Episodes
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Google Apps and the LMS
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Creating course content in an LMS can be time-consuming and tedious. In this episode, Dave Ghidiu joins us to discuss ways of leveraging Google Apps to simplify content creation, facilitate student collaboration, and to allow students to maintain access to their work after the semester ends.
Dave is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Coordinator of the Gladys M. Snyder Center for Teaching and Learning at Finger Lakes Community College. Previous to his time at FLCC, he spent a few years as a Senior Instructional Designer at Open SUNY, where he was a lead designer for the OSCQR rubric software.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Student Podcasts
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Student research papers have been ubiquitous in higher education, but there are many ways in which students can demonstrate the skills that they have acquired. In this episode, Megan Remmel joins us to discuss the use of student podcasts as a more engaging alternative to traditional research papers. Megan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bradley University.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Teaching for the Public Good
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
When designing a course, faculty and instructional designers often focus on the course as a discrete entity without considering its role in the institution and society. In this episode, Robin DeRosa joins us to discuss how our classes and institutions can help to support broader social objectives. Robin is the Director of the Open Learning and Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State University, Robin had long been an editor of Hybrid Pedagogy and is a co-founder of the Open Pedagogy Notebook. She has also published on a wide variety of topics related to higher education, including open pedagogy, remote learning, and value-centered instruction planning.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Learning Networks
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Students in many classes work in isolation to create written assignments that are shared only with their professor. Unless they’ve kept a copy of this work, it disappears once their course ends. In this episode, Gardner Campbell joins us to discuss how student motivation, engagement, and learning might change if students instead become active contributors to public knowledge sharing networks. Gardner is an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Gardner has long been a leader in the use of open pedagogy projects.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Open Reflection
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Students can provide useful feedback on instructional practices and class design when they are asked, In this episode, three students from John's spring economics capstone class join us to provide their reflections on the class's experiment in developing an open pedagogy project. Our guests in today's episode are Maria Aldrich, Victoria Heist and Charlie Tararzona.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Intentional Tech
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Wednesday May 15, 2019
Some faculty try to use each new educational technology tool they find. Others are reluctant to try any new tools. In this episode, Dr. Derek Bruff joins us to examine how to productively choose educational technology that will support and enhance student learning.
Derek is the director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching and a principal senior lecturer at Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics. He's the author of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments. His new book Intentional Tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching will be available from West Virginia University Press in November 2019. Derek is also a host of the Leading Lines podcast.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Just-in-Time Textbook
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
What would you do if you are scheduled to teach a class of 75 students and discover that several very expensive textbooks would be required to address the full range of course topics? In this episode, Dr. Jessica Kruger rejoins us to discuss how she responded to this challenge by working with her students to create their own textbook.
Jessica is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior at the University at Buffalo.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Inclusive teaching
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Are your class conversations dominated by a small number of voices? In this episode, Dr. Danica Savonick joins us to discuss a variety of class activities that support an inclusive learning environment and promote equity in participation while increasing student learning. Danica is an Assistant Professor of Multi-Ethnic Literature at SUNY Cortland, and a recipient of the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders award, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in Women's Studies, and a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Scalar
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Imagine an online environment that makes the thought processes of a writer visible, including the loops they get stuck in, the relevant tangents they pursue, and the non-linear way in which their ideas evolve. Now imagine that all of these features are easy to use and implement in the classroom. In this episode, Fiona Coll, an Assistant Professor of Technology and Literature at SUNY-Oswego, joins us to discuss how Scalar, a free open-source publishing platform, can help achieve these goals.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Love's labor not lost
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Wednesday Nov 21, 2018
Who knows and understands the needs of your students better than your own students? In this episode, Mya Brown, an Assistant Professor of Theatre at SUNY-Oswego, joins us to discuss how our students can build open educational resources that take advantage of the unique insights our students have about what novices need to learn to be successful in our courses and disciplines.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.