TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 20: In this episode, Tom and Kelvin, supplemented by members of a recent conference panel, consider how podcasting can be a vehicle for receiving and creating professional development opportunities. Episode 20 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Meet the Podcasters From #OLCaccelerate Meet the #Podpanel from #OLCaccelerate. (From left to right) Jon Ernstberger, Jenny Quaries, Bonni Stachowiak, Katie Linder, Thomas Cavanagh, Tanya Joosten Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Higher Grounds Peruvian Pangoa (featured in this episode) Content Links Podcasters Panel conference session page from 2016 OLC Accelerate Podcast Recommendations for Professional Development and Fun #PodPanel Twitter stream OLC Podcasts Page Open FacDev TOPcast “Free Stuff” Professional Development Episode 2016 SUNY COTE Summit Site (example of perpetually open faculty development)

About Episode 19: Instructional designers are central to the success of online/blended education. But IDs play a variety of roles, some in possible conflict. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Katie Linder as they discuss these roles and consider how to resolve the tension between scholarship and practice. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 19 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Video clips of Robert Young and Sanka (featured in this episode) Sanka History “A Coffee Drinker’s Guide to Decaffeinated Brands” (from New York Times) Content Links Bio: Dr. Kathryn (Katie) Linder Research in Action (RIA) Podcast Oregon State University eCampus Research Unit UCF’s Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness (RITE) RIA Podcast #9: “Balancing Research, Teaching, and Service” (recording + shownotes) “So You Want to be an Instructional Designer?” (from EdSurge News) “Instructional Design in Higher Education: A report on the role, workflow, and experience of instructional designers” (mentioned in this episode) MIT report: “Online Education: A Catalyst for Higher Education Reforms” (mentioned in this episode. see “Recommendation 3”) Panel discussion on ID hiring (mentioned in this episode) Five levels of “Instructional Designer” (staff) at PennState UCF’s (Faculty) Instructional Design Team Position classifications of UCF (Faculty) Instructional Designers within UCF’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (Appendix A) research study: “Student Uses and Perceptions of Closed Captions and Transcripts” (produced by OSU eCampus Research Unit and mentioned in this episode) Related session video from Virtually Connecting: Conversation with “Kelvin Thompson and Katie Linder with Patrice Prusko” at OLC Accelerate

About Episode 18: College degree attainment will not grow significantly without removing barriers to qualified students who aren’t enrolling. In this episode, Kelvin and Tom consider how online education can expand access to college. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 18 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Guatemala Trapichitos (featured in this episode) Content Links “Revisionist History” podcast NY Times “Access List” ASU’s Michael Crow on “Fifth Wave Universities” Meeting the (US) Nation’s 2020 Goal (60% college degree attainment) Venn diagram mentioned in this Episode: UCF Campuses/Modalities Tom’s “Postmodality Era” Article Direct Connect to UCF UCF Online UCF Signs First Agreement with Partner College for UCF Online

About Episode 17: Most of us like knowing that “someone” is doing research that validates our work. In this episode, Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Charles Graham, prolific researcher of technology-mediated teaching and learning, as they discuss the importance of ongoing research by professional scholars and scholarly professionals in online ed. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 17 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Rwanda Misozi Kopakaki (featured in this episode) Trilogy Coffee Roasting Content Links Dr. Charles Graham’s Bio and Research Links Article on UCF’s Hack Day by Ian Turgeon Dynamic Understanding Diagnostic Engine (student Hack Day Project) “Research in Action” Podcast

About Episode 16: How do we see to it that the design and teaching of online courses are of the highest quality possible? In this episode join hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh as they dig deeper into the practicalities of ensuring high quality online courses. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 16 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Colombia Santa Cruz (featured in this episode) Lineage Coffee Roasting Content Links Quality Matters Rubric (and Standards) CSU Chico’s “Exemplary Online Instruction” site OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Rubric (OSCQR) Kelvin’s “Non-Reductionist” Dissertation: “Constructing Educational Criticism of Online Courses: A Model for Implementation by Practitioners” “Tune Up Your Course with the Online Course Quick Check” (draft doc listed in resource links) Info on UCF’s UDOIT accessibility checker tool “Blended Course Self Assessment/Peer Review Form” (from the BlendKit Course) “Quality Assurance in Blended Learning” (Chapter 5 of the BlendKit Reader)

About Episode 15: Everyone has an opinion about the role of social media in education. In this episode hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson are joined by guest Dr. Tanya Joosten, author of Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices, as they consider the place of social media in online education. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 15 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Smit & Dorlas Koffie (featured in this episode) Coffee History of The Netherlands Content Links Tanya Joosten’s bio Joosten’s Book: “Social Media for Educators: Strategies and Best Practices” Chronicle blog post featuring Joosten: “Teens Don’t Tweet” Educational Social Media-related (#edusocmedia) hashtagged tweets (co-founded by Joosten) WCET blog posting: “Researching Social Media” From the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR): All online/blended teaching strategies related to social media

