TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

About Episode 120: Journalist Jeff Young joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to talk about lessons learned from higher education’s recent academic innovations and whether these ideas bring hope or merely hype to the field of online education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Jeff YoungManaging Editor at EdSurge Episode 120 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-Origin Ethiopian Yirgacheffee from Per’La Specialty Roasters in Coral Gables, FL Brewing Guide (with videos) Specific to Per’la’s Small Batch Yirgacheffe Content Links Jeff Young’s Online Profile In EdSurge: “The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders” From ASU News: “Dreamscape Immersive, ASU launch bold partnership to bring cutting-edge virtual reality to learners worldwide” [0:30 Video] Commercial for Meta in Education: “The Impact Will Be Real” [1:15 Video] Commercial for Meta in Education: “Education in the Metaverse” On the EdSurge On Air Podcast: “The Pandemic Campus Diaries” (mini-series) The Gartner Hype Cycle Book Chapter (full text preview from Google Books): “Keeping FIRRST Things First: The Delicate Dance of Leading Online Innovation at Your Institution” (pp. 1-12 of Leading and Managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning Leader Needs to Know) TOPcast Episode #13: “The MOOC Gets a Toddler Check-Up” TOPcast Episode #25: “But FIRRST…. Lead Innovation!” TOPcast Episode #65: “Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future” Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 119: In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin contemplate the potential for chatbots in online education as a benefit to online students and as a support to both faculty and student services staff. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 119 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links “Guatemalan Coffee: The Complete Guide [History, Facts, & Best Products]” Guatemalan Coffee History Content Links From Codebots: “What Are the 3 Types of AI? A Guide to Narrow, General, and Super Artificial Intelligence” “2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition” From Georgia Tech’s Design & Intelligence Lab: “Jill Watson: A Suite of Online Learning Tools” In the Washington Post: “What Happened When a Professor Built a Chatbot To Be His Teaching Assistant” In Scientific American: “Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient: Why That Matters” UCF’s Financial Aid “KnightBot” Presentation Slides: “Legal Psychology Chatbot” (from UF educational technologist Chris Sharp) Dr. Jutta Treviranus’ 2022 Women in AI Award Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 118: WCET’s Megan Raymond joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to comment on patterns observed in the current job market for online higher education professionals including instructional designers and related roles. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 118 Show Notes: Megan RaymondSenior Director, Membership and Programs, WCET Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-Origin Kenya Gicherori from Regalia Coffee in New York, NY News Article: “Fire Damages Regalia Roasting Collective in New York, GoFundMe Launched” Interview with Regalia Coffee Co-Founder Paolo Maliksi [Donate Here] Go Fund Me Campaign: Regalia Coffee Fire Relief Content Links Megan Raymond’s Online Profile WCET’s List of “Member Benefits” (Including a Link to “Jobs Posted by Members”) From Atlassian’s Work Life Blog: “The Importance of Teamwork (as proven by science)” From the University of San Diego: Alternate titles, roles, qualifications, and opportunities for “Instructional Designers” TOPcast Episode 109: “Protecting Online Higher Education from the Great Resignation” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links From Merriam-Webster: “Words We’re Watching: ‘Headcanon’” From Imaginary Worlds Podcast: “Headcanon Fodder” (Episode 191) Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 117: In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 117 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Nicaragua Coffee Beans From Home Grounds: “What Is Shade-Grown Coffee?” Content Links Sample Online Discussion-Related TOPR Entry: “Create Discussion Rubrics” All Entries Tagged “Discussions” from the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) Google Search on Dr. Susan Wegmann’s “Connected Stance” Line of Inquiry 1EdTech Consortium (formerly IMS Global Learning Consortium) Just for Fun Pop Culture Links United States Postal Service (USPS) “Mission and ‘Motto’” Grok (from Heinlein to Popular Culture) Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 116: Guest Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss lessons learned from studying six exemplar higher ed institutions that have achieved “3fold gains” by improving educational quality, access, and affordability. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 116 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-Origin Colombia (“Jose Uribe Lasso”) from Ligature Coffee (Orlando, FL) “Transparency” statement from Ligature Coffee XO Coffee Shop (Kissimmee, FL) Content Links Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann’s Online Profile Book: “Pursuing Quality, Access and Affordability: A Field Guide to Improving Higher Education” (Ehrmann) In EDUCAUSE Review: “3Fold Gains: How Technology Can Improve Quality, Access, and Affordability in Higher Education” (Ehrmann) Article: “Chickering & Ehrmann, 1996” (aka “Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever”) Article: “Chickering & Gamson, 1987” (aka “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education”) [Archived WebSite] Carol Twigg’s National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) Report from Boston Consulting Group: “Making Digital Learning Work” Previous TOPcast Episodes Tagged with “Iron Triangle” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links Thomas B. Cavanagh’s Author (Novelist) Site Canadian Actor Tom Cavanagh’s Wikipedia Page Multiverse “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode! Bonus: Ehrmann on Chickering & Ehrmann (1996)

