During the Spring 2023 we listened together to podcast episodes on the topics of student engagement, classroom culture, and assessment. You can find these themed playlists below.
Transforming Engagement
How can we make our classes more engaging and interactive? How different is student engagement since the return to campus and how could we address this?
Episode titles and transcripts:
- “How to Make Your Lecture More Engaging and Interactive for Your Students” (Faculty Focus Live podcast)
- Don Saucier on “Trickle Down Engagement” (Teaching in Higher Ed podcast)
- “How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement” (EdSurge Podcast)
- Denise Cruz on “The Power of Blended Classrooms” (Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning podcast)
- Julie Schell on “A Look at Peer Instruction” (Social Learning Amplified podcast)
Listen to the podcast episodes:
Transforming Classroom Culture
How can we create a strong sense of community within our in-person, hybrid, and online classes? How can we create classroom spaces that are warm and welcoming? How can we build safe spaces for all students so that they feel a sense of belonging and care?
Episode titles and transcripts:
- Cate Denial on “A Pedagogy of Kindness” (go to ep. 210) (Tea for Teaching podcast)
- Jamiella Brooks and Julie McGurk on “Rigor as Inclusive Practice” (Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning podcast)
- Bonnie Moon and Robert Eaton on “Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom” (Teaching in Higher Ed podcast)
- Marcus Croom on “How to Discuss Race, Racism, and Politics in Education” (Teaching in Higher Ed podcast)
- Tony Jack and Missy Foy on “The Hidden Curriculum” (Intentional Teaching podcast)
Listen to the podcast episodes:
Transforming Assessment
Can rigor and assessment coexist in our classrooms? What is ungrading and how can we implement it? What are alternative and innovative ways to create assessments and give feedback?
Episode titles and transcripts:
- “Rigor and Assessment from the Student Point of View” (Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning podcast)
- Bree Boppre on “Alternative Assessment: Creative Ways to Use Technology to Engage Students and Assess Learning” (Lecture Breakers podcast)
- Susan Blum on “Engaging Ungrading” (Think UDL Podcast)
- Emily Dosmar on “Ungrading: The Misconceptions, the Research, and the Strategies” (Faculty Focus Live podcast)
- Joe Hirsch on “Moving from Feedback to Feedforward” (The Cult of Pedagogy podcast)
Listen to the podcast episodes:
