TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 92: From her time as CAO of Davis College, guest Dr. Cristi Ford joins Kelvin and Tom to talk about the impressive work of Rwanda’s Akilah Institute in providing educational access to women via a combination of blended learning, competency-based education, and international partnership. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 92 Show Notes: Guest Dr. Cristi Ford with Tom at a conference dinner. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links “Hologram” Blend from Counter Culture Coffee, Durham, NC Counter Culture Coffee Content Links Dr. Cristi Ford’s Online Profile Akilah Institute Davis College Entangled Solutions “The Future of Global Education” (blog posting about Akilah Institute and Entangled Solutions) Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  Film: “A Hologram for the King” Film: “Galaxy Quest” The “Unspooled” Podcast Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)

About Episode 91: Redesigning courses from one modality to another was a rushed necessity in the early days of remote instruction, and it might be an expectation of some administrators post-pandemic. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin as they unpack what listener Jerry Dougherty has termed “intermodal learning.” Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 91 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Cafe La Rica from CLR Roasters, Miami, FL CLR Roasters’ Industrialized Process Content Links “Intermodal Freight Transportation” “SCORM Explained 101: An introduction to SCORM” ObojoboNext (UCF’s open-source learning object development platform) From Wayne Hodgins: “The Future of Learning Objects” HASTAC’s Cathy Davidson: “If We (Profs, Teachers) Can Be Replaced by a Computer Screen, We Should Be!” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  “Vulcan Salute” Alien Greeting Mork and Mindy (1970/80s TV show) “Nanu-Nanu” Alien Greeting TV Shows Featuring Shipping Containers Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)

About Episode 90: President Gregory Fowler of the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss distinctive ways that our individual institutions can innovate to create opportunities for unique groups of students by meeting them where they are. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 90 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links El Salvador, El Batallón from Methodical Coffee Methodical Coffee, Greenville SC “What’s So Special About Pacamara [Coffee Varietal]?” Content Links Dr. Gregory Fowler’s Online Bio Dr. Fowler’s Online Profile Clayton Christensen’s “Jobs To Be Done”  “Watch ‘Over There,’ the Documentary about UMUC’s Traveling Faculty” Video: Institute for the Future’s Bob Johansen on “Leading in a VUCA World” TOPcast #80: “‘Carism’ in Leading Online Learning Teams” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  “Hidden Mickeys” Fan-Curated Lists of Hidden Mickeys in Movies, Parks, Resorts, Etc. Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)

About Episode 89: In this Season 7 opener, Tom and Kelvin try out seven slogans intended as rallying cries to capture succinctly the aspirational goals of high quality online education and to serve as antidotes to widespread mischaracterizations post-pandemic. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 89 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Bones Coffee Company (Cape Coral, FL) Content Links UCF’s Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching “Learn by Doing the 4-H Way: Putting a Slogan into Practice” (In the Chronicle of Higher Education) “A Year of Remote Teaching: the Good, the Bad, and the Next Steps” (By Dr. Michelle D. Miller) “Social Constructivism”  Dr. Michelle Pacandky-Brock (“Brocansky”) on Humanizing Online Learning “Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)“ Journal: “Online Learning” (from the Online Learning Consortium) Publications by Dr. Chuck Dziuban and Dr. Patsy Moskal from UCF’s Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) Oregon State University’s “Online Learning Efficacy Research Database” TOPcast Episode #88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design” (with Shannon Riggs) Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  1 minute video: “Oh Fudge” clip from “A Christmas Story” 3.5 minute video: “Anyone Can Cook” (from “Ratatouille the Musical”) TARDIS (from Doctor Who) 18 second video: “Soylent Green is People!” Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we have been popping in to draw your attention to the most popular episodes of the preceding six seasons. (I know, the anticipation is palpable!) Last up: The MOST downloaded episode from Season 06. Currently, that episode is Episode 74: “Connecting the Dots: ‘Lessons for Leadership’” with guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s06e74.  Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 74 was released in September of 2020. Be watching for Season 07 to begin in just a few days on Monday, May 3, 2021.

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular episodes of the preceding six seasons.  Now up: Season 06. We will feature two episodes from Season 06 as we round out this “TOP 7” promotion. Currently, the SECOND-most downloaded episode from Season 06 is Episode 72: “Pro Tips on Vocal Care for Faculty” with guest Dr. Richard Zraick.  You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s06e72.  Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 72 was released in August of 2020.

About Episode 88: Guest Shannon Riggs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss her book “Thrive Online” and a key principle that, when pursuing quality, regardless of online, blended, synchronous, or in-person course modality, “it really always comes back to design.” Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 88 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-origin Kenya (Roaster’s Reserve) from McMenamin‘s Coffee Roasters Portland, Oregon McMenamin‘s Coffee Roasters “Cosmic Tripster” Passport Program at McMenamin‘s Content Links Shannon Riggs’ Online Profile Shannon Riggs’ Bio at Oregon State University’s Ecampus Book (on Amazon): “Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator” (Riggs) The Thrive Online Book Series (edited by Dr. Katie Linder) TOPcast Episode #87: “Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  1 minute video: “Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey” (from Saturday Night Live) 1 minute video clip: Tarzan and Quicksand (from 1945’s “Tarzan and the Amazons”) 2 minute video: Comic John Mulaney on Quicksand (from GroovyHistory) “How ’60s And ’70s TV And Movies Made Us Scared Of Quicksand” Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin again popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular episodes of the preceding six seasons.  Now up: Season 05. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 05 is Episode 64: “Principles for Humanizing Online Education… And Remote Teaching/Learning” with guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s06e64.  Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 64 was released in April of 2020.

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin again popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular episodes of the preceding six seasons.  Now up: Season 04. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 04 is Episode 37: “6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching.” You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s04e37.  Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 37 was released in May of 2018.

About Episode 87:  Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 87 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Ethiopia Quantit Natural from Strange Matter Coffee in Lansing, MI Strange Matter Coffee From Perfect Daily Grind: “A Guide to Ethiopian Coffee” Content Links “College Students Ask Court for Refunds Over Online Learning” “At Least 3 Potential Class-Action Lawsuits Filed Against Florida’s University System” Tea for Teaching Podcast Episode #179: “It’s Been a Year” UCF’s “Knights Online” for Orienting Students to Online Learning Oregon State University’s “Online Learning Efficacy Research Database” “Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)” UCF Marketing’s Framing of “Quality Distance Learning” at UCF Online Learning featured in UCF’s View Book In Fast Company: “Got Milk? How the iconic campaign came to be, 25 years ago” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links  New Zoo Revue on Wikipedia 1 minute video: New Zoo Revue Intro & Theme Song 2 minute video: From Prairie Home Companion: “Ketchup Advisory Board” Skit Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)