Teaching in Higher Ed – Details, episodes & analysis

Josh Eyler shares even more problems with grades on episode 533 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Being a dad who is an educator takes things from the academic and intellectual and brings them immediately to the surface, to the real world and to the real consequences for students and families. -Josh Eyler The conflict between what we think and what we value and what we want for our kids and what the world and our school systems say are important can sometimes be almost irreconcilable. -Josh Eyler We need to create environments that will cultivate intrinsic motivation. -Josh Eyler In situations where grades are given, students tend to be more fearful of making mistakes. They produce more behaviors of trying to get the grade rather than learning. -Josh Eyler Grades are not objective accurate measurements of learning according to this research. -Josh Eyler If grades don't measure what they're supposed to measure, why are we using them, and why are we putting so much pressure on them? -Josh Eyler Resources Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do about It, by Josh Eyler How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching, by Josh Eyler Kariann Fuqua Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, by Sara Rose Cavanaugh Coaching for Leaders Episode 310: How to Reduce Drama With Kids, with Tina Payne Bryson Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Revised), by Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen* The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne* Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise, and Other Bribes, by Alfie Kohn* A meta-analysis on the impact of grades and comments on academic motivation and achievement: A case for written feedback, by Alison Koenka, et al. A Century of Grading Research: Meaning and Value in the Most Common Educational Measure, by Susan M. Brookhart, Thomas R. Guskey, et al. The Math Wars: Timed Tests, Math Anxiety, and the Battle Over How We Teach Our Kids, by Joshua Eyler for The Saturday Evening Post Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (But Don't Have To) , by Jack Schneider & Ethan L. Hutt * The Test , by Anya Kamenetz  Lower Ed, by Tressie McMillan Cottom*

Mylien Duong discusses strategies for facilitating contentious conversations in your classroom on episode 532 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We were never really trained to have these difficult conversations. We were not really trained as instructors to facilitate these conversations. -Mylien Duong It is not realistic to not prepare our students to be civically engaged and be able to engage and work with people who are different from them who don't share the same beliefs that they do. -Mylien Duong My goal is to help students to fully understand students, to help them clarify their own thinking, and to ensure and to help them communicate that to the rest of the class. -Mylien Duong Resources Constructive Dialog Institute Foundations in Facilitating Dialog Course Maintaining Campus Community During the 2024 Election: A Guide for Leaders, Faculty, and Staff, by Mary Aviles & Mylien Duong, PhD Successful classroom discussions begin long before anyone speaks for Times Higher Education, by Mylien Duong and Jacob Fay Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, by Stephen D. Brookfield Use Perplexity AI to Evaluate Health Information Cyclic sighing

Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode In the college classroom, we don't often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that's worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication. -Judith Dutill Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree on that effective communication is creating meaning and being understood. -Judith Dutill As we develop in higher education, many of us believe in multiple literacies. -Judith Dutill If your discipline involves speaking and listening, communication is at the center of it. -Judith Dutill Resources National Communication Association Communication Learning Outcomes Watergate Karen Costa Emergent Strategy, by adriene maree brown Take an improv class

Cathy Davidson + Christina Katopodis talk about their new book, The New College Classroom, on episode 433 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Active learning is about structuring class so that students have more autonomy and control of their learning. -Christina Katopodis It takes time to unlearn traditional structures that have been ingrained in us. -Christina Katopodis Resources The New College Classroom, by Cathy N. Davidson & Christina Katopodis* Cathy Davidson Named Senior Adviser on Transformation to CUNY Chancellor Video: The Backwards Bicycle Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), by Susan D. Blum* Charles William Eliot Sarah J. Schendel Audre Lorde quote about aphids Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org. All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia.”

Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak talk about our top tools for learning votes on episode 432 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Each year, I look forward to reviewing the results of Jane Hart’s Top Tools for Learning and to submitting my votes for a personal Top Tools for Learning list. -Bonni Stachowiak Resources Jane Hart’s Top Tools for Learning Mike Taylor’s 2022 Top Tools for Learning votes. Zoom speaking engagements How to turn a Zoom chat into a useful summary and a sample summary from an AAEEBL Meetup Personal knowledge mastery system Overcast received a major design overhaul in March of 2022 Unread Inoreader Mela Twitter - tv/movie recommendations, or learning from those in the disability community Raindrop- How Bonni uses Raindrop - Dave’s shared Raindrop.io digital bookmarks Hypothes.is PollEverywhere Karen E. Caldwell's Learning Out Loud TEDx Talk Karen E. Caldwell's Learning Out Loud Workshop Padlet Loom - verify your Loom account as an educator Canva WordPress Naomi Kasa - the page she created with all my upcoming and past speaking engagements - my resources page for a recent speaking engagement Blubrry Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org. All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia.”

