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    TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

    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.

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    Episode 180: Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Report (2024) Feb 17, 2025
    Show notes

    Returning guest Dr. Nicole Johnson joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss findings from the seventh annual report of the state of digital learning in Canada produced by the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA). Similarities with global themes and distinctives unique to the Canadian context are discussed.

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    Dr. Nicole Johnson
    Guest Dr. Nicole Johnson

    Episode 180 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • White Chocolate Mocha (Starbucks)
    • Hazelnut Creme (San Francisco Bay Company)

    Content Links

    • Dr. Nicole Johnson’s Online Profile
    • “2024 Pan-Canadian Report on Digital Learning”
    • “Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA)”
    • Dr. Johnson on LinkedIn
    • Ch. 8 – “Online Higher Education in Canada” (by Dr. Nicole Johnson) in SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education
    • TOPcast Episode 01: “What Is Online Learning? Definitions, Boundary Objects, and Baggage”
    • TOPcast Episode 124: “Reliable ‘Buckets:’ Toward Modality Clarity” (with guest Dr. Nicole Johnson)
    • TOPcast Episode 177: “Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve”

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Link

    [4 minute video] Comedian Nate Bargatze’s Coffee Bit (“How to Order Artisanal Coffee”)

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    Episode 179: Temporary Remote Work and Remote Instruction… Again! Feb 03, 2025
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    As US higher ed institutions experienced shifts to remote work and instruction in early 2025, it’s an ideal time for us as digital learning professionals to reflect on key lessons learned in ensuring continuity of operations as we seek to support successful future transitions.

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    Episode 179 Show Notes:

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    Coffee Links

    • Coffee “Tote” from Panera Bread Catering
    • Starbucks Blonde Roast

    Content Links

    • [In USA Today] “Brutal Winter Storm Pounds Midwest, East Coast As Over 60M Face Treacherous Conditions” (from January 5, 2025)
    • [In Inside Higher Ed] “California Colleges Confront Loss as L.A. Burns” (from January 17, 2025)
    • [From UofL’s Delphi Center] “Continuity of Instruction” (updated)
    • [In Wikipedia] “2009 [H1N1] Swine Flu Pandemic in the United States by State”
    • TOPcast Episode #152 “‘Still Be Prepared’ for Disruption with Digital Learning” (with guest Patti O’Sullivan)
    • TOPcast Episode #168 “More Positive Hope than Ever Before” (with guest Melissa Loble)

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    Episode 178: Transferable Skills of Digital Learning Professionals Jan 20, 2025
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    Guest Dr. Vickie Cook joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss unexpected career trajectories for digital learning professionals, especially COLOs, related to sought-after, transferable skill sets.

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    Guest Dr. Vickie Cook

    Episode 178 Show Notes:

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    Coffee Links

    • Single-Origin Guatemala San Isidro (from Lineage Coffee Roasting, Orlando, FL)
    • Gorilla Decaf (from Organic Coffee Company)

    Content Links

    • Dr. Vickie Cook’s Online Profile
    • UPCEA 2025 Program Featuring Enrollment Management Session Panel with Dr. Vickie Cook
    • UPCEA Hallmarks of Excellence in Online Leadership
    • [From OLC Research Center for Digital Learning & Leadership] Publications Related to Digital Learning Professional Roles
    • TOPcast Episode #74: “‘Connecting the Dots:’ Lessons for Leadership” (with guest Dr. Shubha Kashyap)

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    Episode 177: Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve Jan 06, 2025
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    In celebration of 30 years of OLC conferences and with input and reactions from our community of online/digital learning professionals, including a live audience(!), hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the issues inherent in predicting and shaping a desirable future for online/digital education over the next 30 years.

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    Episode 177 Show Notes:

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    Coffee Links

    • [Book] Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey (by A.J. Jacobs)

    Content Links

    • [From CERN] “A Short History of the Web”
    • [On the Bavablog by Jim Groom] “Archie, Veronica, and Other Old Gold Technologies”
    • [OLC/Sloan-C History] “Pioneering Higher Education’s Digital Future: An Evaluation of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Anytime, Anyplace Learning Program (1992-2012)” (Picciano et al.)
    • [From the Carnegie Foundation] “The Carnegie Unit”
    • [From the Christensen Institute] “Disruptive Innovation Theory”
    • Background on 2024 OLC Accelerate Keynote Dr. Christina Katopodis
    • [Book via Project MUSE] Learning Online: The Student Experience (by George Veletsianos – quoted in this episode)
    • Quote attributed to Alan Kay: “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
    • On Being Uniquely Human – Poet, Philosopher, and Theologian Examples
      • [From the On Being podcast with Krista Tippett] “Seeking Language Large Enough” – Interview with Poet David Whyte
      • [Via Wikipedia] Martin Buber’s “I/Thou” Relationships

    Summary of Karl Barth’s Criteria for Authentic Human Meetings (Built on Buber’s I/Thou) in Relation to AI [in Book Review: “Kinstler on Herzfeld, ‘The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic Age’”]

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [Video] “You Look Marvelous” (Billy Crystal)

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    Episode 176: Credit for Prior Learning Dec 16, 2024
    Show notes

    Guest Dr. Matt Bergman joins Tom and Kelvin to discuss the current role credit for prior learning plays in American higher education and how we can all do a bit more to use this approach effectively in our digital learning work.

