Episodes
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
How Humans Learn
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Small children are innately curious about the world around them. This curiosity, though, is often stifled in traditional educational pathways. Dr. Josh Eyler joins us in this episode to discuss how research on how humans learn can help us build a more productive learning environment for all our students. Josh is the Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and an adjunct Associate Professor of Humanities at Rice University.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Engaged scholarship
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Many of us live and work in communities where there is a strong town and gown divide. Building trust, engaging authentically, and developing deep understanding through intergroup dialogue takes time, patience and the right structure. In this episode, Dr. Khuram Hussain, an Associate Professor of Education and Interim Dean at Hobart College, joins us to explore a model of engaged scholarship that challenges the academy to engage in dialogue with and work alongside the community to address pressing local issues.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Service learning
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Applied learning at the graduate level generally takes the form of traditional research projects, but other models can be successful. Linley Melhem, the Director of the International Teaching Assistant Program at Texas Tech University, joins us to discuss how service learning can challenge graduate students academically while building the capacity of an organization or department to take on a project or tackle a problem. The particular project discussed in this episode involves small teams of graduate students working with faculty and instructional designers to assist language faculty in transitioning existing face-to-face courses to a hybrid format.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Project-based learning
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Big, complex, and messy problems provide rich learning experiences for students, but can be overwhelming if not properly scaffolded. In this episode, Jeff Bradbury joins us to discuss a semester-long sound-replacement project that his students complete in a course on Sound for Television and Film.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Civic Engagement
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Wednesday Feb 07, 2018
Real-world learning experiences come in a variety of flavors. In this episode, Allison Rank, a political scientist at SUNY-Oswego, joins us to discuss how she has built a course in which students organize and run a non-partisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaign. This project combines many of the best features of service learning and simulation.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Authentic Learning
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018
In this episode, Rebecca Mushtare discusses how she has used community-based learning and simulation projects to provide authentic learning experiences in her design courses.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.