Episodes
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 Feb 21, 2018
Online learning
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Wednesday Feb 21, 2018
Enrollment in online classes has grown steadily over the last few decades. Today, over 30% of college students enroll in at least one online course. In this episode, we discuss the evolution of and possible future directions of online learning with Greg Ketcham, the Assistant Dean of the Division of Extended Learning at SUNY Oswego.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
VoiceThread
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Tired of boring online text discussions? Looking for a way for students to annotate, critique, or analyze images, videos, presentations and documents? In this episode, we’ll examine how VoiceThread can augment class activities and assignments.
Our guest is Jeffrey Riman. Jeffrey is a coordinator of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He's also a consultant and educator at Parsons The New School University. Jeffrey is a council member and the incoming chair of the State University of New York's Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology. At FIT, the Fashion Institute of Technology, he is also the chair of the Faculty Senate Committee on instructional Technology.
A transcript and show notes are available at 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
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Algorithmic questions in Blackboard Learn
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Casey Raymond, the 2017 winner of the President's Award for Teaching Excellence at the State University of New York at Oswego, joins us again in this episode to discuss how he uses Excel spreadsheets to generate algorithmic questions in Blackboard Learn.
A transcript and show notes are available at teaforteaching.com