Teaching Plus
46 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -This podcast created by the University of Alberta's Centre for Teaching and Learning will delve into issues that post-secondary instructors face; how to improve your teaching, how to connect with students, and much more!
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Episode 37: Teaching Plus has moved
September 16, 2021 00:00 - 19 seconds - 459 KBWe've moved to https://ctl.guide/teachingplus
Episode 36: Episode 21: Reflecting on Teaching
April 06, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode, Educational Developer Ellen Watson is joined by Dr. John Nychka, professor in the Faculty of Engineering and the Vice Provost Learning Initiatives at the University of Alberta, to discuss reflecting on teaching. John shares his own experiences in becoming a reflective practitioner and provides reflection strategies that can lead to personal and professional growth. Episode transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1myr_w0QrPl8yLMovU8V99aN6MCpTtsI7/view?usp=sharing
Episode 35: Festival of Teaching and Learning 2020 Episode 5: Communicating research information for a general audience using a class blog
March 02, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. Jennifer Passey and Dr. Karsten Loepelmann, who both teach psychology courses at the University of Alberta, discuss how they used class blogs as a way to teach students to communicate research information for a general audience. Both Dr. Passey and Dr. Loepelmann had different approaches and both continued this practice when moving their class to remote instruction. To view Dr. Passey's blog, please see: https://psyco347interpersonalrelationships.family.blog/ To view ...
Episode 35: Festival of Teaching and Learning 2020 Episode 4: Working with TAs Online
February 16, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, Lead Educational Developer, Ellen Watson, is joined by Dr. Kara Schick-Makaroff and Ph.D. candidate, Morgan Wadams, to talk about their research into supporting the development of Teaching Assistants online. As a result of their work, Kara and Morgan have developed some resources to assist instructors and programs as they prepare TAs for non-traditional modalities of instruction. To view the checklists, please visit this google folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Episode 35: Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 3: Memory Encoding Techniques
February 02, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode in our series of podcasts highlighting presentations accepted to the 2020 Festival of Teaching and Learning, Ellen Watson, Lead Educational Developer at the U of A CTL is joined by Felicitas Kluger, Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Science about memory encoding techniques and how students can use these techniques to improve their memorization! Transcript of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NP8GxX1xcsWa0iysfyu6VxtgIJ_nUTpIOqjybEZ5CH0/edit?usp=sharing
Episode 34: Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 2: Teaching Culture
January 19, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.4 MBIn another episode in our series of podcasts highlighting presentations accepted to the 2020 Festival of Teaching and Learning, CTL's Ellen Watson is joined by Dr. Kyle Whitfield and Bryan Braul. Kyle and Bryan discuss their SoTL project investigating teaching culture in the Faculty of Extension and give our listeners insight into the important work of developing a teaching culture—even in a remote environment. Transcript of episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q-c6ZKCud8nqH4qeR0eo...
Episode 34: Teaching Remotely with Dr. Roshan Abraham: Successes in Online Education
January 14, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.38 MBIn this episode, CTL staff member, Chris Borger, is joined by Dr. Roshan Abraham, the Pre-Clerkship Director of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, to converse about the successes that Dr. Abraham has found while teaching remotely.
Episode 34: Teaching Remotely with Dr. Roshan Abraham: Assessing Student Learning & Challenges of Online Education
January 13, 2021 00:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBIn this episode, CTL staff member, Chris Borger, is joined by Dr. Roshan Abraham, the Pre-Clerkship Director of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, to reflect on the ways remote learning in a medical education context has affected the assessment of student learning, as well as challenges that Dr. Abraham has faced while teaching remotely.
Episode 34: Teaching Remotely with Dr. Roshan Abraham: Keeping Students Engaged in an Online Setting
January 12, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.07 MBIn this episode, CTL staff member, Chris Borger, is joined by Dr. Roshan Abraham, the Pre-Clerkship Director of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, to discuss strategies instructors can take to keep their students engaged while learning remotely.
Episode 34: Teaching Remotely with Dr. Roshan Abraham: Transitioning into Remote Education
January 11, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBIn this episode, CTL staff member, Chris Borger, is joined by Dr. Roshan Abraham, the Pre-Clerkship Director of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, to discuss his role at the University, and reflect on the steps that he has taken to transition into a world of remote learning within the context of medical education.
