TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Guest Shannon Riggs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss her book “Thrive Online” and a key principle that, when pursuing quality, regardless of online, blended, synchronous, or in-person course modality, “it really always comes back to design.” For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e88/

Season 05. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 05 is Episode 64: “Principles for Humanizing Online Education… And Remote Teaching/Learning” with guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s06e64. Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 64 was released in April of 2020.

Season 04. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 04 is Episode 37: “6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching.” You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s04e37. Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 37 was released in May of 2018.

Join hosts Kelvin and Tom for a consideration of the need across higher education to collaboratively wage a campaign of accuracy to repair the damage done to the reputation of online education during the remote instruction response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e87/

Transcript Hi. This is Kelvin again popping into your podcast feed in anticipation of TOPcast’s upcoming SEVENTH season. For each of the seven weeks leading up to the first episode of Season 07 we are popping in to draw your attention to the most popular episodes of the preceding six seasons.  Now up: Season 03. Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 03 is Episode 36: “Finding Online Learning Leaders: ‘Fredericksen’s List’” with guest Dr. Eric Fredericksen. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s03e36.  Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 36 was released in April of 2018.

Currently, the most downloaded episode from Season 02 is Episode 15: “It’s More About the Social than the Media” with guest Dr. Tanya Joosten. You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s02e15. Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode15 was released in July of 2016.

The most downloaded episode from Season 01 remains the one that started it all, Episode #1. The pilot “WHAT IS ONLINE LEARNING? DEFINITIONS, BOUNDARY OBJECTS, AND BAGGAGE.” You can find this episode wherever you’re listening to this message or online at the following direct url: http://bit.ly/topcast_s01e01. Whether you’ve heard it before or not, give a listen to this time capsule from when Episode 01 was released in May of 2015.

Student evaluation of instruction is often contentious. In this episode, guest Dr. Barbara Zorn joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share findings from a data mining research study of end of term evaluations from 60,000 online courses. Research in this area guides our field in using these evaluations effectively. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e86/

In this episode, join Kelvin and Tom for a discussion of how “blended” is likely to permeate higher education institutions far beyond the bounds of blended learning course design. Ponder the opportunities afforded by blended campus workplaces and blended co-curricular experiences in the post-COVID era. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e85/

Guest Dr. Jessica Knott from OLC joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the mutual benefits of engaging with our online education community. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e84/

Join hosts Tom and Kelvin as they think through the post-COVID role of synchronous online teaching and consider how to ensure the best quality possible. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e83/

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Spilovoy joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the importance of faculty adoption of free or low-cost open educational resources (OER) at scale. This is an important part of lowering educational costs for students. Fostering widespread adoption initiatives is harder than it looks. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e82/

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin consider how the various technology adoption decisions we make either enable or prevent others from doing “the right thing” in online teaching and learning. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e81/

Guest Dr. Luke Dowden joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to remind us all that people are the most valuable part of any online learning organization. He helps us identify how to add value to our team members, our organizations, and our collective work through deliberate caring. These other-centered practices are valuable every day but are especially relevant in the COVID-era. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e80/

With a touch of holiday fun and whimsy, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by a panel of past guests and a live audience of regular listeners to celebrate the end of 2020 and reflect upon its lasting impact on the field of online education. Enjoy this holiday gift to our community, and please consider sharing a link with your colleagues. For show notes and interaction opportunities, please visit: http://cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s06e79/