Episodes
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Building a Campus Culture of Accessibility
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Wednesday Jan 09, 2019
Colleges and universities, as well as individual faculty members, are legally required to meet federal accessibility requirements for all digital content that is posted online or used as learning materials within face-to-face, hybrid, or online classrooms. Most faculty, however, have received little or no training in how to create accessible materials. In this episode, Sean Moriarty, the Chief Technology Officer at SUNY-Oswego, joins us to discuss how our institution is working toward assisting faculty in creating materials that are accessible for all of our learners.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Video feedback
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Have you spent hours writing comments on student papers only to see them end up in the trash can as student file out of class? In this episode, Dr. Jessica Kruger, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior at the University at Buffalo joins us to explore how providing video feedback may help motivate students to hear, see, use, and understand your feedback.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
The Three Little Pigs
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday Jun 06, 2018
What do the three little pigs, the big bad wolf, and dragons have to do with web design? More than you would think. Rebecca Mushtare discusses how a trip through fairy tales may open up the opportunity to develop empathy skills and conversations about race, disability and identity.
Allison Rank joins us again this week, this time as a guest host.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Augmented reality
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Does reality sometimes fall short of your expectations? Perhaps it’s time to augment your reality. In this episode, Renee Stevens joins us to discuss the creation and use of augmented and virtual reality experiences that can increase our productivity, overcome cultural and language barriers, and provide a richer learning environment. Renee is an award-winning Interactive and Motion Designer and Assistant Professor and Associate Chair of Design at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. In addition to teaching, Renee also runs her own design studio, is an exclusive designer for Minted and the co-director of education for the upstate New York Chapter of AIGA, the Professional Association for Design.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 02, 2018
Teaching big
Wednesday May 02, 2018
Wednesday May 02, 2018
You might think you have a heavy course load. Imagine being the instructor of record for approximately 5,000 students in a semester. In this episode, Dr. Kristina Mitchell, a faculty member and director of the online education program for the Political Science Department at Texas Tech, joins us again to discuss the design, organization, and management of high-enrollment online introductory political science courses.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Removing barriers
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
We want to design courses that allow all of our students to be successful.Students, though, often face barriers that interfere with their learning. In this episode, we examine how we can use universal design principles to help remove some of these barriers and help facilitate learning by all of our students.
Our guest is Kristen Flint, an instructional designer at the State University of New York at Oswego. Kristen is currently spearheading a campus working group on accessible teaching. Rebecca is also working with this group.
A transcript and show notes are available at teaforteaching.com