Overcome the excuses we make that stop us from pursuing more professional development opportunities in this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed.

There’s a sign posted in our local (and beloved) grocery store: Trader Joe’s. “Please do not use this machine if you have not been trained,” it reads. The machine in question is a drink dispenser. As absurd as this is, in some cases, there’s more training required to dispense raspberry lemonade than there is to teach a college class.

Guest: Dave Stachowiak

There are abundant resources out there for professional development, but we can sometimes be held back by our own excuses.

Here are the most common excuses for not pursuing more training on how to teach and how to overcome each of them:

JotPro stylus (Dave)

iAnnotate (Bonni)