In this "emergency" bonus episode, host Kevin Patton outlines ways to quickly move our courses from on-campus venues to remote delivery during a public health event. And sing along with Greg Crowther to keep our spirits up!

00:42 | Let's Move! 01:50 | Support Our Sponsors 02:36 | Sing a Song. Sing It Loud. 11:54 | Sights and Sounds 18:18 | Sing It Strong 20:41 | Keeping It Real 26:11 | Stay Connected

 

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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary. (Sally Ride)

Let's Move!

1 minute

We've been told to pack up and move our course home from campus to the nebulous and scary "remote." What to do?!

• Mid-Winter Winterizing of Our Courses | Bonus Episode 63 (the prep work we should have done—but it's not too late!)
• Previews (yep, there are two) to the next "regular" episode. Get ready now (remember that prepping you forgot to do?)
  • Memory Palaces with Chase DiMarco | Preview Episode 64
  • Getting Read for Memory Palaces with Chase DiMarco | Another Preview Episode 64

 

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Sing a Song. Sing It Loud.

9 minutes

The first 6 tips—out of one million, er... 19, total in this episode. Plus a sing-along. Really.

• Tips
  • 1. Don't forget to breathe.
  • 2. Pretend you're going to that cancelled conference.
  • 3. Less is more.
  • 4. Ask for help.
  • 5. Involve the world.
  • 6. Involve students.
• Don't forget to breathe! (blog post for students) my-ap.us/39TyfBZ
• Making Mistakes Teaching Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 63 (it's okay—really!)
• The Sodium Jeer about cells keeping sodium (Na+) out. Na, Na, Na... This can help students remember where sodium is and how it behaves in a variety of physiological processes. (Warning: ear bug)
  • faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/jeer.shtml
    • Includes guidance, study questions, lyrics, sound file, sheet music (with melody play-back)
    • Lyrics (let's all sing along, okay?): Na Na Na Na Na Na! Sodium can't get in!
    • Additional lyrics (when sodium channel open, produding a "funny" current) Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Sodium CAN get in!
• Fick's Law of Diffusion about the equation for calculating diffusion rates.
  • faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/fick.shtml
    • Includes guidance, lesson plan, study questions, lyrics, sound file, music video, sheet music (with melody play-back)
    • Lyrics (are you singing along?): Fick says how quick, A molecule will diffuse. Delta P times A times k, Over D is the law to use.Fick says how quick, A molecule will diffuse.Delta P times A times k, Over D is the law to use.(Fick) Pressure difference, (Fick) Surface area, (Fick) And the constant k Are multiplied together. (Fick) They're divided by (Fick) Diffusion barrier (Fick) To determine the exact rate of diffusion.
• Used by permission. But these are meant to be shared. Thanks Greg Crowther!

 

Sights and Sounds

6.5 minute

The next seven tips...

• Tips
  • 7. Remote is not always online.
  • 8. Do some video.
  • 9. Do some audio.
  • 10. Keep things brief.
  • 11. Be nimble.
  • 12. Teach by testing.
  • 13. Testing is not always teaching.
• TechSmith is helping organizations and academic institutions who are preparing for prolonged absences and/or campus closures due to COVID-19. They are offering free access and expanded usage of tools that help enable educational continuity.  my-ap.us/3aNBB9M
• Online Lecture Previews (my online seminar about my approach to online videos; can be adapted a number of ways)
• Kevin Flaherty's amazing, stupendous collection of resources: my-ap.us/FlahertyResources
• Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning (book on retrieval practice and other ideas by Pooja K. Agarwal & Patrice M. Bain) amzn.to/2O4ZPUe
• Testing As a Teaching Strategy | Episode 2
• Spaced Retrieval Practice | Episode 1
• Testing as Teaching (my seminar on using formative testing as a learning process; can be adapted for emergency remote learning)

 

Sing it Strong

2.5 minutes

Another musical interlude. Yep, for singing along. And learning. After all, isn't that what musicals are for?

• Greg Crowther's STEM songs website (you gotta see this) faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/
• The Place Principle about how pitches are transduced at different places along the cochlea.
  • faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/place.shtml
  • Includes context, lesson plan, study questions, karaoke, sound file, sheet music, more!
  • Lyrics: Which pitch will make your hair cells twitch? (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) Which pitch will make your hair cells twitch? (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) When I talk to ya through your cochlea? (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) When I talk to ya through your cochlea? (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) From apex to base, each pitch has a place! (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) From apex to base, each pitch has a place! (Doo, doot, doo, doot.) When I talk to ya through your cochlea, You'll hear; you'll hear! When I talk to ya through your cochlea, You'll hear; you'll hear!
  • Used by permission, thanks to Greg Crowther.
• Spinal Nerve Plexuses about which nerves contribute to which plexuses.
  • faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/plexuses.shtml
  • Lyrics, context, karaoke, sheet music

 

Keeping it Real

5.5 minutes

The next six tips. Real ones. About reality. Or not.

• Tips
  • 14. Read the book.
  • 15. Just in case.
  • 16. Learning is art and art is learning.
  • 17. Simulate reality.
  • 18. Embrace reality.
  • 19. No side trips.
•  READ and RAID your textbook! (blog post for students about how to effectively use their textbook) my-ap.us/ReadRaid
• The Case for Case Studies | Episode 52

 

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