Teaching in Higher Ed

Angela Jenks on episode 289 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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The farther you get in a field, the more differently you read.

Looking for open education resources is always good, no matter what field you are in.

I think the most important thing is thinking about the syllabus from a student’s perspective.

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Angela Jenks, UCI anthropology, earns an Academic Senate award for teaching in a field she almost didn’t pursue

What information to include in syllabus?

When will your class meet?

Remember the holidays

How much reading should you assign?

How much do the books/course materials cost?

How many works are written by women, people of color, or other marginalized authors?

Is your syllabus accessible?

Conduct a more detailed self-assessment of inclusion in your syllabus and course design with this survey

Include a statement on access and inclusion

Include a basic needs statement

Give a quiz on your syllabus, or make it interactive

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Bryan Alexander shares about his book Academia Next on episode 288 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

“I’m happy to be as open as possible because that makes my work better.”

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Harriet Schwartz shares about her book Connected Teaching on episode 287 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

People are at their best when they can engage in healthy growth-fostering relationships.

We have to maintain the standards of our profession and the standards of our discipline but at the same time understand that not everybody’s experience is the same as ours.

Interactions and relationships are really sites and sources for learning.

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Jessamyn Neuhas shares about Geeky Pedagogy on episode 286 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Just because you know a lot about something doesn’t mean you know how to teach it.

There are a lot of things that student evaluations can’t tell us and a lot of ways that they can be flawed.

We have to learn how to be effective teachers.

Teaching and learning is a social interaction. We tend to be underprepared for the social interaction part of our job.

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Janue Johnson and Bonni Stachowiak share our reflections on the ESCALA HSI Summer Institute on episode 285 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

One of the things that stuck out to me was aligning learning activities with learning goals and assessments.

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Arley Cruthers discusses process over product on episode 283 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

One of the things that my coach used to always say is that in order to focus on winning you have to forget about winning.

If you focus on the process, that is when you are going to have a rich and valuable experience.

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Mimi Benjamin, Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, and Jody E. Jessup-Anger Share about living-learning communities on episode 283 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Creating community is really important, it can help students feel connected to both the institution and their academic pursuits.

Faculty have a really great opportunity to reinforce the identity of the living-learning community in the courses.

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Michael Wesch shares about using challenges to motivate learners on episode 282 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

You have to live your way into a new way of thinking.

How do you be completely yourself while also being of great value to your students?

Teaching doesn’t just happen in the classroom, it is a constant meditation.

Shared difficulty creates tremendous community.

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Bonni Stachowiak discusses homelessness and housing insecurity in higher education with Rashida Crutchfield and Jennifer Maguire on episode 281 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Some of our students just don’t want to be seen as being “in need”.

It is that mobility and constant insecurity that is a trauma experience.

It is that fear and stress response that has short and long term impacts on our physiology that manifests in many different ways.

Making the time to do something that is different has given me so much more energy, creativity, and ability to be present to my students.

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Todd Zakrajsek and Bonni Stachowiak discuss how to sustain our joy of teaching on episode 280 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Don’t look for people who are like you, look for the people who are like the people you would like to be.

Schedule time and figure out ways to take care of yourself.

If you understand the importance and value of what you’re doing, it has more value for you.

Teach the students you have.

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