TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 75: Field Report #7: “Fostering Resilience” for the Spring
October 05, 2020

Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss principles for effective planning of spring 2021’s continued reliance on the work of online learning professionals. This episode is the seventh in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in gettin...

Episode 74: “Connecting the Dots:” Lessons for Leadership
September 21, 2020

Guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share some of her leadership lessons learned with an explicit emphasis on the importance of openness to learning and the value of mentoring and coaching.

Episode 73: Field Report #6: “Message-Infused” Communications During COVID
September 08, 2020

Stakeholder communications are especially important during a crisis. What do you do when communications are misinterpreted? Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through COVID-era communication strategies. This episode is the sixth in a mini-series of monthly “fie...

Episode 72: Pro Tips on Vocal Care for Faculty
August 17, 2020

In this episode, special guest Dr. Richard Zraick joins Tom and Kelvin to discuss how teaching faculty can care for their voices despite inordinate vocal use online and f2f during the COVID-19 era. Great episode for sharing with teaching faculty collea...

Episode 71: Field Report #5: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach
August 03, 2020

Many institutions will be offering at least some f2f instruction this fall. Kelvin and Tom talk through the details of one flexible approach for making fall f2f less disruptable: BlendFlex.

Episode 70: Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and Beyond
July 20, 2020

In this episode, guest Cheryl Costantini from Cengage joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to speak about the importance of providing students with affordable access to digital course materials. This has proven especially critical during the COVID-19 era.

Episode 69: Field Report #4: How Are We Doing? Hearing Everyone’s Voices Through Data
July 06, 2020

Tom and Kelvin talk through giving voice to and gathering data from all faculty and student constituents to evaluate effectiveness of remote instruction. This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice i...

Episode 68: “Getting Everything Current:” A Holistic Approach to Accessibility
June 15, 2020

Guest Dr. Sherri Braxton joins Kelvin and Tom to discuss how a holistic, system-wide effort to “get current” on IT accessibility has implications for ensuring that all learners have access to their online course materials.

Episode 67: Field Report #3: Carrying Out a “More Online Every Semester” Strategy
June 01, 2020

Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss how to carry out a strategy of offering a higher proportion of well-designed online courses each semester. This episode is the third in a mini-series of monthly “field reports” offering collegial advice in getting through t...

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 nee...