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TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
Education Podcasts
Hosted by Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson, the Teaching Online Podcast (TOPcast) takes a fun and informative look at the various trends, best practices and technologies in the realm of online education.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Hosted by Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson, the Teaching Online Podcast (TOPcast) takes a fun and informative look at the various trends, best practices and technologies in the realm of online education.
Twitter:
@topcastnow
Language:
English
Website:
http://topcast.online.ucf.edu/
Email:
topcast@ucf.edu
Episodes
Episode 166: High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses
7/15/2024
Guest Dr. Justin Shaffer joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the role high structure course design can play in making online STEM courses more effective… and fun!
Duration:00:31:02
Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK
7/1/2024
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students.
Duration:00:28:44
Episode 164: Student Success Coaching Online
6/17/2024
Dr. Jenny Sumner joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the growing role “coaching” plays, especially online, in centering students and their success within our higher ed work.
Duration:00:31:56
Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course”
6/3/2024
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students.
Duration:00:30:10
Episode 162: Listen and Act Now! US ED’s Proposed Online Changes
5/20/2024
In this time-sensitive episode (listen now!), return guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd explain how proposed actions by the US Department of Education (US ED) may negatively impact many online learners and US higher education institutions.
Duration:00:49:07
Episode 161: Taste the Rainbow of Online Ed’s Possible Futures
5/6/2024
In this Season 10 kick-off episode, hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh revisit a “time capsule” of past predictions and pivot toward the various flavors of “possible futures” available now in online education.
Duration:00:35:33
Episode 160: “Remember the Why:” Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments
4/15/2024
Guest Dr. Jean Mandernach joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss how faculty and instructional designers can design more meaningful and engaging learning assignments for students, online or anywhere.
Duration:00:30:20
Episode 159: “Adjusting Your Sails” in Online Ed Based on the Data
4/1/2024
Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through the importance of consulting trusted sources of data and information as the basis for sound decision making in online education, no matter what role one holds.
Duration:00:34:23
Episode 158: AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More Useful
3/18/2024
Guest Nicolaas Matthijs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the emergence of AI-assistance built into educational technology platforms and how this is a departure from past phases of artificial intelligence implementation.
Duration:00:32:42
Episode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access Programs
3/4/2024
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin summarize the current issues surrounding proposed changes to “inclusive access programs” for digital instructional materials and how this affects the affordability work of digital education professionals.
Duration:00:29:37
Episode 156: Reframing the Data That Tell the Stories About Online Students
2/19/2024
Guest Dr. Carmin Chan joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to consider how we might reframe the typical institutional data that might not present clearly the needs and progress of post-traditional learners served by online education.
Duration:00:31:32
Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How.
2/5/2024
In this episode, spring-boarding from one of the chapters in the new SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education, hosts Kelvin and Tom advocate for high-quality online discussions and reflect upon research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences.
Duration:00:22:25
Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed
1/15/2024
Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational programs.
Duration:00:28:20
Episode 153: Better Serving Learners Through Transformed Business Models
1/1/2024
As a follow-up to the pre-2024 call-in show, hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through the need to re-examine, challenge, and change existing institutional structures as we seek to serve learners better - both existing students and a wider variety of potential new students.
Duration:00:30:50
Episode 152: Still “Be Prepared” for Disruption with Digital Learning
12/18/2023
Guest Patti O’Sullivan joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the significance of advance planning for academic continuity and the role that digital teaching and learning can play. Important all the time - not just for global pandemics.
Duration:00:33:01
Episode 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!”
12/4/2023
In this “call-in show” episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by multiple voices from the online education community to help us all make sense of 2023’s disruptions and make the most of 2024’s opportunities in our collective work. Themes include meeting the needs of diverse potential students and incorporating continually-evolving AI resources in this work.
Duration:00:28:16
Episode 150: A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education
11/20/2023
Guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to talk about the importance of cultivating a more global perspective on our online higher education field and shares how a new book can help. The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education is out now.
Duration:00:30:09
Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years
11/6/2023
Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years.
Duration:00:21:10
Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation
10/16/2023
Guest Jared Stein joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the ways that we think about, talk about, and foster innovation in our higher education digital learning context, to the benefit of students and faculty.
Duration:00:31:02
Episode 147: “Faculty Preparation” and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8
10/2/2023
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss highlights from and reactions to the CHLOE 8 report, including the importance of faculty preparation, other quality assurance practices, and more.
Duration:00:31:14