Nic Holt shares about the intersections between play, games, and learning on episode 198 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Always try to create those cross-silo engagements.

Before we can all learn together, we have to be nice and good to one another.

If you have a new piece of technology in your class … let everybody play with it.

To learn to take another person’s perspective is something that will transcend whatever content you’re trying to teach.

—Nic Holt

Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan describe how inclusivity can help close the achievement gap on episode 197 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

How do I communicate that their work ethic was actually more important than innate ability?

When I first started teaching, I thought the classroom had to look a certain way.

The attention span of a class goes down the larger the class size.

Making a mistake is a big part of learning.

The more you do it, the more you start to see opportunities for improvement.

Nicholas Hengen Fox shares about his book, Reading as Collective Action, on episode 196 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Like a lot of faculty members and grad students, I have a lot of privilege. That shapes the way I see the world and interact with texts.

Robin DeRosa discusses considering open education with an interdisciplinary lens on episode 195 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

How do we make higher education more accessible to learners by rethinking the structures of our programs?

It’s really about empowering learners.

Design structures that reflect the fact that universities are in the real world.

James Wilson on episode 194 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast shares about Interactive Theatre in the classroom.

Humans are hardwired for learning by doing.

Everybody in everyday life is an actor … it shouldn’t be deemed an untouchable art form.

I haven’t come across a medium of teaching which attaches a higher state of emotion to learning experiences.

Amer Ahmed shares how higher ed rates in diversity and inclusion on episode 193 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Are we healing when we’re in a constant state of frustration?

Getting people off the defensive is really important.

People don’t just snap their fingers … and then be a fundamentally different person.

The moment I stepped out of my home I was stepping into a different culture.

Eric Loepp discusses how he uses data to stimulate student learning on episode 192 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Ric Montelongo describes how he creates immersive learning experiences in online classes on episode 191 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

If you experiment, look at what support your institution has to offer.

Technology isn’t limited to online classes.

Be very mindful of privacy — not everyone likes to be recorded.

Eddie talks about studying our teaching and his new book: Playing to Learn with Reacting to the Past: Research on High Impact, Active Learning Practices* on episode 190 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

We should take teaching … as seriously as we take researching.

Are students learning what we are trying to ensure that they learn?

Judith Boettcher shares her expertise designing online experiences for learners on episode 189 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Autonomy really means helping students have their own sense of self.

What we really want to do is structure experiences where we don’t have the answers.

Review your courses and see where you can take the answers out and put the challenges in.

The best way to check whether or not you understand something is to teach it to someone else.

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