Maha Bali, Mia Zamora, and Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh share lessong about community and joy from MYFest on episode 431 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode What educators need most right now is to come together as a community and learn in ways that are different than we ever have before. -Maha Bali If we don’t take the time to process and reflect upon the things that have happened to us we lose them. -Mia Zamora Resources Online Does Not Mean Isolated, by Maha Bali, George Station, and Mia Zamora for Inside Higher Ed MYFest 2022 via Equity Unbound FOMO Padlet Jamboard Karen Costa Ungrading track Digital literacies pathway Daily Create Equity Unbound Community building resources Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org. All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia.”

Bonni Stachowiak shares some ideas for how to grade creative assignments on episode 430 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Alternative assignments can often be messy, but the rewards for students and teachers can be transformative. -Bonni Stachowiak Resources How Do You Grade A Creative Assignment, by Bonni Stachowiak for EdSurge Episode 36: What the Best College Teachers Do with Ken Bain What the Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain Tweet thread from Corinne Gressang, assistant professor of history at Erskine College about her Holocaust course Episode 401: The Problem with Grades, by Josh Eyler You Don’t Have to Wait for the Clock to Strike to Start Teaching, by Peter Newbury How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching, by Josh Eyler AAC&U VALUE initiative and rubrics Harvard’s Project Zero’s Visible Thinking Project CAST’s UDL Action and Expression Guidelines Harvard’s Alternative Assignments: Creative and Digital Resource Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org(https://bookshop.org/shop/teachinginhighered). All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC)(https://bookshop.org/shop/LibroMobile), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia(https://www.cuentosmobile.com/bio).”

John Allen Paulos shares about his new book, Who’s Counting, on episode 429 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode We do speak in probabilities our whole lives. Most of us speak it badly, but we do speak it. -John Allen Paulos Resources Who's Counting? Uniting Numbers and Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Puzzles, Politics, and More, by John Allen Paulos Mathematics cartoon Pun Bayes theorem Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org(https://bookshop.org/shop/teachinginhighered). All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC)(https://bookshop.org/shop/LibroMobile), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia(https://www.cuentosmobile.com/bio).”

Bonni Stachowiak shares some ideas and inspiration for the start of the academic year on episode 428 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode If we don't start small, we can become stuck wherever we are. -Bonni Stachowiak Resources Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, by James Lang Small Teaching flashcards on Quizlet Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, by Thomas J. Tobin and Kirsten T. Behling Small Changes in Teaching: The First 5 Minutes of Class, by James Lang Who’s in Class? Form: A Tool for Fostering Inclusion - Tracie Addy Episode 101: Public Sphere Pedagogy with Thia Wolf from Chico State Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org(https://bookshop.org/shop/teachinginhighered). All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC)(https://bookshop.org/shop/LibroMobile), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia(https://www.cuentosmobile.com/bio).”

Dave Cormier talks about his work in helping students learn in uncertainty on episode 427 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode It is not about it being right or wrong, it’s about looking at the implications. -Dave Cormier We aren’t trying to solve the problem, we are trying to understand the issues we have a little bit deeper. -Dave Cormier Find ways to make small, productive change. -Dave Cormier We are not solving the problem, we are making it a little better where we can. -Dave Cormier Resources Future Challenges Initiative SSHRC Future Challenges Futures Activity - ebook written by University of Windsor’s coop students Saltaire Expert Chess Memory: Revisiting the Chunking Hypothesis, by Gobet and Simon Future of Education Speaker Series Episode 1 - Students Thinking About Future Skills Teaching for Uncertainty vs Teaching the Basics Billion Oyster Project Affiliate income disclosure: Books that are recommended on the podcast link to the Teaching in Higher Ed bookstore on Bookshop.org. All affiliate income gets donated to the LibroMobile Arts Cooperative (LMAC), established in 2016 by Sara Rafael Garcia.”