore Caregiving [has] a lot of physical demands but also a lot of emotional demands. —Kerry Moore Resources Mentioned Radiolab episode: The Bitter End National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Council on Aging