Dave Stachowiak and Bonni Stachowiak answer listener questions on episode 473 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Forgetting is the friend of learning.

Our stated preferences aren’t always going to align with having sufficient challenge in that learning experience to produce deeper, more memorable learning.

Trust students.

Lance Eaton + Stead Fast have a dialog about their perspectives on artificial intelligence on episode 472 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Over time we feel like we are settled as educators and then it’s like nope, just kidding.

Tatiane Russo-Tait shares about equity and social justice in STEM education on episode 471 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

My dad told me that I needed to get my education and that education is the only path to liberation for folks like us.

I almost dropped out.

I was thinking about teaching so that I could be a role model and disrupt classroom spaces to be more welcoming and supportive.

Rob Eaton and Bonnie Moon share about building community in the college classroom on episode 470 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

The better I understand students back stories, the more empathy and compassion I have for them.

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Maria Andersen shares about designing courses in an age of artificial intelligence (AI) on episode 469 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Student’s natural world is the technological world.

Students have a lot of questions about how society has changed.

All of the things we have today came about because people did something in the past.

With generative AI, we have an incredible acceleration of change happening.

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Ian Cook helps Bonni celebrate 9 years of podcasting and his new book, Scholarly Podcasting, on episode 468 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

What is your purpose?

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Cate Denial shares about her book A Pedagogy of Kindness on episode 467 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

I need to be a partner with my students in this learning process.

I walk into class prepared for collaboration and discovery with my students.

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Marie Norman and Mike Bridges share about the 2nd edition of How Learning Works on episode 466 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Our student-centered approach to teaching requires us to teach the whole student, not just content.

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Sarah Rose Cavanagh shares about her book Mind Over Monsters on episode 465 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

It is a real difficult challenge walking through this world full of monsters when our own bodies and minds can be monstrous.

Compassion comes first.

I love setting goals with students in class.

If you set goals that are not difficult enough, motivation dries up.

Ciarán Dunne shares about the transformative power of transversal skills on episode 464 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

When students come back to campus, what are we offering them that they can’t get otherwise?

How can we help students thrive in an unscripted world?

Transversal skills are skills all students should have regardless of what program they are in.

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