The FACILITATOR
Episodes
Ep 53- Teaching with A.I. co-Author Q&A Highlights w/ Dr. C. Edward Watson
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Select highlights of a Q&A on Teaching with A.I. with Dr. C. Edward Watson. Dr. Watson is Vice President for Digital Innovation with the American ...
Ep 52- Local Teaching Excellence: Anna Plank & Jordynn Liggett - Zoom Mini Recordings (LunCHAT Highlights)
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of Feb 17 Teachers' LunCHAT where Anna Plank & Jordynn Liggett of NCSC Registered Nursing program shared and took peer questions on wha...
Ep 51- Hacking Tools for Enhancing Instructor Presence
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In our increasingly artificiality infused world, how can we hack tools for increasing our presence and connection to our students? Shella & Mike d...
EP 50 - Flexible Due Dates
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike are back for a new year of teaching tips! We kick off the new year with a powerful cheating buster of adding flexibility in due date...
Ep 49- Holiday Teaching Reading & Listening List
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike are makin a list! Of Teaching resources for reading or listening or watching over break to help enhance your classes! Resources in t...
Ep 48- Opposite of Cheating Q&A Highlights w/ Dr Tricia Bertram Gallant
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Very special pre-holiday treat of select highlights of a Q&A on AI v. Academic Integrity with Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant. Dr Bertram Gallant is an...
Ep 47- 2 Teaching Tools & 2 Teaching Techniques We're Thankful For
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of US Thanksgiving, Shella & Mike each share 2 Teaching Tools & 2 Teaching Techniques they are thankful for - with a couple bonus hon...
Ep 46- AI Detector Tools
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike delve into the choppy waters of AI detector tools and look at their weak points and offer tips on how to use them as part of a gener...
Ep 45- The 9 Events of Instruction & importance for AI Age
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Shella on vacation this week, Mike flies solo this week to talk about the WHAT/ WHY & HOW of the excellent template for instruction that is t...
Ep 44- Authentic Assessment
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike look at the professor's wunder weapon that is Authentic Assessment - with lessons from Covid about how it can not only address stude...
Ep 43- First Day/Week of Class Tips
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike talk about keys to the start of class for both first day and week to set the table for success, engagement & retention: Curiosit...
Ep 42- Flipped Classroom
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike talk about the oldie but a goodie of the 'Flipped' Classroom for live session classes (Hybrid or traditional). What, Why & How &...
Ep 41- Grading Rubrics
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike talk about one of the indispensable teaching tools to any college teacher- Grading Rubrics. They discuss different kinds, how to get...
Ep 40- AI for Good in Teaching
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike looks at some of the silver linings AI offers professors that can make good things happen in our teaching, as well as current crop o...
Ep 39- Online Office Hours (Hacking Zoom 2)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike talk tips for how to have online 'office hours' that Students will utilize, as well emerging trends for re imagining office hours to...
Ep 38- Live Online Class Interaction for Engagement (Hacking Zoom 1)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike delve into the WHAT/ WHY & HOWs for adding different levels of interaction to your live Zoom online classes to engage students f...
Ep 37- Student VOICE & CHOICE
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike talk about the What, why & how to tap into the great power of giving your students voice & choice. As well as best practic...
Ep 36- Local ADJUNCT Teaching Excellence: Kristina Butke
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with North Central State College English Adjunct Kristina Butke (MFA -, Seton Hill University, BA - English Literature, Capital University) ...
Ep 35 - Hacking Quality Matters: Standard 5 - ACTIVITIES/ INTERACTION
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike's chat about tips to Hack Quality Matters (QM) Course Design Rubric- Standard #5 : ACTIVITIES. Three specific levels of building the...
Ep 34 - Hacking Quality Matters: Standard 3- Assessment (Live Highlights)
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpt of Shella & Mike's Live workshop on tips to Hack Quality Matters (QM) Course Design Rubric- Standard #3 : Assessment. Three specific level...
Ep 33 - Hacking Quality Matters: Standard 2 - Learning Objectives (Live Highlights)
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpt of Shella & Mike's Live workshop on tips to Hack Quality Matters (QM) Course Design Rubric- Standard #2 : Learning Objectives. Three speci...
Ep 32 - 4 Steps to Educative Assessment
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The primary method to assess what our students know, throughout Higher ed, remains stuck in a silo to simply audit and provide a grade, rather than ...
Ep 31 - Hacking Powerpoint for Effective Presentations with Pecha Kucha
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'Death by Powerpoint' is real. We know from the literature that doing default Powerpoint presentations reduces comprehension, retention and engagement...
Ep 30 - Hacking Quality Matters: Standard 1 Course Intro (Live)
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpt of Shella & Mike's Live workshop on tips to Hack Quality Matters (QM) Course Design Rubric- Standard #1 (Course Introduction). Three speci...
Ep 29 - Mini Lecture Recording Top Tips
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike does a brief dive into a collection of top tips for making cognitive friendly, reusable and easy to maintain mini lecture 'chunks' with a profess...
EP 28 - James Lang's "Small Teaching" Low/No Prep Learning Science Best Practices
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike takes a spin at a brief WHAT/WHY/HOW of James Lang's "Small Teaching." Now in its 2nd edition, Lang's book wonderfully lays out and distills 3 ke...
Ep 27 - Usability of Course Sites & Materials
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Flying solo, Mike dives into how application of principles from usability research to our course sites & materials can promote student success, en...
EP 26 -Alternatives to Lecturing
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amid the ongoing scrutiny of the value of higher ed education, Shella & Mike dive into the timely topic of how to increase the learning value of c...
Ep 25 - Activating Prior Learning For Engagement
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wading into the WHAT/ WHY & HOW of levering the powerful learning science of Activating Prior Learning for Engagement, support student (& Facu...
Ep 24 - 8 Week Courses Best Practice Tips
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tackling the HOW of Best Practices for teaching condensed/ accelerated 8 week courses for optimizing student success. Shella & Mike get into Seque...
Ep 23 - Perusall Social Annotation Tool for Engagement & Scaffolding
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shella & Mike discuss the WHAT/ BENEFITS/ HOW & UNIQUENESS of the Perusall 'Social Annotation' tool. Perusall allows instructors to assign s...
Ep 22 - Online Discussions Best Practice Tips
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Excerpt of the 6/11/24 Teaching Tips Tuesday session on improving online discussions with guest Star Officer Dave Kopeke from the NCSC Criminal Justic...
Ep 21 - Redesigning Assignments for AI Cheating Resistance
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WHAT & WHY of Redesigning college Assignments for the AI Age. 14 ways HOW to both make assignments resistant to cheating with AI, but also use the...
Ep 20 - Transparent Randomized Selection of Students/Groups
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Basic Intro to the best practice teaching technique of transparent, randomized selection of students/ groups to call on to start/ continue/ extend act...
Ep 19 - Team-Based Learning (TBL) Online Asynchronous
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Follow-up to Ep 18 with how to adapt the best practice active learning course design of Team-Based Learning (TBL) for a fully online asynchronous form...
Ep 18 - TEAM-BASED LEARNING (+NCSC Lessons)
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Basic Intro to the best practice active learning course design of Team-Based Learning (TBL) utilized throughout the world to great effect, as well as ...
Ep 17 - Local Teaching Excellence: Sara Rollo Prt2 - Reflections
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of Interview with Sara Rollo of North Central State's Math program - sharing how she has had success with Reflections to promote student engage...
Ep 16 - Local Teaching Excellence: Sara Rollo Prt1 - Mini Lecture Recordings w/Zoom
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of Interview with Sara Rollo of North Central State's Math program - sharing how she has had success with Mini Lecture Recordings with Zoom to ...
Ep 15 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT 7: RESPECT DIVERSE WAYS OF LEARNING
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 7- Respect Diver...
Ep 14 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT 6: HIGH EXPECTATIONS
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 6- High Expectat...
Ep 13 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT5: STUDENT Time On Task
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 5- Support STUDE...
Ep 12 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT4:”PROMPT” FEEDBACK
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 4- Prompt Feedba...
Ep 11 -7Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT3: ACTIVE LEARNING
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 3- Active Learni...
Ep 10 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT2: STUDENT-STUDENT INTERACTION
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 2- Encourage Stu...
Ep 9 -7 Best Teaching Practices Local Examples PRT1: FACULTY-STUDENT INTERACTION
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Low/No Prep Examples & ideas from local NCSC Faculty & proven others on how to implement the 7 Best Teaching Practices - PART 1- Encourage Fac...
Ep 8 - Local Teaching Excellence: Jason Tucker Prt3 - Time on Task w Canvas & Inspirations
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 & conclusion of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Supporting Ti...
Ep 7 - Local Teaching Excellence: Jason Tucker Prt2 - High Expectations via Simulated Audit
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Surprise Simulated Audit Exerc...
Ep 6 - Local Teaching Excellence: Jason Tucker Prt 1- Active Learning with Case Studies
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of Interview with Jason Tucker of North Central State's BioScience program - sharing how he has had success with Active Learning using Case Stu...
Ep 5 - REFLECTION
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on the under utilized teaching super power of Reflection for enhancing student outcomes. For more info or to consult on anything on any Fac...
Ep 4 - SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Small Groups for GOOD in Learning! Why do SMall Group activities had a bad rep?! What is even the value of the things?! How to do them well? For more ...
Ep 3 - ONLINE DISCUSSIONS
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion on Discussions! What are the goals/ roles and good and bad practices around discussion boards? For more info or to consult on anything on a...
Ep 2 - OPEN Ed. Rsrcs. (OER)
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brief OER primer on what Open Ed. Rsrcs. (OER) are, use/ remixing, starting points & impact on NCSC. LINKS: Open Textbook Library | CC Licenses ...
Ep 1 - ACTIVE LEARNING
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Brief primer intro and chat by Dr. Ratvasky & mike on what Active Learning is, sources & examples. Links mentioned: [email protected] www...