About Episode 14: Perceptions of quality (high and low) are a perennial problem in online education. What is quality? Who decides? What if others disagree? Should majority rule? What about expert knowledge? Join Tom and Kelvin in wrestling with these questions and more in this on-location episode. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 14 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Coffee Profile: Kenya Peaberry (featured in this episode) “Mojo Coffee House” Flickr Photos of Mojo Coffee House from Kelvin and Others Content Links Robert Pirsig on Quality in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” Quality Matters OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Rubric (OSCQR) CSU Chico (old and new) Rubrics OLC Quality Scorecard from Inside Higher Ed: “George Washington U Alumni Sue University over Quality of Online Program” Phil Hill (and Blackboard): Commentary on Findings from a Blackboard Report on Quality Findings from UCF’s Distributed Learning Impact Evaluation Essay: “What is Online Course Quality?” Dissertation: “Constructing Educational Criticism of Online Courses: A Model for Implementation by Practitioners”

About Episode 13: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been in the news for a few years now (at least the xMOOC variety). It is probably well past time that the xMOOC receives a “toddler check-up!” Join hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh as they discuss what impacts (positive and negative) the xMOOC has had on online education. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 13 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Colombia Organic Honey Processed (featured in this episode) “What on Earth is Honey Process?” Content Links NY Times article: “[2012] The Year of the MOOC” (Generic) “Gartner Hype Cycle” Andy Hicken graphic and blog post: “2016 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions” EdSurge article: “Hardly Anyone Wants to Take a Liberal Arts MOOC” Coursera xMOOC on the 2008 US financial crisis taught by Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Report: “MOOC Instructors Need More Support” From Huffington Post: “Sebastian Thrun: AI Pioneer Seeks Education Revolution” Kelvin Thompson journal article: “Evolution of the BlendKit Course” (includes connection between BlendKit and cMOOCs/xMOOCs) Derek Bruff blog posting: “Online learning ecosystems: What to make of MOOC dropout rates?” Historic site: “CCK08: Connectivism and Connective Knowledge” (the first cMOOC) Journal with issues devoted to MOOC research: Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

About Episode 12: The Learning Management System (LMS) is often indistinguishable from online education in the minds of the uninitiated. In this episode,  join hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson as they examine where the LMS has been, where it is, and where it is going. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 12 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Nicaragua Kailash (featured in this episode) Video: 5 min. mini-documentary video with the grower of Nicaragua Kailash (Don Maximo Ramos) The Vespr Coffeebar (featured in this episode) Video: 2:47 min. interview with founder (Edd Siu) of The Vespr Coffeebar Kelvin’s photos of The Vespr Coffeebar Wikipedia article on “Third Spaces” such as The Vespr Coffeebar Content Links Charts and Analysis: “LMS Overview of Marketshare” (Justin Menard LISTedTECH) e-Literate blog posting on Pearson getting out of the LMS market e-Literate blog post: Data On Average Age Of Current LMS Implementation (Phill Hill) EDUCAUSE’s Next Generation Digital Learning Environment Initiative ELI’s “7 Things You Should Know About the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment” Video: BYU’s “Loosely-Coupled Gradebook” (interview of Jon Mott by Jared Stein) LMS graphic based on Campus Computing Project data Illustration of Mr-Potato-Head-As-Learning-Stack (Kyle Bowen) Phil Hill (e-Literate) posting: “Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform” Marti Harris (Gartner) article: “Building Learning Stacks for an Evolving Learning Environment” Jim Groom and Brian Lamb (EDUCAUSE Review Online) article section: “Five Arguments against the Learning Management System” Tom Cavanagh ECAR case study: “The LMS Selection Process: Practices and Considerations” Archived website documenting UCF’s last LMS migration Kelvin Thompson (OfCoursesOnline.com) podcast episode: “Why the Course Management System Is Not Going Away”

About Episode 11: Join hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh as they discuss making higher ed more affordable for students with their guest Dr. Karen Vignare. (Second episode in an occasional mini-series on “the iron triangle” of cost, access, and quality.) Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 11 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Seattle’s Best Level 4 (featured in this episode) Article: “The Cost of a Cup of Coffee: Where Does the Money Go” Article: “How Much Do You Spend on Coffee Beans?” Content Links Dr. Karen Vignare’s bio USA Today Article: “Maryland University to Eliminate Textbooks” Video: CBS Baltimore Segment via MSN: “UMUC Says No More Textbooks, Students Save Millions” UMUC’s Student-Facing “Textbook” Webpage eCampus News article about community college programs with no textbooks