TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast


Episode 66: Curricular Innovation, Engineering, and Adaptive Learning

May 18, 2020

About Episode 66:

Guest Dr. Euan Lindsay, director of engineering for Australia’s Charles Sturt University, joins Tom and Kelvin to talk about the role of adaptive learning in curricular innovation. Find out how students “binge at their point of need” while also getting a real world education.

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Coffee Links

* Guatemala Finca La Nueva Pache Honey from Equator Coffees* Trade Coffee’s "Get Matched" Recommendation Engine* Single Origin Brazil from Common Grounds Brew & Roastery (formerly Sea Bean Coffee Company, West Palm Beach, FL)

Content Links

* Dr. Euan Lindsay’s Online Profile* The "Topic Tree" from Charles Sturt University’s Innovative Engineering Curriculum* On the Realizeit Blog: "MIT Names Charles Sturt University One of the World’s Top Emerging Engineering Schools"* "Overton Window" from Wikipedia* 5 minute video: "Flocculation" [curricular concept called out by Dr. Lindsay in the episode]* TOPcast Episode #56: "The Last Mile: Getting STEM Online"

Extra Special Feature

* Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “at home” remote recording of interview wrap-around by Kelvin and Tom)