I had the good fortune to meet her in a UDL course for higher Ed educators and her final project dazzled me and left me wanting to know more about her use of conversational quizzes in her course. I also wanted to get the word out to others who may see this as a useful tool in their teaching toolbox.

"Why not be kind?" In this episode of Centering Centers, we talk with Cate Denial from Knox College about how kindness shows up in teaching, leadership, and everyday interactions, and how it can shape the ways we respond to challenges and change. She reflects on kindness not only as a pedagogy, but also as a practice and a discipline, and reminds us that kindness isn’t just for students, but for all of us working and learning together in higher education.Transcript

In this second bite-sized episode of PodBites, Adam Barger talks with Betsy Barre from Wake Forest University about how educational developers can “build a bigger tent.” In just a few minutes, Betsy offers five thoughtful and practical insights, from avoiding the word “training” to designing for disagreement, that invite educators to reimagine how we welcome diverse perspectives, foster inquiry, and create spaces where genuine dialogue about teaching can flourish.This episode was edited and produced by Roy W. Petersen.Transcript

Questions or comments about this episode? Send us a text message. We’re back with another Take It or Leave It panel. I invited three colleagues whose work and thinking I admire very much to come on the show and to compress their complex and nuanced thoughts on teaching and learning into artificial binaries! The panelists for this edition of Take It or Leave It are… Liz Norell, associate director of instructional support at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the Univer…

A sense of belonging is particularly valuable in higher education, where feeling valued, respected and part of a community are connected to students’ academic achievement, retention and well-being. But belonging resists clear definition, both what it is and how it relates to other concepts such as inclusion and mattering. This is especially true in a post-pandemic world, where online learning and the digital transformation have blurred the boundaries of university life. For this episode of the Campus podcast, we speak to Karen Gravett, who is an associate professor in higher education and associate head of research in the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey. Her research covers belonging, digital education, student engagement, relational pedagogies and literacy practices. As part of the Belonging to and beyond the Digital university project, Karen (working with Rola Ajjawi of Deakin University and Sarah O’Shea from Charles Sturt University) asked students what belonging means to them,…

In this special collaborative episode with the L&S Exchange Podcast, we explore how college changes what we trust and what higher ed can do to become more trustworthy. With special guest philosopher Tony Laden, author of Networks of Trust: The Social Costs of Higher Education and What We Can Do About Them (2024). Aftershow featuring the L&S Instructional Design Collaborative and UW–Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse. Notes: "20 Things Teachers Do" by Tim Brighouse Produced by Carrie Welsh and Jennifer McCord. Thanks to Avrie Marsolek, James Dempsey, and Tony Laden. And a special thanks to the L&S Exchange for collaborating with us on this episode. We are grateful to Merit library at UW–Madison for the use of their recording space.

Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors,…

Many professors are struggling to connect with their students these days. First the pandemic forced emergency remote learning, where professors had ...

Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing. And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him.That became clear ...

Chris Gilliard (@hypervisible) is a leading critic of surveillance technology, digital privacy, and the problematic ways that tech intersects with race and social class. We talk about the automated

Sometime early in elementary school, kids are put on one of two paths: regular or gifted. Where did this idea come from? The answer goes back more than a 100 years, to a once-famous scholar named Lewi

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Today we speak with renowned teaching and learning theorist and thought leader Laura I. Rendón (https://laurarendon.net/bio/), a Professor Emerita at the University of Texas-San Antonio and author of the book Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation (2009). As the pandemic nears its end, Dr. Rendón believes we are now in “nepantla”, or a liminal space of inquiry and possibility, regarding the future of higher education. As we return to campuses and classrooms, we need to deeply question what “normal” should be and make sure our pedagogical choices offer a “better” normal for all students, and especially for underserved populations. We need to ask ourselves what kind of an education students now need to help society and to solve our complex problems. We should be mindful of centering equity and inclusion in all of the learning experiences that students encounter. Dr. Rendón discusses some of the entrenched beliefs that dictate the current culture of…

This page contains the bonus conversations about the inner life of educators. They are available here online for The Courage to Teach 20th Anniversary Edition by Parker J. Palmer. Also on this page are videos from the companion guidebook, The Courage to Teach Guide for Reflection and Renewal.  “[Courage to Teach] is not just a vacation or a  Continue Reading »

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