Rebecca Hogue talks about Demystifying Online Group Projects on episode 403 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Get rid of the competition and become a team player.

Assume good intentions.

Rachelle O’Brien and Nicola Whitton talk about playful learning and virtual escape rooms on episode 402 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Be open to putting yourself in a position to try something that can potentially fail.

Have an idea that you can explain in a sentence. If it goes beyond that, it is probably too complex.

Josh Eyler discusses the problem with grades on episode 401 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

The more we focus on grades, the less we focus on learning.

The grades are not the end of the story. They are not even the bulk of your story. They are a chapter of your story.

Jeff Hittenberger helps Bonni culminate her 400th episode by talking about the heart of a teacher on episode 400 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

I had some assumptions coming into teaching

I never knew how much my textbooks cost.

I care about other people and that I like to make meaningful progress towards a goal, I try to celebrate those parts of me.

I think we are all just continually trying to figure stuff out. Nobody really has it all together.

An episode has aired every single week since June of 2014. That is a kind of discipline I feel grateful for.

I am on fire for how much more we can collectively learn and wrestle with together.

Bonni Stachowiak shares some satire from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency on episode 399 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

I hope that brought you a little bit of laugher in what I do know is a difficult time for so many.

Christopher Schaberg talks about his book, Pedagogy of the Depressed, on episode 398 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Just talking to students once or twice a week is so important.

Audrey Watters shares about her book, Teaching Machines, on episode 397 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

When people try to erase history, they do that to foreclose hope.

If we have a better understanding of the history of educational technology, there is hope.

I do not think that the future is already written.

Amy Lynch-Biniek discusses the ways in which contingency can impact pedagogy on episode 396 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

To be a teacher in the 21st century, you also have to be a bit of an activist.

As teachers we have to find ways to advocate for ourselves, for our students, for our campuses, and for our classrooms.

We have to remind ourselves to speak with, not for, others.

Begin advocacy by listening.

Sandra (Sandi) M. Leonard

Paula Patch on Twitter

Alex Venet was on Episode 372, talking about Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education

Episode 272: Inclusified Teaching Evaluation with Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan

Episode 89: The Research on Course Evaluations with Betsy Barre

Twitter Thread: Contingent faculty

Indianapolis Resolution

Conference on College Composition

Ungrading: An FAQ, by Jesse Stommel

Jesse Stommel

PlayForge’s Wooden Dice Spinner for RPGs

Jonathan Malesic shares about his book, The End of Burnout, on episode 395 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

The data seems to suggest that around half of workers are somewhere on the burnout spectrum.

In our culture we put a lot of expectations on work to fufill us.

We need to see work as the support to whatever is at the center of our lives.

Tracie Addy talks about what inclusive instructors do on episode 394 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Inclusive teaching is being responsive to the diversity of our class and designing learning environments that include all of our students.

Inclusive teaching allows students to be engaged in an equitable learning environment and feel a sense of belonging.

We can think about our students in terms of the different strengths they bring to the classroom.

I had a lot of experiences as a black female that had a profound impact on me.