Tea for Teaching
Episodes
To Teach or Not to Teach
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty do not necessarily see themselves as administrators but good faculty can be valuable in administrative roles. In this episode, Kristin Croyle ...
Credential As You Go
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Students from low-income households often encounter barriers that prevent them from completing a degree. These students are left with a large burden o...
Engaged Teaching
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The past two years have been challenging for teachers to navigate and be excited about. In this episode, Claire Howell Major joins us to discuss what ...
Latina Educational Developers
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our intersectional identities impact our positionality in the work that we do. In this episode, Carol Hernandez joins us to discuss her qualitative re...
ePortfolios
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As David Wiley has noted, “disposable assignments” often have small impacts on student learning. In this episode Nikki Wilson Clasby joins us to ...
Pandemic Teaching: Week 109
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We take a break from our usual interview format in this episode to reflect on how our teaching has continued to evolve as we moved through a second ye...
Education in Prisons
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Education provides a pathway to a more secure and comfortable future for individuals living in poverty. This is especially true for those who are inca...
Guided Notetaking
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many college classes contain a substantial lecture component, but our students arrive at college with little or no training in taking effective notes....
The EmTech MOOC
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The technology tools that we use in our daily lives are constantly changing and evolving. In this episode, Cherie Van Putten and Nicole Simon join us ...
Include Instructors in Inclusive Instruction
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Educational developers often recommend teaching practices that assume instructors are in a position in which they can cede some of their authority to ...
Students Who Are Teachers
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Degree programs designed for practicing professionals need to be flexible and adaptive. In this episode, Kathryn Pole joins us to discuss the online m...
Inclusive History
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most history textbooks provide a narrative that is filtered through the lens of the dominant culture. In this episode, Vanessa Holden joins us to disc...
Trauma-Responsive Practice
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Typically, faculty have little knowledge of students’ personal histories, including any trauma that they may have experienced. In this episode, Em D...
A COIL Course
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to understand and work with people from other cultures is an important skill for students to develop in our globally interconnected and in...
Rooted Jazz Dance
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our disciplinary practices have histories that are important to acknowledge and share with our students. In this episode Lindsay Guarino, Carlos Jones...
A Sea of Troubles
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Students sometimes see our courses as abstract, irrelevant, and separate from their lives. In this episode, Bill and Elizabeth James join us to discus...
Student Mental Health
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty everywhere have been observing an increase in student reports of mental health issues during the last few years. In this episode, Katherine Wo...
Remembering and Forgetting
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cognitive psychology research continues to provide insight into how memory works. In this episode, Michelle Miller joins us to discuss how this resear...
Interleaved Practice
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Students engaging in blocked practice focus their efforts on a particular topic and then move on to the next topic in sequence, resulting in a percept...
Disability and Higher Ed
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty, staff, and students with disabilities constantly have to negotiate when and if to disclose their disability status and whether or not to requ...
Perceptions of Education
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As faculty, we have our own views of the role of education in our society, but do students share these views? In this episode, Josh Eyler joins us to ...
Rigor
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In academia, the term “rigor” is often code for gatekeeping and exclusion. In this episode, Jordynn Jack and Viji Sathy join us to discuss ways of...
Blended Learning
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Although new to many as a result of the pandemic, blended learning has a long history of effective use. In this episode, Chuck Dziuban and Patsy Moska...
Grading Justice
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Traditional grading systems can encourage students to focus on their grades rather than on their learning, and favor continuing generation students wh...
Fall 2021 Reflections
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since we started this podcast four years ago in November 2017, we’ve taken a break from our usual interview format at the end of each fall semester ...
Resilient Pedagogy
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The global pandemic resulted in rapid and dramatic changes in instructional practices. These transitions were supported by many resources created and ...
Transformative Storytelling
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the earliest days of human society, storytelling has played an important role in transmitting and sharing knowledge. In this episode, Laura Colke...
Wicked Students
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the training that students receive in college involves working with well-defined problems that can be resolved using the tools and techniques ...
Faculty Mindset
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Research on the impact of mindset has often centered on the mindset of the student. In this episode, Elizabeth Canning joins us to discuss the impact ...
What Inclusive Instructors Do
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our students bring a rich diversity in their life experiences, skills, and prior knowledge to our classrooms. In this episode, Tracie Marcella Addy, D...
A Pedagogy of Kindness
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The informal culture of some academic departments can facilitate an atmosphere of mutual mistrust between faculty and students. In this episode, Cate ...
Military-Affiliated Students
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One student population that is often overlooked in campus DEI initiatives is the population of military-affiliated students. In this episode Kenneth J...
Efficient Mentoring and Communication
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most successful academics have been influenced by mentors who provided support, encouragement, and guidance. Maintaining effective mentoring relations...
