TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 109: Protecting Online Higher Education from the Great Resignation

Listen Later
About Episode 109:

Reports continue of individuals leaving the field of online higher education as part of the Great Resignation (or Reshuffling). In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom discuss how to make our online learning teams positive environments where people find purpose and pursue vision as we carry out this meaningful work.

Podcast Recording

Download Transcript: PDF

Episode 109 Show Notes:
Episode Synopsis via Twitter

View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

Coffee Links
  • Brazil Coqueiro Single-Origin Coffee
  • Coffee Harvesting in Brazil
    • Content Links
    • In the Chronicle of Higher Education: “Right Now, Your Best Employees Are Eyeing the Exits”
    • In USA Today: “Great Resignation sets off ‘vicious cycle’: As more people quit, exhausted colleagues also head for the exit”
    • In Business Insider: Article on the “Hidden Resignation” of Disengaged Employees
    • In Business Insider: “Workers in Hollywood aren’t joining the ‘Great Resignation’ even though COVID hit entertainment hard. Here’s why.”
    • In Wired: “‘The Great Resignation’ Misses the Point”
    • On Fresh Air: “Working 9 to 5? ‘Out of Office’ author says maybe it’s time to rethink that”
    • In Inside Higher Ed: “Work Around Lives vs. Lives Around Work”
    • Book: “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work (A StoryCorps Book)”
    • On Hidden Brain: “Cultivating Your Purpose”
    • TED Talk from Adam Grant: “How to Stop Languishing and Start Finding Flow”
    • TOPcast Episode #12: “‘Carism’ in Leading Online Learning Teams” with Dr. Luke Dowden
      • Just for Fun Pop Culture Links
      • “StoryCorps”
      • “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe”
        • Extra Special Feature
        • Video Version of this Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)
          • ...more
          View all episodesView all episodes
          Download on the App Store
          TOPcast: The Teaching Online PodcastBy Thomas Cavanagh & Kelvin Thompson
          • 4.8
          • 4.8
          • 4.8
          • 4.8
          • 4.8

          4.8

          51 ratings

          More shows like TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

          View all
          Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

          Freakonomics Radio

          32,240 Listeners

          Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

          Hidden Brain

          43,648 Listeners

          The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

          The NPR Politics Podcast

          26,020 Listeners

          99% Invisible by Roman Mars

          99% Invisible

          26,266 Listeners

          Teaching in Higher Ed by Bonni Stachowiak

          Teaching in Higher Ed

          372 Listeners

          HBR IdeaCast by Harvard Business Review

          HBR IdeaCast

          153 Listeners

          Revisionist History by Pushkin Industries

          Revisionist History

          58,961 Listeners

          The Daily by The New York Times

          The Daily

          113,515 Listeners

          Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed by Jeff Selingo, Michael Horn

          Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed

          140 Listeners

          Focus on This by Full Focus

          Focus on This

          634 Listeners

          People I (Mostly) Admire by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

          People I (Mostly) Admire

          2,035 Listeners

          Hard Fork by The New York Times

          Hard Fork

          5,597 Listeners

          Coaching Real Leaders by Harvard Business Review / Muriel Wilkins

          Coaching Real Leaders

          673 Listeners

          The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

          The Ezra Klein Show

          16,576 Listeners

          College Matters from The Chronicle by The Chronicle of Higher Education

          College Matters from The Chronicle

          87 Listeners