Teaching in Higher Ed

Using Challenges to Motivate Learners

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

Quotes from the episode

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

-Michael Wesch

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

-Michael Wesch

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

-Michael Wesch

Shared difficulty creates tremendous community.

-Michael Wesch

Resources
  • ACUE: What Inspired Me to Redesign My Syllabus
  • ACUE: Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • ACUE: Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom
  • ACUE: Preparing an Effective Syllabus
  • Homework vs assignments vs challenges
  • The Un-TV and the 10 Mph Car: Experiments in Personal Freedom and Everyday Life, by Bernard McGrane
  • Ryan Klataske
  • The UnThing Experiment
  • Life101 Podcast
  • How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half, by Jeff Young for EdSurge
  • Desirable difficulties – Robert Bjork coined the term.
  • Episode 277 with Derek Bruff
  • Video: 10 Tips for Online Teaching Video
  • Video: Wesch made in Vietnam (his first try at something like this)
  • Anth101 – Built with Ryan Klataske and Tom Woodward

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