Episode 33: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 7: Dr. José Bowen
December 17, 2020 00:00 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, invite Dr. José Bowen to discuss a plethora of tangible and relatively simple ways to make an online course great, how to make online content more relevant and personal for students, and the impact of COVID-19 on the future of post-secondary education. Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HVOEd_a1IOGwUHXivPdZwVs2IMpJ1_ri3c39Tbqt8s4/edit?usp=sharing
Episode 32: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 6: Dr. Lauren Sulz and Dr. Hayley Morrison
December 09, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, invite Dr. Hayley Morrison and Dr. Lauren Sulz to discuss the impact of "emergency" online teaching for courses that centre on a physically interactive environment, like their physical education courses. Transcript for episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/145z4v2TjwfODYPiB2khUk6PCybLbnDXaL8t-n_VrDhU/edit?usp=sharing
Episode 31: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 5: Dr. Julie Rak & Dr. Corrinne Harrol
November 25, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, invite Dr. Julie Rak and Dr. Corrinne Harol to discuss encouraging inclusive environments in online courses including the opportunities and challenges presented by online instruction. Dr. Rak & Dr. Harol also share important strategies to consider when creating inclusive & just classrooms. Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s4_OvsH2348SJ7QYkRo-DNind6VVq5HpoloNqHomv...
Teaching Remotely Series Episode 4: Dr. Mimi Okabe
November 17, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, discuss teaching languages and literature remotely, using Instagram as a community building and assessment tool, and bringing a positive attitude to an online synchronous session with Modern Languages and Cultural Studies sessional instructor Dr. Mimi Okabe. Note: Japanese for Nikkei does no formal assessment. For more information or to contact Dr. Okabe, please see https://www.mimioka...
Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 1: Metacognition and Citations
November 10, 2020 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBThis is the first episode in our series of podcasts highlighting presentations accepted to the 2020 Festival of Teaching and Learning. In this episode, Ellen Watson, Senior Educational Developer at the U of A CTL is joined by Dr. Gregory Thomas, Professor in Secondary Education, and U of A librarians, Virginia Pow and Debbie Feisst to talk about their research into the use of podcasts to engage students' metacognition with citations. Dr. Thomas' podcast can be found at https://metacognitio...
Teaching Remotely Series Episode 3: Dr. Paul Gareau
November 02, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and educational developer, Jen Ward, discuss remote teaching from an indigenous perspective with Faculty of Native Studies professor Dr. Paul Gareau. Paul and Jen discuss how to create relationality and community in an online learning environment. Transcript of episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QOVoa-IkCf_bIjz6c66VkcQ3N7gvOR4OxnZInC0p_RU/edit?usp=sharing
Teaching Remotely Series Episode 2: Dr. Lisa Stein
October 21, 2020 23:02 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, discuss the move to teaching online with microbiologist, Dr. Lisa Stein. Lisa discusses assessment and active learning in the world of remote teaching. For CTL's resources about remote teaching, visit: https://ctl.guide/remoteteaching Transcript of episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10PADn7u_OcdlkyQTxGETt8awnNNa4K3y/view?usp=sharing
Teaching Remotely Series Episode 1: Dr. Billy Strean
October 08, 2020 18:21 - 27 minutes - 16 MBIn this episode, CTL instructional designer, Jordan Long, and senior educational developer, Ellen Watson, discuss the move to teaching online with 3M award winner, Dr. Billy Strean. Billy enlightens us on being human and how we might connect when we teach online. To find Billy, visit: https://www.adventuresinjoy.com/ Transcript of episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B3ELzWlpZUfVO2KAv9319ufWzyJcuBujparCkCpnJv4/edit?usp=sharing
Episode 20: Gender Pronouns, Teaching and Learning, and Cultures of Respect
July 31, 2020 00:00 - 14 minutes - 10.9 MBIn this episode, Educational Developers Jennifer Ward and Ellen Watson are joined by queer-pedagogue Tommy Mayberry of St. Jerome's University. Tommy discusses the use of pronouns (and other strategies) that we can use to connect our classrooms to our students.
Episode 19: Oral Exams in Undergraduate Courses
July 07, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBIn moving to online learning spaces, oral examinations are an option many are curious about exploring. In this episode, Dr. Brian Rempel, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Ingrid Urberg, Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies, and Dr. Shauna Wilton, Associate Professor of Social Sciences, all share their experiences using oral examinations in their courses and offer advice to those wanting to explore using oral exams in their courses.
