What happens when your child attends the university where you work? In this episode, Dr. Kristen Crossney, Professor of Public Policy Administration, and her daughter Natalie, a third-year marketing and management major, share their experiences and guidelines for navigating campus life together at West Chester University. 

Host: Dr. Tom Pantazes

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Roots Restaurant

Sedona Taphouse

Taco Mar

This short mindfulness practice was shared by Dr. Sujata Norman during the episode Mixing Mindfulness & Self Efficacy with Dr. Norman & Dr. Bennett.

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Wishing to address student teacher anxiety with teaching math, Dr. Tiffany Bennett and Dr. Sujata Norman combined their research interests, to investigate how contemplative practices and an intentional focus on improving self-efficacy could boost student teachers’ skills.

Cohosts: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Amber Alvord

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Sarah Rose Cavanagh website

Albert Bandura

West Chester University Doctor of Education program leaders Dr. Heather Schugar & Dr. Jackie Hodes share their experiences and advice for leading an access oriented, high touch, cohort model doctoral program.

Cohosts: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jessica Drass

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WCU Ed.D. program website

WCU Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration department website

Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate website

A special live episode recording exploring the breadth of podcast possibilities with 5 West Chester University faculty. Whether it is using them as course texts or for assessment, creating podcasts for teaching or scholarship, or preparing students to be podcast professionals, this episode has something for everyone.

Host: Dr. Tom Pantazes

Panelists:

• Dr. David Barry, Assistant Professor, Early and Middle Grades
• Dr. Michael Rosario, Associate Professor, Biology
• Dr. Jeremy McCool, Assistant Professor, Communication and Media
• Dr. Anne Gill, Assistant Professor, Secondary Education
• Dr. Pauline Schmidt, Professor of English Education and Director, West Chester Writing Project

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Communication and Media professor Maxine Gesualdi and student Faith Phillips describe the practical application of an active learning teaching strategy called interteaching.

Cohosts: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jes Drass

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Research Connection:

Boyce, T. E., & Hineline, P. N. (2002). Interteaching: A strategy for enhancing the user-friendliness of behavioral arrangements in the college classroom. The Behavior analyst, 25(2), 215–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392059

Hurtado-Parrado, C., Pfaller-Sadovsky, N., Medina, L., Gayman, C. M., Rost, K. A., & Schofill, D. (2022). A systematic review and quantitative analysis of interteaching. Journal of Behavioral Education, 1-29. 

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Joseph Valenzano, Dean Butler University College of Communication

Remedy, Cover Band

Game designer and English professor, Dr. Laquana Cooke discusses the role of games in education with a particular focus on how unpacking games provides rich educational possibilities. 

Cohosts: Jes Drass and Dr. Tom Pantazes

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Research Connection:

Bogost, I. (2010). Persuasive games: The expressive power of videogames. MIT Press. 

Cooke, Laquana. “NBA 2K14 for STEM.” In Learning, education & games vol. 3: 100 games to use in the classroom and beyond, edited by Schrier, Karen. Pittsburgh, PA: ETC Press (Carnegie Mellon).

Cooke, Laquana, Lisa Dusenberry, and Joy Robinson. "Gaming Design Thinking: Wicked Problems, Sufficient Solutions, and the Possibility Space of Games." Technical Communication Quarterly (2020): 1-14.

Sheldon, L. (2020). The multiplayer classroom: Designing coursework as a game. CRC Press. 

Sun, L., Guo, Z., & Hu, L. (2023). Educational games promote the development of students’ computational thinking: a meta-analytic review. Interactive Learning Environments, 31(6), 3476-3490.

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Math Blaster

Building a Community Engagement Experience with Professor Gordon, Dr. Lightner, and Dr. Solic podcast

ICamp Website

Ian Bogost Procedural Rhetoric

Construct 3

TWINE

EVE Online

Reflecting on her 20 year career at West Chester University, Teaching & Learning Center administrative assistant Pat Brander shares stories and laughter before beginning retirement.

Cohosts: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jes Drass

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Celebration of Teaching

Faculty Associate for Student Engagement and Retention and Compass Program Coordinator Dr. Tammy James discusses how the West Chester University Compass program helps young black men succeed.

Cohosts: Dr. Tom Pantazes and Jes Drass

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Pedler, M. L., Willis, R., & Nieuwoudt, J. E. (2022). A sense of belonging at university: Student retention, motivation and enjoyment. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(3), 397-408.

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WCU Compass Program Website

In her final episode ODLI on Air cohost Madison Steinbrenner reflects on her time as an instructional designer with the Teaching & Learning Center.

Cohosts: Madison Steinbrenner, Jes Drass, Amber Alvord, and Dr. Tom Pantazes

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WCU Quality Matters Program

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