TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 182: When is “Good Teaching” Just “Good Teaching?”

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Guest Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Tobin joins hosts Tom and Kelvin for a slightly spicy conversation about the extent to which general teaching behaviors can be meaningfully separated from other factors such as course modality, student characteristics, institutional resources, and more.

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Coffee Links 
  • “Office Coffee: How It Works” [From Moustache Coffee Club. No relation.]
    • Content Links 
    • Dr. Thomas J. Tobin’s Website
    • [Book] Evaluating Online Teaching (co-written by Dr. Tobin)
    • [From Higher Ed Dive] “Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges” (January 2025)
    • [From Wikipedia] History of the “Loyal Opposition” 
    • [OLC Innovate 2022 Keynote Plenary] “Let’s Not Romanticize 2019 for Online Learning” (Hill and Moreau. edited transcript and video on OnEdTech blog)  
    • [From EDUCAUSE’s Game Changers ebook] “The Postmodality Era: How Online Learning Is Becoming Learning” (Cavanagh, 2012) 
    • TOPcast Episode #177 “Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve” (featuring cameo by Dr. Tobin)
    • TOPcast Episode #160 “‘Remember the Why:’ Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments” (with guest Dr. Jean Mandernach)
    • TOPcast Episode #127 “Community Wisdom: Students, Hybridity, and More!” (including “call-in” comment by Dr. Tobin)
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