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Showing posts with label Higher Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Higher Education. Show all posts
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Friday, December 10, 2021
S5E4 The Question That Shall Not Be Asked
Tenisha and Beth veer from their normal episode format to think about the question "How are you?"
Show Notes
Articles
- "What to Ask Instead of ‘How Are You' During a Pandemic"
- "How to answer that ‘How are you?’ question when everything is awful"
- "In Their Own Words, Americans Describe the Struggles and Silver Linings of the COVID-19 Pandemic"
- Coping with Stress – CDC
Book
- The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Christmas/Holiday Movies
- Die Hard (1988)
- Elf (2003)
- Jingle Jangle (2020)
- Happiest Season (2020)
- Single All the Way (2021)
- Lifetime
- Hallmark
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
S5E3 Assessment in Online Education
Tenisha and Beth are joined by Christina Clark and Julie Morrison, both from GCC, to discuss assessment strategies for online courses. Note: This episode was recorded while we were in the midst of remote and fully online instruction.
Show Notes
People
GCC Learning Opportunities
- Reimagine (for GCC Faculty—Contact GCC CTLE)
- GCC CTLE
- Strategies for Effectively Teaching Online (for GCC Faculty)
- Online Course Template (for GCC faculty)
GCC's Assessment Site
OER
Formative Assessment
Other links we discussed
Monday, November 15, 2021
S5E2 Gettin' Down in DEI Town
Tenisha and Beth talk with Alexander Patrick, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and faculty at GCC.
Show Notes
DEI at GCC
Upcoming Events for Alexander Patrick
- Underland: The Last Nightmare (dancing as the Caterpillar) Nov. 11-13, 2021
- Langston Hughes' Black Nativity (dancing as Joseph) Dec. 3-19, 2021
- Dorian Gray (dancing as Lord Henry), Jan. 27-29, 2022
- Alexander on homepage of Scorpius Dance Theater
Monday, September 20, 2021
S5E1 Out of the Ashes
Tenisha and Beth talk with Cheryl Colan, the show producer, about new equipment faculty at GCC can check out from the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Engagement, and ideas for using with students.
Show Notes
The equipment we talked about
- RØDECaster Pro (aka "RØDE-y")
A RØDECaster Pro in use - LED Lights and Desktop LED Lights
LED photo light (comes with a stand) Soft white desk lights
- Portable Green Screen
Imagine "shhhhhk" sound effects - Zoom H6 Portable Audio Recorder
portable audio recorder with different mics
Other links
- Alisa Cooper's @JRN203 Weekly Gaucho Podcast, and great example student work by student journalist Bette Griffen: Season 3, Ep. 10 "Workforce Warriors"
- GCC CTLE: home page and equipment request form
- GCC folks can book a consultation with Cheryl
- Maricopa Community Colleges Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Guiding Principles
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Catching Up With Karim
Show Notes
Beth and Tenisha follow up with Karim Soto, a former Glendale Community College student they interviewed two years ago after he returned from researching glass frogs in Costa Rica. They catch up with Karim on the eve of his graduation from Arizona State University.
- Interview with Karim Soto, GCC Student (the first interview)
- TEA Phoenix
- The Mandalorian
- Organization for Tropical Studies
- Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology: "Causes of embryonic mortality in Espadarana prosoblepon (Anura: Centrolenidae) from Costa Rica" (links to issue of journal where you can find a pdf of this article)
- Wonder Woman 1984
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Campus Chat with Safiya O'Brien
Please join Tenisha and Beth for a chat with Safiya O’Brien, former adjunct instructor from GCC and new full-time faculty at MCC. What is she looking forward to and how is the pandemic affecting her outlook as a new full-time instructor?
Show Notes
- Safiya O'Brien, MCC English Faculty
- Polly Laubach, GCC CTLE Training & Development Consultant
- Christine Jones, GCC English Faculty
- Renee Smith, GCC Library Faculty
- Imposter Syndrome
Monday, August 24, 2020
Mindfulness
Thank you to our guests for this episode on Mindfulness!
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| From left to right: Deborah Roseke, Dana Jiang, Fernando Romero |
Deborah: Deborah Roseke currently serves as the Administrative Specialist Senior in the Chemistry & Physical Science Departments at GCC and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Arts Management from Northern Arizona University. Participating in the meditation space and as a GCC Foster Champion on campus serves a lifelong passion of contributing meaningful engagement that results in improving lives in the local community. In her free time, Deborah enjoys meditation, hiking, reading, and crochet. Contact Deborah via GCCAZ's Chemistry Department.
