TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 150: A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education
November 20, 2023

Guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to talk about the importance of cultivating a more global perspective on our online higher education field and shares how a new book can help. Th

Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years
November 06, 2023

Emerging from the TOPcast Live session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field m

Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation
October 16, 2023

Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and

Episode 147: “Faculty Preparation” and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8
October 02, 2023

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss highlights from and reactions to the CHLOE 8 report, including the importance of faculty preparation, other quality assurance practices, and more.

Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination
May 01, 2023

In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital lear

Episode 136: Online Higher Ed: Finding Ourselves in Other People’s Stories
April 17, 2023

Guest Dr. Bettyjo Bouchey joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights gained from leading a book project compiling case studies of successful online learning organizations. Examining similarities a

Episode 135: Different Institutions, Different Methods, Same Goals
April 03, 2023

In this episode hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss the importance of institutional context in how we carry out our common work of societal transformation through online/digital teaching and learning in high

Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why
March 20, 2023

Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of "self-care" and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact

Episode 133: Professional Development Across Our Online Education Community
March 06, 2023

Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the importance of continual growth and professional development across the various roles that make up the online education field and discuss how professional associations

Episode 132: Lessons from Leading a Remote Online Learning Team
February 20, 2023

About Episode 132: Guest Joseph Riquelme joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss insights gained from leading a 100% remote online learning team that was born during the pandemic. Success strategie