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Episode 37: Teaching Plus has moved

In 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 36: Episode 21: Reflecting on Teaching

In 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 the article that inspired this practice, please see: Metz, M. A. (2018). Writing for comprehension, communication, and community: Blogging in the advanced psychology classroom. In T. L. Kuther (Ed.)., Integrating Writing into the College Classroom: Strategies for Promoting Student Skills. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/

Episode 35: Festival of Teaching and Learning 2020 Episode 5: Communicating research information for a general audience using a class blog

In 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/folders/1C3PeK_0BhPkICPGdAtBdJ17AVIeInKKO?usp=sharing Note: These checklists are only viewable by members of the University of Alberta community. To inquire about access outside of our institution, please contact Morgan at wadams@ualberta.ca Transcript of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zFNVODFGu8Av8xR_YQWOEcJQLzUdhjrRtq0nw-Q3EHo/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 35: Festival of Teaching and Learning 2020 Episode 4: Working with TAs Online

In 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 35: Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 3: Memory Encoding Techniques

In 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-c6ZKCud8nqH4qeR0eo0W5RFJ-gPD2ge5ZJmWQQPtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 34: Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 2: Teaching Culture

In 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: Successes in Online Education

In 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: Assessing Student Learning & Challenges of Online Education

In 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: Keeping Students Engaged in an Online Setting

In 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 34: Teaching Remotely with Dr. Roshan Abraham: Transitioning into Remote Education

In 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 33: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 7: Dr. José Bowen

In 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.

Episode 32: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 6: Dr. Lauren Sulz and Dr. Hayley Morrison

In 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-DNind6VVq5HpoloNqHomv9w/edit?usp=sharing

Episode 31: Teaching Remotely Series Episode 5: Dr. Julie Rak & Dr. Corrinne Harrol

In 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.mimiokabe.com/ and https://www.japanesefornikkei.com/ Transcript for episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wjgCYJbsnroRvuzz_7buOA_nnF4LqYt8hoi6Xlex4k/edit?usp=sharing

Teaching Remotely Series Episode 4: Dr. Mimi Okabe

This 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://metacognition.podbean.com/ Transcript of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f4LqAjIQXBjJCv_zLRJM-N-2sRTUpVPUY38M8bzubm0/edit?usp=sharing

Festival of Teaching & Learning 2020 Episode 1: Metacognition and Citations

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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