Teaching in Higher Ed

Teaching in Higher Ed


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#075: Celebrating 75 Episodes [PODCAST]
November 19, 2015

On today’s episode, ten prior guests, as well as Dave and I, come together to celebrate 75 episodes of Teaching in Higher Ed. We look back at episodes that have had a big impact on us, take a listener question, and make recommendations. Guests:

#074: The public and the private in scholarship and teaching [PODCAST]
November 12, 2015

Podcast Notes   - On today’s show, Dr. Kris Shaffer talks about two topics: public scholarship and student privacy. Guest: Kris Shaffer Website: kris.shaffermusic.com Twitter: @krisshaffer GitHub: kshaffer We don’t have a nice,

#073: Team-based learning [PODCAST]
November 05, 2015

Podcast Notes Team-based learning has come up a few times on the show previously (Dr. Chrissy Spencer in Episode 25). Today, however, we dive deep into this teaching approach and discover powerful ways to engage students with Dr. Jim Sibley.

#072: How to use cognitive psychology to enhance learning [PODCAST]
October 29, 2015

I’ve been fascinated with how people learn for as long as I can remember. - That makes it all that much special to get to talk with the UCLA distinguished professor of psychology today: Dr. Robert Bjork about using cognitive psychology to enhance lear...

#071: Flipped out [PODCAST]
October 22, 2015

The Flipped Classroom has received a lot of attention in recent years. Today, Dr. Derek Bruff gives his unique take on the idea… what to have the students do before they enter the classroom and what to do once they get there. PODCAST NOTES Guest:

#070: Not yet-ness [PODCAST]
October 15, 2015

On today's episode, Dr. Amy Collier joins me to talk about not yet-ness, geekiness, Jazzercise, Stevie Ray Vaughan, teaching, and learning. Podcast notes Guest: Dr. Amy Collier Amy's blog Connect with Amy on Twitter -

#069: Correcting mental models [PODCAST]
October 08, 2015

  PODCAST NOTES: Correcting inaccurate mental models On today’s episode Dr. Meg Urry shares approaches we can use to help our students correct inaccurate mental models and grasp complex information. Guest: Dr. Meg Urry

#068: Grading exams with integrity [PODCAST]
October 01, 2015

PODCAST NOTES Grading exams with Integrity In today's episode, Dave Stachowiak and I share about ways to reduce the potential for introducing bias while grading exams. Risks of bias in grading exams Halo effect Exam-based halo effect

#067: Personal knowledge management revisited [PODCAST]
September 25, 2015

Podcast notes Personal knowledge management revisited On today's episode, Dave and I revisit the topic of personal knowledge management and discuss how our processes have evolved. - James Lang's article in The Chronicle about Teaching in Higher Ed ...

#066: Making challenging subjects fun [PODCAST]
September 17, 2015

Some disciplines tend to get thought of as not necessarily the easiest to grasp. In today’s episode, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez shares about how and why to make challenging subjects fun. Podcast notes Making challenging subjects fun Guest: Dr.