Teaching in Higher Ed

EdTech’s Role in Helping Students Feel Engaged, Safe, and Productive

Listen Later

Ryan Straight shares ways to use EdTech to help students feel engaged, connected, safe, and productive on episode 308 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Quotes from the episode

Leave the LMS to deal with the management portion of things and bring the community elsewhere, because that is where the engagement comes from.

-Ryan Straight

You have to be engaged first.

-Ryan Straight

The number one thing that I want students to do is be a person rather than just a username.

-Ryan Straight

Pedagogy comes first. The tool is just a tool.

-Ryan Straight

Resources Mentioned
  • Inkademic YouTube Channel
  • Slack
  • Episode 140: Thinking Outside the LMS with Steven Michels
  • Steven’s video on organizing a class structure in Slack
  • What the Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain*
  • Ken Bain on Teaching in Higher Ed: What the Best College Teachers Do
  • Chris Gilliard
  • Chris Gilliard on Teaching in Higher Ed

    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Teaching in Higher EdBy Bonni Stachowiak
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8
    • 4.8

    4.8

    367 ratings

    More shows like Teaching in Higher Ed

    View all
    TED Radio Hour by NPR

    TED Radio Hour

    21,790 Listeners

    Fresh Air by NPR

    Fresh Air

    38,062 Listeners

    On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti by WBUR

    On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

    3,998 Listeners

    Coaching for Leaders by Dave Stachowiak

    Coaching for Leaders

    1,471 Listeners

    Good Life Project by Jonathan Fields / Acast

    Good Life Project

    3,348 Listeners

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge by Tami Simon

    Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

    1,876 Listeners

    10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

    10% Happier with Dan Harris

    12,754 Listeners

    Tea for Teaching by John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare

    Tea for Teaching

    68 Listeners

    Life Kit by NPR

    Life Kit

    4,802 Listeners

    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos by Pushkin Industries

    The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

    14,404 Listeners

    Kelly Corrigan Wonders by Kelly Corrigan

    Kelly Corrigan Wonders

    3,349 Listeners

    The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

    The Ezra Klein Show

    15,950 Listeners

    A Slight Change of Plans by Pushkin Industries

    A Slight Change of Plans

    2,046 Listeners

    Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus by Lemonada Media

    Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    11,157 Listeners

    Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson

    Letters from an American

    6,206 Listeners

    Wild Card with Rachel Martin by NPR

    Wild Card with Rachel Martin

    1,035 Listeners