Dana: Born in China’s rural Heilongjiang province, Jin-Hua Dana Jiang immigrated to the U.S. when she was about eleven years old. For a decade, Jiang lived in various Buddhist temples in the U.S.—all founded by her great-granduncle Master Hsuan Hua—and lived as a nun from 12 to 17. In 2006, Jiang graduated from the University of California, San Diego, with a BA in Chinese Studies, and she also completed 9 credits in Master in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University in Boston. Currently, she works for Glendale Community College in Arizona and, in accordance with her interests, has run an on-campus group meditation space for the past five years. In her free time, Jiang enjoys meditation, hiking, swimming, and attending spiritual retreats. Reach Dana through GCCAZ's Center for Learning.
Fernando: Fernando's doctorate degree was awarded by the Learning Program in the Division of Psychology in Education at Arizona State University. His 20 years of teaching experience includes teaching in K-12 environments as well as in higher education institutions. He has been faculty at GCC since 2005 where he teaches positive psychology, human development, cultural psychology, and introduction to psychology. He occasionally consults and provides training for organizations that are interested in integrating mindfulness, meditation, and positive psychology principles for personal and professional development. See Fernando's GCCAZ faculty profile.
Show Notes
- The Mindfulness Space at Glendale Community College, AZ
- "Bringing Mindfulness to the Workplace"
- "Prevalence of Mindfulness Practices in the US Workforce: National Health Interview Survey"
- Spirit Rock Retreat that Dana was involved with
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Academic Integrity
Show Notes
Tenisha and Beth talk about academic integrity, its challenges, and some strategies.- Cheating in Academic Institutions: A Decade of Research
- Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning
- Why a Plagiarism Detection Company is a Billion Dollar Business
- Why College Students Cheat: A Conceptual Framework of Five Factors
- PBL 2019 Immersive Virtual International Conference
- Why They Can’t Write
- Teaching in Higher Ed
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust Students
- Thanks to Giulia Forsythe for her very cool Academic Integrity doodle, licensed in the Public Domain, which is used as this episode's artwork
Monday, October 28, 2019
Difficult Conversations in the Classroom
Show Notes
Beth and Tenisha talk with Terri Desai, Political Science Faculty at #GCCAZ, about ways to handle difficult conversations in the classroom.
- Socratic Method
- Socratic Method in the Classroom
- Rutgers
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Difficult Conversations by Stone, Patton, and Heen
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
- Jonathan Van Ness Over the Top
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Burnout 2.0
Show Notes
Our listeners asked for it, and here it is—more on Burnout! And just in time for the start of a new, busy, and successful semester. Listen now to Burnout 2.0, so you can be proactive instead of reactive to signs of burnout.- Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
- Unlocking the Code to Human Resiliency: Building Professional Resiliency Against Burnout, Traumatic Stress, and Compassion Fatigue by Thomas Aubrey and J. Eric Gentry
- The Three Day Effect: How Nature Calms Your Brain by Florence Williams
- "The Answer is Not Self-Care" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
- She-Hulk
- In the Dark, season 2
- Spiderman: Far From Home
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Assessment
Show Notes
- Dr. Julie Morrison
- Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide by Linda Suskie
- Burnout, S1E4
- Robot-Proof, S2E5
- Culturally Responsive Teaching, S1E6
- Twenty-first Century Teacher, S1E2
- 6th Annual Arizona Assessment Conference
- National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
- American Association of Colleges and Universities (VALUE Rubrics)
- Student Affairs Assessment Leaders
- Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education by Barbara Walvoord
- Johnson County Community College
- Kansas State Office of Assessment
- A Simple Model for Learning Improvement: Weigh Pig, Feed Pig, Weigh Pig by Fulcher, Good, Coleman, and Smith
- Inspiration, S1E1
- Civility, S2E3
- Creativity S2E6 and 7
- Rules of Civility by George Washington
- Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
- Night of the Living Academic (can subscribe on iTunes podcasts)
- International Gothic Association
- Lizzo
Monday, April 29, 2019
How to Up Your EduCon Game
Show Notes
Tenisha and Beth go on location at the POD Network Conference in Portland, Oregon, where they dig into ways to enhance your conference experiences, with segments for before, during and after the event. This longer episode also has multiple guests! We would really love to hear your feedback on our experiment with on-location recording, and any tips you think we missed on getting the most out of conferences. Please share your thoughts by leaving a comment below!Pre-Conference
- GroupMe (app)
- Google Docs
- Who Moved My Cheese?
- Heavyweights
- Yelp (scroll down for mobile app links)
During the Conference
Post-Conference
POD Network Conference
Portland, Oregon
- Revolución Coffee House
- Eleni's Philoxenia
- Half-Pint Café (where Tenisha got her Mexican mocha)
- Screen Door
- Powell's Books
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Creativity with Kimberly Williams, part 2
Show Notes
Tenisha and Beth talk with Kimberly Williams about creativity. This is the second part of a two-part episode.
- "The University Class of 2020: An Agile Mindset Imperative"
- Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
- Kimberly Williams
- Kimberly Williams, Finally, The Moon
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