Episode 18: How to interview students about academic integrity violations
July 01, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBCosette Lemelin and Roger Graves talk about The Talk: how should instructors go about conducting and interview with a student about a possible, probable, or even blatant academic integrity violation? We identify strategies and profile four different kinds of strategies students tend to use when they arrive for these conversations. This episode is also available on the Teaching Writing: Ideas and Strategies podcast accessible at: https://rogergraves.podomatic.com/
Episode 17: Experiences of Rapid Transition
June 16, 2020 00:00 - 9 minutes - 7.22 MBIn this podcast, Alex Gainer, associate lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at the U of A, discusses his experience of rapidly transitioning his courses to online delivery in the Winter 2020 term. In reflecting, Alex offers insights on what he has learned from the experience.
Episode 16: Academic Integrity in Online Teaching Environments: What do instructors need to know?
May 14, 2020 00:00 - 10 minutes - 7.41 MBIn this episode, Dr. Roger Graves and Ellen Watson, Senior Educational Developer, discuss how instructors might promote academic integrity (and prevent infractions) in their courses while teaching online. This podcast is published in conjunction with a blog of the same title at https://blog.ualberta.ca/academic-integrity-in-online-teaching-environments-88ec0b994bd0 and also available as an episode with the "Teaching Writing: Ideas and Strategies" podcast available at https://rogergraves.pod...
Episode 15: Developing more authentic graduate classroom assessments…taking risks and enhancing learning
April 14, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBCreating authentic classroom assessments are necessary for students to make more practical connections to their learning. We know that the use of performance assessments of experiential learning exercises tends to be less common in graduate classrooms and we don’t think it should be. In this episode, we discuss the experiences of an innovative-thinking instructor and how he went about developing and successfully implementing a four-day experiential learning exercise and performance assessmen...
Episode 14: Addressing Racism in the Classroom
March 27, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. Cathryn van Kessel from Secondary Education and Jennifer Ward and Ellen Watson from the CTL talk about how instructors might promote community by addressing potentially harmful comments made by students (especially those related to the COVID 19 pandemic) For information on Dr. van Kessel's work regarding this topic, please visit https://openeducationalberta.ca/grimeducator/
OE Week Episode 3: From the Student's Perspective
March 05, 2020 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.59 MBIn this final episode of our series celebrating Open Educational Resource Week 2020, Joel Agarwal, VP Academic for the University of Alberta Students' Union, discusses the benefits of using open educational resources in the classroom from a student perspective. For more on open education, see openeducationweek.org
OER Episode 3: From the Student's Perspective
March 05, 2020 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.59 MBIn this final episode of our series celebrating Open Educational Resource Week 2020, Joel Agarwal, VP Academic for the University of Alberta Students' Union, discusses the benefits of using OER in the classroom from a student perspective.
OER Episode 2: Creating an Open Textbook
March 04, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.3 MBIn this special episode (part 2 of 3 celebrating OER week), Tino Villatoro, shares his experiences with creating an Open Textbook for his students to explore Medical Laboratory Sciences!
OE Week Episode 2: Creating an Open Textbook
March 04, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.3 MBIn this special episode (part 2 of 3 celebrating OE week), Tino Villatoro, shares his experiences with creating an Open Textbook for his students to explore Medical Laboratory Sciences! For more on open education, see openeducationweek.org
OER Episode 1: OER & Copyright
March 03, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 8.94 MBInterested in Open Educational Resources (OER) but worried about what you can and cannot use or share? This podcast may help! In this special episode (part 1 of 3 celebrating OER week), Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright Librarian at the University of Alberta, shares advice on using OER materials and explains a bit about the copyright behind OER.
OE Week Episode 1: OER & Copyright
March 03, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutes - 8.94 MBInterested in Open Educational Resources (OER) but worried about what you can and cannot use or share? This podcast may help! In this special episode (part 1 of 3 celebrating OE week), Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright Librarian at the University of Alberta, shares advice on using OER materials and explains a bit about the copyright behind OER. For more on open education, see openeducationweek.org
Episode 13: Metacognition in the classroom
February 18, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBPost-secondary instructors are not only charged with teaching students content but, also, how to learn within their discipline. Dr. Greg Thomas, Professor of Secondary Education, discusses how instructors might begin to tap into learners' awareness and understanding of their own thought processes (a.k.a. their metacognition). In conversation with Dr. Neil Haave, Associate Director at the CTL, Dr. Thomas provides instructors some concrete suggestions they can begin to try in their own classro...
Episode 12: Improv-ing Teaching
January 13, 2020 21:44 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this podcast, Educational Developer Graeme Pate speaks with Microbiology professor, Dr. Lisa Stein, about the benefits (and the scary side) of using improv in her post-secondary classroom.
