Episodes
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Resilient Pedagogy
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
The global pandemic resulted in rapid and dramatic changes in instructional practices. These transitions were supported by many resources created and publicly shared by teaching centers and instructional designers. In this episode, Travis Thurston joins us to discuss a superb open access resource on resilient pedagogy that he and his colleagues created with contributions from many thought leaders in higher ed.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
U.S. Regulations for Online Classes
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
To be eligible for U.S. federal financial aid funding, colleges and universities offering distance learning programs must satisfy new federal regulations that went into effect in July 2020 and July 2021. In this episode, Russell Poulin joins us to discuss how these requirements have changed and what these changes mean for faculty and institutions offering online classes.
Russ is the Executive Director of the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), and the Vice President for Technology Enhanced Education at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Teaching with Zoom
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an explosion in the use of remote synchronous instruction, a modality that was rarely used until March 2020. In this episode, Dan Levy joins us to discuss the affordances and the challenges associated with this relatively new modality. Dan is an economist and a senior lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University where he teaches courses in quantitative methods, policy analysis, and program evaluation. He is the author of Teaching Effectively with Zoom, A Practical Guide to Engage Your Students and Help Them Learn, which is now in its second edition.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Model Online Teaching
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology has identified 6 evidence-based criteria for model teaching. In this episode, Aaron Richmond, Regan Gurung, and Guy Boysen join us to discuss how those principles translate into effective practices in both physical and virtual environments.
Aaron is a Professor of Educational Psychology and Human Development at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Regan is the Interim Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Psychological Science at Oregon State University. Guy is a Professor of Psychology at McKendree University. They are the authors of A Pocket Guide to Online Teaching: Translating the Evidence-Based Model Teaching Criteria (2021) and An Evidence-Based Guide to College and University Teaching: Developing the Model Teacher (2016).
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Student Workload
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
College students throughout the country have reported substantial increases in their workload during the 2020-21 academic year. Few faculty members, though, intentionally increased student workloads during this challenging year. In this episode, Dr. Betsy Barre joins us to explore some reasons for student perceptions of increased workload.
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.
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Synchronous Online Learning
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
The pandemic forced many faculty to experiment in different modalities in 2020. In this episode, we reflect on our own teaching experiences with synchronous online courses this year.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Supporting Persistence
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Some students thrive in online courses and some students struggle. In this episode, Dr. Becky Cottrell joins us discuss the impact of student characteristics and circumstances on their success in online courses. We also discuss strategies that we can employ in our online classes to help all of our students be more successful. Becky is the online and hybrid course development analyst in the social work department at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
New Faculty in a Pandemic
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Being a new faculty member at a new institution can be challenging in normal times, but also has additional hurdles during COVID-19. Most institutions begin the academic year by providing orientation activities to help new faculty learn about the institution and to meet and network with their new colleagues. In this episode, Emily Estrada and Martin Coen join us to to compare their experiences as new faculty during a pandemic with their earlier experiences at prior institutions. Emily is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Martin is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at SUNY Oswego.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Pedagogies of Care: Equity and Inclusion
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
This week we continue a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Dr. Cyndi Kernahan and Dr. Kevin Gannon join us to discuss what faculty can do to foster an inclusive and equitable class climate for all of our students.
Cyndi is a Psychology Professor and the new Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls. She is also the author of Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Class: Notes from a White Professor. Kevin is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and a Professor of History at Grandview University. He is the author of Radical Hope: a Teaching Manifesto. Cyndi and Kevin are both participants in the Pedagogies of Care project, created by authors in the West Virginia University Press series on Teaching and Learning.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Pandemic-Related Remote Learning
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Over the last two weeks colleges across the U.S. have made the decision to shift all classes from face-to-face to remote instruction in an attempt to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In this episode, Flower Darby joins us explore the challenges and the opportunities associated with this transition. Flower Darby is the Director of Teaching for Student Success, an adjunct instructor in several disciplines, and the author, with James Lang, of Small Teaching Online. She is also one of the developers of the Online Teaching Toolkit created by the Association of College and University educators (or ACUE).
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.