Doug McKee talks about eliciting and using feedback from students.

Guest: Dr. Doug McKee

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John Stepper’s book about Working Out Loud

Studied his own teaching and determined that those who came to class and those who watched via video did equally well in the class

I feel like I’m just breaking through now. I remember what it was like at the beginning.

Waiting until the end of the semester to get input from our students is too late

Evaluations are valuable; but it only helps you the next time you teach the class

The Hawthorne Effect

Formal, anonymous surveys

* Customized end of semester surveys

* in person:

* Department-wide early warning systems—We’re trying this this year to give students in all our classes a chance to air concerns to the department early enough so we can do something about them.

SpeedDial2; ultimate tab page for Google Chrome (Bonni)

Piazza (Doug)

Forgetmenot (Doug)

Finn Family Moomintroll, by Tove Jansson (Doug)

Doug’s blog:

Natalie Houston discusses practical productivity in academia.

Guest: Dr. Natalie Houston

Productivity, to me, is not about doing more things faster. It is about doing the things that are most important to me and creating the kind of life I want to have…

To do something with ease is to bring a kind of comfort and grace to the task. It can also be more room [in your life]… Living a life with more ease…

The idea of a sabbath day in many spiritual traditions is to set aside a day for rest.

Multiple touch points

Challenge with accessing email on our phones

Set an alarm

A timer is my most important productivity tool. You can use a timer in so many parts of your day.

Timing a break enhances the relaxation of that break.

How to manage references with Zotero, by Catherine Pope (Bonni)

IDoneThis.com (Natalie)

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance, by Stephen Kotler

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak talk about how to make your PowerPoint (or other) slides more effective.

2010 headlines:

“US Army makes the world’s worst PowerPoint slide”

“We have met the enemy and he is PowerPoint.”

Conflict in Afghanistan: Why developing a clear strategy was challenging.

PPT in the crosshairs

Edward Tufte (2006 publication) The cognitive style of ppt: There’s no bullet list like Stalin’s bullet list.

Can create bad PPT on tools besides PPT

In the online magazine, Slate, Schuman expressed her views on just how bad it has become with PowerPoint use in education in an article called PowerPointless. She writes, “Digital slideshows are the scourge of education.”

“For class today I’ll be reading the PowerPoint word for word.” –every professor, everywhere. @collegegrlhumor

“College basically consist of you spending thousands of dollars for a professor to point at a PowerPoint and read the bullets.” @deliNeli

“Being a college professor would be easy. Read off a PowerPoint you made 10 years ago and give online quizzes with questions you googled.” –blazik

“srsly sick of all these power points. anyone can be a professor. all u need to know is how to run a power point.” @ChrisraMae17

“Y’all ever sat in a class, copied every word down of the power point, and still not kno a damn thing the professor said?” @BlkSuperMan

Richard Mayer’s research shows if students w/out visuals 75% vs 89% re: bike pump

Choose your own adventure (episode 25 re: large classes w/ Chrissy Spencer)

Today’s meet (requires laptops/smart devices)

Slack (Bonni)

Tapes  |  Screenflow  |  SnagIt  (Dave)

Bonni and Dave Stachowiak talk about how to capture it all, so we can have lower stress and not have things fall through the cracks.

Guest: Dr. Dave Stachowiak

What is capture?

David Allen’s Getting Things Done

Why capture?

Paprika recipe manager app (Bonni)

Amazon Fresh (Dave)

On today’s episode, I talk about all that cannot be seen.

Our expectations can shape outcomes in others…

This American Life previewed Invisiblia on an episode called: Batman

Especially the beginning re mindset on This American Life

NPR Science reporters Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller explain to Ira Glass how they smuggled a rat into NPR headquarters in Washington, and ran an unscientific version of a famous experiment first done by Psychology Professor Robert Rosenthal. It showed how people’s thoughts about rats could affect their behavior. Another scientist, Carol Dweck, explains that it’s true for people too: expectations affect students, children, soldiers, in measurable ways. (6 minutes)

Invisibilia

Invisibilia is a series about the invisible forces that shape human behavior. The show interweaves personal stories with scientific research that will make you see your own life differently.

Episode 14 on Dealing with Difficult Students in Higher Ed

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