Teaching in Higher Ed

Bonni Stachowiak

Faculty Development for Professors To Facilitate Learning for Students

  • 48 minutes 32 seconds
    How to Learn Students’ Names

    Michelle Miller shares about her book, A Teacher’s Guide to Learning Student Names: Why You Should, Why It’s Hard, How You Can, on episode 558 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    The test isn't on how well you can recognize the name. The test is on how well you can say the names. That's what you need need to practice doing.

    I think a lot of us kinda simmer in this little mindset of, everybody else can do this and I can’t.
    -Michelle Miller

    We’ve all heard the old saying it’s the sweetest sound that anybody ever hears their own name. It elevates the conversation differently to be able to use names.
    -Michelle Miller

    The test isn’t on how well you can recognize the name. The test is on how well you can say the names. That’s what you need need to practice doing.
    -Michelle Miller

    20 February 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 23 seconds
    Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know

    Kent Kauffman shares about his book, Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues Faculty Need to Know, on episode 557 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    Students in public institutions have academic freedom too.

    Leave the things that you have full discretion on out of a syllabus. Put those things that allow you to show to your students that you care about clarity into a syllabus.
    -Kent Kauffman

    What have courts that have authority in your jurisdiction or the supreme court said about the rights faculty have in public institutions with academic freedom?
    -Kent Kauffman

    Students in public institutions have academic freedom too.
    -Kent Kauffman

    Do my teaching materials belong to me, or do they belong to my employer?
    -Kent Kauffman

    13 February 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 49 minutes 2 seconds
    Socially Just Open Education and Black Feminist Pedagogy

    Jasmine Roberts-Crews shares about socially just open education and Black feminist pedagogy on episode 556 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    "What can we learn from the critical work of Black women through their lived experiences?"

    I’m focusing on Black women in particular here because there is a history among some Black women with rejecting the term feminism because there is this idea that feminism is for white women.
    -Jasmine Roberts-Crews

    What can we learn from the critical work of Black women through their lived experiences?
    -Jasmine Roberts-Crews

    We’re kind of going away from or rejecting this idea that assignments are transactional.
    -Jasmine Roberts-Crews

    Agency, autonomy, that’s at the center of it.
    -Jasmine Roberts-Crews

    6 February 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 34 seconds
    A Big Picture Look at AI Detection Tools

    Christopher Ostro shares a big picture look at AI detection tools on episode 555 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    I think there are tons of students I interact with who are really just curious and trying to use these tools to dig deeper.

    I think there are tons of students I interact with who are really just curious and trying to use these tools to dig deeper.
    -Christopher Ostro

    I want them getting practice on these things that are going to be part of their future careers and lives. I love that my classroom is a stage for that.
    -Christopher Ostro

    I think AI detection has a place, but its place is limited. I don’t think it should ever be the sole reason a student is getting honor coded.
    -Christopher Ostro

    I love to tell my students if all you’re doing with these tools is taking the output and submitting as your own work, you don’t have a job.
    -Christopher Ostro

    30 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 45 seconds
    Classroom Assessment Techniques

    Todd Zakrajsek shares about Classroom Assessment Techniques on episode 554 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    There's a lot of things that we don't know that we don't know until we try to do it.

    There’s a lot of things that we don’t know that we don’t know until we try to do it.
    -Todd Zakrajsek

    If 90% get it wrong, you didn’t teach it well.
    -Todd Zakrajsek

    It is so important for the students to understand that you can discuss a point and nobody knows the answer at the end, but you have thought through it.
    -Todd Zakrajsek

    To what extent am I helping you to learn in this class? What could I do to further facilitate your learning? What are you doing to facilitate your own learning? And what could you do to further facilitate your own learning?
    -Todd Zakrajsek

    23 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 44 minutes 19 seconds
    The Present Professor – Authenticity and Transformational Teaching

    Liz Norell shares about her book, The Present Professor, on episode 553 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    Reflect: What kind of expectations do we have of other people? Are those expectations reasonable? Are their priorities the same as mine?

    What student behavior just triggers your frustration more than anything else?
    -Liz Norell

    Reflect: What kind of expectations do we have of other people? Are those expectations reasonable? Are their priorities the same as mine?
    -Liz Norell

    We are living in very interesting times.
    -Liz Norell

    I don’t think that we can cultivate empathy if we’re not feeling psychologically safe ourselves.
    -Liz Norell

    16 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 42 minutes 58 seconds
    Teaching about Race and Racism in the College Classroom

    Cyndi Kernahan discusses her book Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom on episode 552 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person?

    Students begin to better understand institutionalized racism, which is my main goal for them.
    -Cyndi Kernahan

    When we focus on it as systemic, it allows students to stop focusing so much on themselves about, like, am I a good person or am I a bad person?
    -Cyndi Kernahan

    There’s a lot of psych research that shows that it’s easier for people to think about their own social privilege when they can also think about other parts of their identity that may not hold as much privilege.
    -Cyndi Kernahan

    9 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 48 minutes 14 seconds
    Relationship-Rich Education at Scale

    Peter Felten + Kassidy Puckett share about relationship-rich education at scale on episode 551 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    We need to help students understand that relationships matter for their learning, their well-being, and success.

    We need to help students understand that relationships matter for their learning, their well-being, and success.
    -Peter Felten

    Curiosity is a practice.
    -Peter Felten

    Empathy in the classroom is not just about being kind; it’s about actively listening and understanding where our students are coming from.
    -Kassidy Puckett

    Sharing personal stories in the classroom can break down barriers and foster a space where students feel seen and understood.
    -Kassidy Puckett

    2 January 2025, 1:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 49 seconds
    The Importance of Transparency in Learning and Teaching

    Kerry Mandulak talks about the importance of transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) on episode 550 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    Perfect is the enemy of us all.

    We can teach in a way where different types of learners can be successful.
    -Kerry Mandulak

    Perfect is the enemy of us all.
    -Kerry Mandulak

    I am consistently trying to impress upon students how important reflection and revising is on their learning, because students often want to just move on.
    -Kerry Mandulak

    A good hug makes a big difference. Personal connections really make a difference.
    -Kerry Mandulak

    26 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 41 minutes 30 seconds
    Designing for Justice

    Rajiv Jhangiani shares reflections on designing for justice on episode 549 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    If you're really intentionally focusing on social justice explicitly, students can tell.

    One of the actions that is in the plan for developing a framework for ethical educational technology is that new tools that are procured are not going to reinforce systemic biases.
    -Rajiv Jhangiani

    If you’re really intentionally focusing on social justice explicitly, students can tell.
    -Rajiv Jhangiani

    19 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 47 minutes 11 seconds
    Holding Class While Holding Our Breath

    Betsy Barre discusses the times when we are holding our breath while holding class on episode 548 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

    Quotes from the episode

    There’s been a lot of really somewhat heated discourse about whether it’s appropriate to share your views in class, or if that’s a violation of your responsibilities.

    I think we could be more generous when we talk to people who disagree with us about pedagogy and recognize the complexity of the decisions that we’re making.
    -Betsy Barre

    There’s been a lot of really somewhat heated discourse about whether it’s appropriate to share your views in class, or if that’s a violation of your responsibilities.
    -Betsy Barre

    Institutions can’t be fully neutral.
    -Betsy Barre

    12 December 2024, 1:00 pm
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