Episodes
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Looking Forward to 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
As we enter this spring semester, we take a break from our usual format to discuss what we are looking forward to in 2024.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Unmaking the Grade
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
A growing number of faculty have been experimenting with ungrading. In this episode, Emily Pitts Donahoe joins us to discuss her ungrading approach and the documentation of this process on her blog. Emily is the Associate Director of Instructional Support at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Reducing Equity Gaps
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Gender and racial equity gaps exist in economics and other STEM fields. In this episode, Tisha Emerson joins us to discuss research on strategies to reduce these inequities. Tisha is the chair of the economics department and the James E. and Constance Paul Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University and is the incoming Chair of the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Unessays
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
An unessay assignment provides students an opportunity to demonstrate their learning in innovative and creative ways. In this episode, Jessamyn Neuhaus and Maggie Schmuhl join us to discuss how they have employed unessay assignments in their courses.
Jessamyn is the Director of the SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Teaching Excellence and a Professor in the History Department at SUNY Plattsburgh. She is the author of Geeky Pedagogy: a Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to be Effective Teachers. She is the editor of Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning. Maggie is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and the Associate Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at SUNY-Oswego.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Gender Bias and Timing of SETs
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
A number of studies demonstrate gender bias in course evaluations. In this episode Whitney Buser, Jill Hayter, and Cassondra Batz-Barbarich join us to discuss their research that looks at the timing of when these gender differences emerge and theories for why they exist.
Whitney is the Associate Director of Academic Programs in the School of Economics at Georgia Tech. Jill is an Associate Professor of Economics in the College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University. Cassondra is an Assistant Professor of Business at Lake Forest College. Whitney, Jill, and Cassondra are the authors of an article entitled “Evaluation of Women in Economics: Evidence of Gender Bias Following Behavioral Role Violations.”
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Higher Ed Then and Now
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Teaching practices have gradually evolved as we’ve learned more about how humans learn. From one year to the next, these changes may appear small, but the cumulative effect is profound. In this episode, Todd Zakrajsek joins us to reflect back on the changes that have occurred in higher ed during our careers.
Todd is an Associate Research Professor and Associate Director of a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also the director of four Lilly conferences on evidence-based teaching and learning. Todd is the author of many superb books, and has published four books in the past four years. His most recent book is a fifth edition of Teaching at it's Best, a book he co-authored with Linda Nilson.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Flipped Team-Based Learning
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Flipped classrooms allow for class time to be used to put content into action. In this episode, Tina Abbate joins us to discuss the team-based approach that she uses in her classes to help develop the real-world skills important in her field.
Tina is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University’s School of Nursing. She holds a collection of credentials including a PhD, MPA, an MS, and is a registered nurse (RN). She teaches in-person and online undergraduate nursing classes at Stony Brook and conducts research on active learning strategies and the retention of information. She works as a nursing supervisor at two local hospitals. She is the recipient of the 2023 SUNY FACT2 Award for Excellence in Instruction and was a recipient of the Stony Brook University Award for Excellence in Teaching an In-Person Course.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Episode_300_Reflection
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
This is episode 300 of the Tea for Teaching podcast. Whether you are a new listener or have been with us for all 300 episodes, we are very grateful that you’ve joined us on our podcasting journey. In this episode, we celebrate this milestone by reflecting on what we’ve learned and how the podcast has evolved.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
The Road Forward
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
The opening session of the 2023 SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology, which took place at SUNY Oswego, included a keynote address in the form of a live podcast interview with Flower Darby. This podcast episode is a recording of this session, which included both a live and a remote audience. Flower is an Associate Director of the Teaching for Learning Center at the University of Missouri at Columbia. She is the co-author, with James Lang, of Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes and a co-author of The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
ChatGPT Chat
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Since its arrival in late November 2022, ChatGPT has been a popular topic of discussion in academic circles. In this episode, Betsy Barre joins us to discuss some of the ways in which generative AI tools such as ChatGPT can benefit faculty and students as well as some strategies that can be used to mitigate academic integrity concerns. Betsy is the Executive Director of the Center for Advancement of Teaching at Wake Forest University. In 2017 she won, with Justin Esarey, the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education’s Innovation Award for their Course Workload Estimator.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.