Hi this is Kelvin for TOPcast. As an accompaniment to episode 116, Tom and I would like to offer to everyone a brief bonus clip with Dr. Stephen C. Ehrmann from late 2021 in which Steve reflects on the impact of the famous article he co-wrote in 1996 with Arthur Chickering (The title of that article, if you are not familiar, is: “Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever” ) and in this clip, Steve shares a couple of delightful anecdotes surrounding the writing of the influential article. Download Transcript: PDF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GhWjoMc9iE

About Episode 115: As a companion piece to episode 111 on “onlineness,” in this episode hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the related concept of “blendedness” – the deliberate design of a unified in-person + online experience in ways that benefit students directly. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 115 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-Origin Kenya Karimikui from Cat & Cloud Coffee, Santa Clara, CA About Cat & Cloud Coffee Cat & Cloud: The Podcast Content Links From ECAR: “2019 Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology” Study: “Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies” (Barbara Means et al.) “What Is a Hybrid Course?” (from the Lasallian Way Online Podcast) From the BlendKit Course Materials: Mix Map Book (Free/Open): Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) Course Design (Beatty) TOPcast Episode #113: “The Three Students You Might Meet in Your Online Class” TOPcast Episode #111: “‘Onlineness:’ Necessity, Not Convenience” TOPcast Episode #97: “Finding the Right Mix of Modalities at Your Institution” TOPcast Episode #91: “Intermodal Learning” TOPcast Episode #85: “Blended Is the Future. (And It’s Not Just Courses)” TOPcast Episode #77: “Field Report 08: Strategic Blended Learning in ‘COVID Times’” TOPcast Episode #29:  “Designing Better Blended Learning” (with guest Dr. Norm Vaughan) TOPcast Episode #17: “Researching ‘Questions of Consequence’” (with guest Dr. Charles Graham) TOPcast Episode #4: “Blended Learning Part Deux: Designing the Optimal Blend” TOPcast Episode #3: “Blended Learning: Finding the Sweet Spot Between Faculty Preferences and Institutional Goals” Just for Fun Pop Culture Link “The Story of ‘WHASSUP?!’” “Where’s the beef?” “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.” “Gotta make the donuts.” [sic] Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz: “Speedy Alka-Seltzer” Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 114: NPR education correspondent Anya Kamenetz joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to pause for a holistic check-in evaluation of the on-going impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online higher education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 114 Show Notes: Anya Kamenetz, NPR education correspondent Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Texas Chocolate Mudslide from Katz Coffee (Houston, TX) About Katz Coffee Content Links Anya Kamenetz’s Online Profile Book: DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education (Kamenetz) Book: The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children’s Lives, And Where We Go Now (Kamenetz) Survey Results from CommonSense Media: “The Role of Media During the Pandemic: Connection, Creativity, and Learning for Tweens and Teens” Tea for Teaching Podcast: “Preventing Workplace Burnout” TOPcast Episode 65: ”Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future” TOPcast episode 98: “I Don’t Ever Want to Do [Online] Again!” Just for Fun Pop Culture Link In American Cinematographer: “Beyond The Frame: Rosemary’s Baby” Shatner Pause On YouTube: How to Change Your Car’s Air Filter Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 113: In this Season 8 opener, Tom and Kelvin share sample student profiles illustrating the varied needs of students enrolling in online courses, and they call for a strategy of integrated data to better inform such profiles. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 113 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Tanzania Coffee Beans Tanzanian Coffee History History of Coffee Production in Tanzania Content Links “Learning Analytics & Impact Evaluation” from UCF’s Division of Digital Learning “Interactive Facts” from UCF’s Institutional Knowledge Management UCF Online Course Modalities at UCF UCF’s Learning Institute for Elders TOPcast Episode 111: “Onlineness:” Necessity, Not Convenience Just for Fun Pop Culture Link The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Mitch Albom) Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode!

About Episode 112: Guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd join hosts Kelvin and Tom to bring some breaking news on governmental regulation that could change the way online higher education works in the US. Listen carefully and share with institutional colleagues to avoid unpleasant surprises. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 112 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-origin Ethiopia, Guji from Cooperative Coffee Roasters, Asheville, NC About Cooperative Coffee Roasters Pike Place Blend (served iced) from Starbucks Content Links Russ Poulin Online Bio Cheryl Dowd Online Bio From the WCET Frontiers Blog: “More Federal Rulemaking Excitement for Distance Ed Fans…and Next Steps” From the WCET Frontiers Blog: “Excited about March Madness? Proposed Section 32 Will Excite Distance Ed Fans” From the US Department of Education: “Negotiated Rulemaking 2021-2022” (Of particular note: “Institutional and Program Eligibility” sub-section) From the US Department of Education: “Issue Paper #6: Certification Procedures” (See subsection 32) National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) TOPcast Episode #58: “Fun with Regulations” (with Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd) Extra Special Feature Video Version of this Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)