Leveraging Disney Magic
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is easy for students to see academic inquiry as something separate from their daily lives. Learning is enhanced, though, when students can connect ...
U.S. Regulations for Online Classes
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To be eligible for U.S. federal financial aid funding, colleges and universities offering distance learning programs must satisfy new federal regulati...
Tutoring
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Equity gaps in educational outcomes play a major role in perpetuating economic inequality. In this episode, Philip Oreopoulis joins us to discuss hi...
Preventing Workplace Burnout
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty who have spent the past 18 months teaching during a global pandemic often report that they are experiencing burnout. In this episode, Kristin ...
Critical Race Theory
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Multiple states have introduced legislation banning the discussion of critical race theory at all levels of public education. In this episode Cyndi Ke...
Returning to the Classroom
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we move into the fall semester, most institutions had planned on return to primarily face-to-face classroom instruction. However, the growth of the...
Beyond Trigger Warnings
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us have been told to provide trigger warnings to protect students who have been harassed, sexually assaulted, or abused. In this episode, Nico...
Teaching for the Public Good
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When designing a course, faculty and instructional designers often focus on the course as a discrete entity without considering its role in the instit...
Revisiting Diverse Classrooms
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As diversity and inclusion initiatives mature, evaluation and improvement are prioritized. In this episode, Melina Ivanchikova and Matt Ouelett join u...
Active Learning Initiative Revisited
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 12 of this podcast, Doug McKee joined us to discuss the Active Learning Initiative at Cornell. In this episode, Doug returns to give us an ...
Humanized Teaching
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Looking to the future as an instructor in higher education can seem daunting, especially as we plan for a more equitable future. In this episode, Je...
The Coffee Shop
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty development is often done in isolation on a single campus, school, or institution. In this episode Jodi Robson, Brandon McIntire, and Margaret...
Supporting Faculty Equity
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Women faculty of color experience significant workload differences in course loads, advisement, and dealing with micro and macro aggressions. In this ...
Minding Bodies
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Visualize a classroom. Perhaps there’s a whiteboard in front with students seated. We tend not to think of the outdoors or students actively moving ...
Making Team Projects Work
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to work effectively in teams is a skill that is highly valued by the employers of college graduates. Group projects in college classes, th...
Skim, Dive, Surface
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Digital texts and materials have been increasingly used in college classes. In this episode Jenae Cohn joins us to explore some of the affordances of ...
Moving Forward
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a year of experimentation during the pandemic we can reflect on practices worth keeping. In this episode, Martha Bless joins us to examine what ...
Academic Integrity
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The global pandemic resulted in a dramatic increase in online instruction. This was accompanied by an expansion of the use of online services that, in...
Teaching with Zoom
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an explosion in the use of remote synchronous instruction, a modality that was rarely used until March 2020. In this...
Student-Ready Courses
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
College faculty sometimes complain that many of the first-year students who enter their courses are not “college ready.” In this episode, Natalie ...
Talking Tech
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Student use of mobile technology can enrich student learning experiences, but can also interfere with the focused attention that is essential for lear...
Super Courses
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Students often see our classes as boxes that they need to check in order to graduate. By reframing our courses around fascinating big questions that s...
Model Online Teaching
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology has identified 6 evidence-based criteria for model teaching. In this episode, Aaron Richmond, Regan Gurung,...
Engaging Students
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As faculty we don’t always have the opportunity to talk to students about their overall learning experience and what has worked well for them as stu...
Student Workload
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
College students throughout the country have reported substantial increases in their workload during the 2020-21 academic year. Few faculty members,...
Gender and Groups
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we sort students into cooperative learning groups, we often attempt to create balanced groups that reflect the diversity of the students in our c...
Capstone Experience
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a course in which the faculty member is a coach who guides students through a real-world project with messy data and the problem-solving that ...
Google Apps
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cloud-based collaborative software can support active and engaged learning in both synchronous and asynchronous contexts. In this episode, Dr. Kathlee...
It's Been a Year.
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago, our campus announced that it was shutting down for a two-week pause so that the COVID-19 pandemic could be brought under control. To help ...
Teaching for Learning
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we again begin planning for the uncertainties of the fall semester, it is helpful to have a rich toolkit of evidence-based teaching practices that ...
Blogging in Unexpected Disciplines
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you’ve seen professional development sessions about digital portfolios or blogs and thought, “that is not relevant to my classes.” In this...
Critical Thinking
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I want my students to think more critically” is a familiar statement in higher education, especially when we mix in conspiracy theories, pseudosc...
Embracing Change
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty who had to shift to teaching online for the first time due to the pandemic were forced to confront their habits and typical ways of teaching i...
