TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast


Latest Episodes

#6 – S06E72 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
April 23, 2021

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular ...

Episode 88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design”
April 19, 2021

Guest Shannon Riggs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss her book “Thrive Online” and a key principle that, when pursuing quality, regardless of online, blended, synchronous, or in-person course modality, “it really always comes back to design.”

#5 – S05E64 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
April 17, 2021

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin again popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most po...

#4 – S04E37 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
April 09, 2021

Season 04. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 04 is Episode 37: “6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching.” You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.

Episode 87: Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID
April 05, 2021

Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pand...

#3 – S03E36 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
April 02, 2021

Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 02 is Episode 15: “It’s More About the Social than the Media” with guest Dr. Tanya Joosten. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: ht...

#2 – S02E15 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
March 26, 2021

Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 02 is Episode 15: “It’s More About the Social than the Media” with guest Dr. Tanya Joosten. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: ht...

#1 – S01E01 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
March 19, 2021

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular ...

Episode 86: When Can We Trust Our Students’ Perceptions of Their Own Learning?
March 15, 2021

Student evaluation of instruction is often contentious. In this episode, guest Dr. Barbara Zorn joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share findings from a data mining research study of end of term evaluations from 60,000 online courses.

Episode 85: Blended Is the Future. (And It’s Not Just Courses)
March 01, 2021

In this episode, join Kelvin and Tom for a discussion of how “blended” is likely to permeate higher education institutions far beyond the bounds of blended learning course design. Ponder the opportunities afforded by blended campus workplaces and blend...