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Tea for Teaching

John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare

Informal discussions of effective practices in teaching and learning.

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29:00

Project-based learning

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/03/21

Big, complex, and messy problems provide rich learning experiences for students, but can be overwhelming if not properly scaffolded. In this episode, Jeff Bradbury joins us to discuss a semester-long sound-replacement project that his students complete in a course on Sound for Television and Film. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.

35:44

New Faculty Transition

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/03/14

New faculty often come out of graduate programs that have trained them to be researchers but not teachers. The transition into full time teaching can be stressful and overwhelming for these colleagues. Maggie Schmuhl, a new faculty member in the Public Justice Department at SUNY-Oswego joins us to discuss how she has embraced evidence-based methods in her practice as a teacher. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.

26:30

Common Problem Pedagogy

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/03/07

Most colleges are organized as a collection of academic silos. Many challenging problems facing society, though, are multifaceted. In this episode, Leigh Allison Wilson joins us to discuss the use of common problem pedagogy, an approach that allows students to address a problem from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Leigh is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Program and Activities Center at SUNY-Oswego. She is also the author of two collections of stories, one of which won the Flannery

34:37

Faculty Development

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/02/28

We all want to be more effective teachers, but face increased demands on our time. What can colleges and universities do to efficiently support faculty development? In this episode, we discuss these issues with Chris Price, the Academic Program Manager at the Center for Professional Development at the State University of New York. Before joining the Center for Professional Development, Chris was the Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at SUNY Brockport. While at Brockport,

44:20

Online learning

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/02/21

Enrollment in online classes has grown steadily over the last few decades. Today, over 30% of college students enroll in at least one online course. In this episode, we discuss the evolution of and possible future directions of online learning with Greg Ketcham, the Assistant Dean of the Division of Extended Learning at SUNY Oswego. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com

31:27

Student attention span

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/02/14

Have you ever been told that to keep students engaged you should chunk lectures into ten minute segments? Neil Bradbury, a Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral studies at the Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine, investigated the origins of this recommendation. In this episode, Neil joins us to discuss his review of the research on student attention spans. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found

26:37

Civic Engagement

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/02/07

Real-world learning experiences come in a variety of flavors. In this episode, Allison Rank, a political scientist at SUNY-Oswego, joins us to discuss how she has built a course in which students organize and run a non-partisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaign. This project combines many of the best features of service learning and simulation. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.

44:56

Microcredentials

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/01/31

In this episode, we discuss the growing role of microcredentials in higher education with Jill Pippin (Dean of Extended Learning at SUNY-Oswego), Nan Travers (Director of the Center for Leadership in Credentialling Learning at Empire State College), and Ken Lindblom (Dean of the School of Professional Development at the State University of New York at Stony Brook). Jill, Nan, and Ken are members of a State University of New York task force on microcredentials. A transcript of this episode and show

19:38

Authentic Learning

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/01/24

In this episode, Rebecca Mushtare discusses how she has used community-based learning and simulation projects to provide authentic learning experiences in her design courses. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.

42:45

The Active Learning Initiative at Cornell

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/01/17

In this episode, we discuss Cornell's Active Learning Initiative with Doug McKee, an economist at Cornell and a co-host of the Teach Better podcast. This initiative, designed to increase the use of active learning in instruction at Cornell, provides funding to departments to hire postdocs to redesign courses relying on evidence-based active learning techniques. Doug provides an overview of the program and a discussion of how this program is being implemented to transform economics classes. We also

23:56

Mobile Technology in the Classroom

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/01/10

Smartphones, laptops and tablets can be useful learning tools in the classroom; they can also be a source of distraction. In this episode, we discuss alternative policies that faculty and students might adopt to facilitate learning. Recent research on the relative effectiveness of handwritten vs. digital notetaking is also examined. A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at: http://teaforteaching.com

38:12

VoiceThread

Tea for Teaching ·

2018/01/03

Tired of boring online text discussions? Looking for a way for students to annotate, critique, or analyze images, videos, presentations and documents? In this episode, we’ll examine how VoiceThread can augment class activities and assignments. Our guest is Jeffrey Riman. Jeffrey is a coordinator of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He's also a consultant and educator at Parsons The New School University. Jeffrey is a council member and the incoming chair

19:43

Removing barriers

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/12/27

We want to design courses that allow all of our students to be successful.Students, though, often face barriers that interfere with their learning. In this episode, we examine how we can use universal design principles to help remove some of these barriers and help facilitate learning by all of our students. Our guest is Kristen Flint, an instructional designer at the State University of New York at Oswego. Kristen is currently spearheading a campus working group on accessible teaching. Rebecca is

32:38

Creating an open textbook

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/12/20

Over the last few decades, textbook prices have been increasing 3-4 times faster than the overall price level. Responding to this, many students choose to either not buy textbooks or delay purchasing them until the semester is well underway. In response, a growing number of faculty, departments, colleges, and universities have begun to create and use open educational resources that are freely available to students and faculty. In this episode, we discuss the process of creating an open textbook with

45:00

Student writing

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/12/13

Writing can be a struggle for students, especially when they do not see the value or relevance of the writing assignments. This perception is a barrier faculty often face in writing-intensive courses, including first-year English composition. In this episode we will explore how project-based writing can motivate students to want to write and revise in a writing-intensive course. Stephanie Pritchard is a faculty member in the English and Creative Writing Department and Co-Director of the Creativity

27:15

Evidence-based teaching in large classes.

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/12/06

Effective teaching requires good classroom management skills, engaging public speaking skills, and the use of evidence-based teaching strategies. All of this can be particularly daunting while teaching large-enrollment classes. In this episode, Bill Goffe, describes how his instructional approaches in large economic classes have evolved over time, in response to findings from cognitive science and educational research. Bill Goffe is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Penn State and a former colleague

54:41

Addressing mass shootings

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/11/29

How can we address controversial issues such as gun control in our classes in the aftermath of a mass shooting? What can we do to help keep ourselves and our students safe? In this episode, we discuss these and related issues with Jaclyn Schildkraut, a public justice professor who specializes in research on mass shootings. A transcript and show notes are available at teaforteaching.com

18:30

Algorithmic questions in Blackboard Learn

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/11/22

Casey Raymond, the 2017 winner of the President's Award for Teaching Excellence at the State University of New York at Oswego, joins us again in this episode to discuss how he uses Excel spreadsheets to generate algorithmic questions in Blackboard Learn. A transcript and show notes are available at teaforteaching.com

35:49

Student success specialists

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/11/15

In this episode, we examine the role that student success specialists may play in helping students develop more effective learning habits. Our guests are Allison Peer and Alicia King, who are both Student Success Specialists at the State University of New York at Oswego. A transcript and show notes are available at teaforteaching.com

30:42

The Metacognitive Cafe Online Discussion Forum

Tea for Teaching ·

2017/11/08

In this episode we discuss the metacognitive cafe online discussion forums developed by Judith Littlejohn, an instructional designer and historian from Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York. These discussion forums are designed to help students improve their metacognition and learning skills while also fostering an increased sense of community in the course. Judith is a 2014 recipient of the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service and the 2016

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