HyFlex in Practice
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many campuses saw the HyFlex modality as a panacea that could resolve the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Kev...
Pseudoscience
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In an era of conspiracy theories and fake news, our students come into our classes with misconceptions and misunderstandings about our disciplines. In...
Advancing Online Learning
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve focused a lot on faculty switching modalities during the pandemic, but even experienced online instructors have faced new challenges redesigni...
Burnout
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Unrealistic expectations and increasing workloads have been present in higher ed for a long time, but have been exacerbated by the pandemic. In this e...
Preparing for Spring 2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The global pandemic forced many faculty to rapidly transition to new teaching modalities during the spring and summer of 2020, substantially increasin...
Statistical Simulations
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abstract concepts can be really difficult for students to grasp. In this episode, Matt Anderson joins us to discuss how simulations can be used to mak...
Synchronous Online Learning
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic forced many faculty to experiment in different modalities in 2020. In this episode, we reflect on our own teaching experiences with synch...
Supporting Persistence
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some students thrive in online courses and some students struggle. In this episode, Dr. Becky Cottrell joins us discuss the impact of student characte...
Course Villain
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A number of online services exist that facilitate academic dishonesty. In this episode, Zachary Dixon and Kelly George join us to discuss Course Vil...
Educational Pipeline
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A college degree, especially in one of the STEM fields, can provide students with higher incomes, more stable employment prospects, and more pleasant ...
New Faculty in a Pandemic
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Being a new faculty member at a new institution can be challenging in normal times, but also has additional hurdles during COVID-19. Most institutions...
Student Voices
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As teachers we may ask for, and act on, student feedback periodically throughout the semester or from semester to semester. What we often don’t hear...
Bichronous Learning
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When we talk about online learning we often focus on asynchronous learning. In this episode, Jessica Kruger joins us to discuss the creation of rich o...
Relationship-Rich Education
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many students enter our colleges and universities with hopes for a better future, but depart, often with a large burden of debt, before achieving thei...
Inclusive Communication
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Communication in academia has hidden and unwritten rules that present barriers for students. In this episode, Kristina Ruiz-Mesa joins us to discuss i...
Nurturing a Growth Mindset
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions and past experiences can lead us to develop fixed mindsets in particular aspects of our lives and learning. In this episode, Kelly Theisen jo...
Distracted
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is easy to become distracted when materials or experiences seem irrelevant, unobtainable, or uninteresting. In this episode, James Lang joins us to...
Takeover
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tea for Teaching has been taken over this week by a couple of our favorite authors! Join our friends, Sarah Rose Cavanagh and Josh Eyler, as they inte...
Social Annotation
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you struggle to get students to complete readings or to deeply discuss readings in an online environment? In this episode, Margaret Schmuhl joins...
Remote Proctoring
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty who rely on high-stakes proctored exams in their classrooms often attempt to replicate this approach in online instruction by using remote pro...
Sharing Disciplinary Pedagogies
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many faculty are either the only, or one of a few, at their institution who teach a particular course, which can feel isolating, especially as we trou...
Structured for Inclusion
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learning spaces that are effective for all students require careful planning and design. In this episode, Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan join us to discus...
Motherhood, Poetry, and Academia
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pursuing degrees and careers without role models can be challenging, no matter what the discipline. In this episode, Camille Dungy, an academic, mot...
Video Conferencing
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Although video conferencing tools are not new, the global pandemic has resulted in a dramatic expansion in faculty use of this technology in their lea...
Pedagogies of Care: Sensory Experiences
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we resume a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Martin Springborg and Susan Hrach joi...
Academic Ableism
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
COVID-19 has raised the profile of equity issues related to disability as more and more of higher education has shifted online even though many of the...
Active Learning: 6 Feet of Separation
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the fall 2020 semester, many faculty will be working in a classroom environment in which they will be in a classroom using a video conferencing...
OSCQR
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many faculty are finding themselves teaching a fully online course for the first time this fall. In this episode Alexandra Pickett joins us to discuss...
Lessons Learned Online
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty new to online instruction often attempt to replicate their face-to-face learning activities in the online environment, only to discover that t...
Pedagogies of Care: Ungrading
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Dr Susan Blum joins us to talk abou...
Pedagogies of Care: Evidence Based Practices
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Dr. Michelle Miller joins us to dis...
Pedagogies of Care: Creativity
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is creativity something you value in the work that students produce? In this episode, Natasha Haugnes and Martin Springborg join us to discuss ways to...
Pedagogies of Care: Equity and Inclusion
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Dr. Cyndi Kernahan and Dr. Kevin Ga...
Pedagogies of Care: Students as Humans
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue a series of interviews with participants in the Pedagogies of Care project. In this episode, Sarah Rose Cavanagh and Josh Eyler ...