TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 185: What Do the Top 10 TOPcast Episodes Tell Us?

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With ten years in the rear view mirror, hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through insights gained about the field of online education and the podcast itself after they reviewed the “Top10” episodes of TOPcast. [Spoiler: Tune in for a big announcement!]

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    • Content Links
    • Full List of “Top 10” TOPcast Episodes
    • Other TOPcast Episodes Referenced in This Episode
      • Episode #183: “No Lemmings! Avoid the Enrollment Cliff with a Values-Driven Strategy“ 
      • Episode #134: “Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why” (with guest Dr. Dylan Barth, related to knowing when to stop)
      • All 11(!) TOPcast Season Kick-Off Episodes
      • [Book] Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away (Duke, 2022)
      • [From UCF] “Teaching and Learning with AI Conference”
      • [Book] The Chief Online Learning Officers’ Guidebook: A Framework for Strategy and Practice in Higher Education (Widmer and Cavanagh, 2025)
      • [From UofL] “AI Ate My Homework” Podcast
      • The Lift, Insights and inspiration for academic innovation, digital learning, and leading
        • [On LinkedIn] Not-Quite-A-Newsletter Version
        • [On Soundcloud] Audio Edition
          • Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Link
          • [From Biography] “Did Yoko Ono Break Up the Beatles?”
            • Extra Special Feature
            • Video Version of This Episode!
              • ...more
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