Teaching in Higher Ed

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak talk about rethinking assessment and other reflections on the Lilly Conference on episode 142 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Curiosity is one of our most deeply rooted mechanisms by which we learn. –Josh Eyler These experiences give people a different view of themselves. –Thia Wolf We don’t give students opportunities to experience and reflect on how the curriculum is part of them and how they are affecting it. –Thia Wolf Resources Mentioned Bonni Stachowiak’s and Naomi Kasa’s Lilly Conference Presentation TIHE 65: Teaching Lessons from Pixar Specifications Grading by Linda B. Nilson* TIHE 29: Specifications Grading ”An update on the specifications grading process” by Robert Talbert TIHE 101: Public Sphere Pedagogy with Thia Wolf Stephen Brookfield’s slides from his talk: ”Five Forms of Becoming a Teacher” 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.

Clint Smith warns us of the danger of silence on episode 141 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode I was failing to speak up on behalf of issues that didn’t directly affect me, and that caused me a deep amount of shame. –Clint Smith What does it look like to be more proactive in being the sort of person that I’m asking my students to be? –Clint Smith What is the role and responsibility of someone given access to a platform of potential power and influence? –Clint Smith There’s a difference between a sort of silence of complicity and a silence of listening. I think it’s important that we differentiate and disentangle the two. –Clint Smith We need to think about the ways in which our identities shape whether or not we should be speaking or listening. –Clint Smith The act of empathy and the act of listening … is going to be more important now than ever. –Clint Smith I believe deeply in the fact that I am a partner in my students’ academic journey. –Clint Smith Resources Mentioned TED Talk – How to Raise a Black Son in America This Viral Trump Syllabus Will Help You Understand How the Mess Was Made Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data TED Talk: The Danger of Silence Glynn Washington (from the Snap Judgment podcast) shared about contextualizing people’s stories when he spoke at the Podcast Movement conference. Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality The Four Principles: read critically write consciously speak clearly tell your truth 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.

Steven Michels helps us think outside the LMS on episode 140 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Every technology suggests how it should be used. –Steven Michels The hub of any class should be the discussion board. –Steven Michels Teaching should be learner-driven, not tool-driven. –Steven Michels Technology is better at bringing the world into the classroom than it is in taking the classroom out into the world. –Steven Michels Anything we can do as faculty members and professors to harness this natural love of learning that our students have … I think is a good thing. –Steven Michels Resources Mentioned Patterns in Course Design: How instructors ACTUALLY use the LMS Using Slack for Teaching (Steven Michels’ video) Slack Hypothes.is QuickTime SnagIt Google Slides Google Sites Page: Foundations of Political Thought Remind Diigo Medium 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.

Stephanie Lancaster shares ways to effectively debrief with our students on episode 139 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode The role of any educator is to be there for their students: someone to talk to and lean on, or just to be with in times of need. –Stephanie Lancaster I learned the power of reflection in teaching and learning. –Stephanie Lancaster Debriefing is the process of strategically examining and analyzing what happened after the completion of an event or activity, within the context of learning. –Stephanie Lancaster What’s your big takeaway, and how does that connect to what you’re going to be doing in the real world? –Stephanie Lancaster The biggest challenge is that my students tend to want to talk just to me … really what I want them to do is to talk to each other. –Stephanie Lancaster Resources Mentioned Epilogue – Stephanie’s blog post about her dad’s care after his diagnosis The 3D model of debriefing: defusing, discovering, and deepening: Pre-briefing Diffusing Discovering Deepening Wrap Up TIHE episode 98: Stephen Brookfield – The Skillful Teacher TIHE episode 15: Stephen Brookfield – How to Get Students to Participate in Discussion The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom* by Stephen Brookfield Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms * by Stephen Brookfield 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.

Mike Caulfield prescribes a new digital literacy on episode #138 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Resources Mentioned American Association of State Colleges and University’s (AASCU’s) The American Democracy Project (ADP) Mike’s Blog Post: Yes, Digital Literacy, But Which One? RADCAB CRAAP Article about Sam Winberg: Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online Thinking Fast and Slow* by Daniel Kahneman Planet Money Podcast Episode 739 – Finding The Fake-News King Snopes Politifact SciCheck

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 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.

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) 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.

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

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 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.

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)