Episode 12: Gamification
December 10, 2019 16:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBCurious about gamifying your classroom? In this podcast, Jessica Ley, Instructional Designer with the Faculty of Nursing, joins Educational Developer Ellen Watson to talk about ways that instructors can bring game elements into their classroom.
Episode 11: Preventing Boredom in the Classroom
November 12, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBBanishing boredom in classrooms might be seen as an elusive goal. We know that banishing boredom takes both instructors and students, but what are some ways to begin? In this episode, we discuss common sources of boredom and explore strategies for banishing with Cheryl Poth from the CTL and Lia Daniels, Director of the Alberta Consortium for Motivation and Emotion in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta.
Episode 10: Teaching Observations
October 15, 2019 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MBTeaching observations are a great way to get another set of eyes on your teaching. In this episode of Teaching+, Educational Developers Cosette Lemelin and Ellen Watson chat with Dr. Melissa Li Sheung about her recent teaching observation with the CTL.
Episode 9: Using Student Feedback
September 17, 2019 00:00 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode, we talk to Dr. Lisa White about using student feedback throughout a course to evaluate how student's feel about the course material, how to improve the course, and how the immediacy of the information helps change the course in real time.
Episode 8: Gender Inclusive Classrooms
August 11, 2019 03:40 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this Teaching Plus podcast, Educational Developer Cosette speaks with Katie (who uses the pronouns she and her) and Rachel (who uses the pronouns she and they) about best strategies for creating teaching and learning environments that are welcoming and supportive of all genders and members of the LGBTQ+ communities. Cosette specifically asks them to discuss the use of pronouns in teaching and learning interactions. For more information, please see these websites: https://www.su.ualberta....
Episode 7: Teaching Dossiers
July 30, 2019 16:00 - 16 minutes - 22.5 MBThe teaching portfolio is becoming increasingly used across Universities in North America as a way to reflect on (and evaluate) teaching. Whether you are starting your first portfolio, or looking to revise, Drs. Janice Miller-Young and John Nychka have some great advice for you in this episode of Teaching+.
Episode 6: The Teaching Institute
July 16, 2019 00:00 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, CTL Academic staff Graeme Pate, Educational Developer, and Dr. Neil Haave, Associate Director, describe the new Teaching Institute being hosted by the University of Alberta Centre for Teaching and Learning. Some useful links for this podcast include: https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/teaching-institute https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/teaching-institute/denise-chalmers https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teach...
Episode 5: Creating A Rapport With Your Students
June 18, 2019 15:00 - 13 minutes - 18 MBDr. David Chorney, Associate Professor in Secondary Education, joins the Centre of Teaching and Learning's Director, Janice Miller-Young, in a conversation about creating (and maintaining) a positive rapport with your students.
Episode 4: Teaching Philosophies
May 14, 2019 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this podcast, we are featuring a recording made for our colleague podcast "Teaching Writing: Ideas and Strategies" produced by Roger Graves. In this episode, Roger and Cosette Lemelin discuss writing teaching philosophies just in time for preparing for faculty evaluations!
Episode 3: Resistance to Active Learning
April 03, 2019 17:02 - 17 minutes - 23.6 MBTried active learning in your class only to have students scoff at the idea? Don't give up hope! Cosette Lemelin and Neil Haave both academic staff at the UAlberta CTL sit down with Dr Maryellen Weimer, professor emerita of teaching and learning at Penn State Berks to discuss the use of active learning in the post-secondary classroom.
Episode 2: Two-Stage Exams
March 20, 2019 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBExams are a pretty common practice in post-secondary courses. Typically, exams consist of students showing what they know in a quiet room by individually writing an exam, but what if we thought of them differently? Carla Starchuk, an instructor with the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, joins Ellen Watson, Educational Developer at the CTL, to talk about her exams that take place in two phases - individual and group. Curious? Listen to this episode to know more.
Episode 1: Multifaceted Evaluation of Teaching
March 13, 2019 00:00 - 11 minutes - 9.46 MBAssessing our teaching can be a sticky and sensitive task. We know that we will receive anonymous student evaluations (USRIs at UAlberta) each year, but is this enough to really show the level of teaching? The UAlberta policies indicate that we should be assessing students using a multifaceted approach an, increasingly, there is discussion about assessing teaching the same way, but what does that mean? In this episode, we discuss a multifaceted approach to evaluating teaching with the help ...
Trailer: Introduction to Teaching Plus
February 28, 2019 00:00 - 2 hours - 758 KBIn this episode, we will enter begin our educational journey of enhancing your teaching through this podcast.