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    Guest Dr. Matt Bergman
    Guest Dr. Matt Bergman

    Episode 176 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Yirgafecta by Sightseer Coffee (Austin, TX) | Fellow’s Brew Recipe

    Content Links

    • Dr. Matt Bergman’s Online Profile
    • Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
    • [Report From AACRAO] “Embracing Credit for Prior Learning: Advancing Educational Equity and Mobility through a Learner-Centric Approach”
    • [Report From CAEL] “The PLA Boost”
    • [Case Study from AASCU] “Accelerating Graduation with Expanded Credit Initiative” (Lehman College)
    • [YouTube Channel] “College Hacked” (recommended by Tom)

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    Episode 175: “Let’s Stay Focused On What We Can Control” in Online Ed Dec 02, 2024
    Show notes

    In this “call-in show” episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by some of the past year’s guests in sharing observations about 2024 as it ends and predictions and hopes about 2025 as it begins. Some of the themes emerging include balancing humanness and technology-assistance and staying focused on the aspirational goals of our collective work.

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    Episode 175 Show Notes:

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    Coffee Links

    • Single-Origin Guatemala Miramundo from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)
    • Green Mountain Half-Caff

    Content Links

    • Past Years’ “Special December Episodes” of TOPcast
    • Past TOPcast Episodes Featuring Call-In Guests (in order of appearance in #175)
      • (Dr. Anna Porcaro) TOPcast #154: “Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed”
      • (Dr. Justin Shaffer) TOPcast #166: “High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses”
      • (Angie Rocha) TOPcast #172: “Online Education in Guatemala”
      • (Dr. Jenny Sumner) TOPcast #164: “Student Success Coaching Online”
      • (Dr. Jean Mandernach) TOPcast #160: “‘Remember the Why:’ Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments”
      • (Russ Poulin & Cheryl Dowd) TOPcast #162: “Listen and Act Now! US ED’s Proposed Online Changes”
      • (Dr. Carmin Chan) TOPcast #159: “‘Adjusting Your Sails’ in Online Ed Based on the Data”
      • (Patti O’Sullivan) TOPcast #152: “Still ‘Be Prepared’ for Disruption with Digital Learning”
      • (Melissa Loble) TOPcast #168: “‘More Positive Hope than Ever Before’”
    • Related Previous Episodes of TOPcast
      • Episode #171: “The ‘North Star’ of Online Learners’ Needs”

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [2.5 minute video] Dorothy Wakes Up – “There’s No Place Like Home” (The Wizard of Oz)
    • [On Wikipedia] “Serenity Prayer”

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    Episode 174: Get “All [Phil]’d Up” On LMS/Online Enrollment Insights Nov 18, 2024
    Show notes

    Guest Phil Hill joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss substantive insights on the role of the LMS and trends in online higher ed enrollments. (Must see TV. Even if it is a podcast.)

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    Episode 174 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Trader Joe’s Small Lot Single-Origin Mexico La Concordia Coffee
    • Starbuck’s Maple Pecan Coffee

    Content Links

    • Phil Hill’s Online Profile
    • “On EdTech Newsletter”
    • Phil Hill and Associates
    • [On Apple Podcasts] “Online Education Across the Atlantic” Podcast (hosted by Phil Hill, Glenda Morgan, and Neil Mosley)
    • LMS Provider Websites
      • Blackboard by Anthology
      • Brightspace by D2L
      • Canvas by Instructure
      • Moodle
    • [On Corporate Finance Institute Website] “[Everett Rogers’] Diffusion of Innovation”
    • Related Prior TOPcast Episodes
      • #159: “‘Adjusting Your Sails’ in Online Ed Based on the Data” [includes shoutout to Phil Hill’s work]
      • #140: “Maturing the Core Work of Online Education” (with guest Neil Mosley)
      • #110 – “The LMS: Institutional ‘Linchpin’” (with guest Kerlene King)
      • #12 – “The LMS: Past, Present, and Future”

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [2.5 minute video] “Pecos Bill Rides A Tornado in Texas”
    • [In All Recipes] “Wait—How Do You Pronounce ‘Pecan?’”
    • [Craft Beer from Hop Atomica] “It’s Pronounced Peecan”

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    Episode 173: Campus-Based Student Demand for Online Options (and More!) from CHLOE 9 Nov 04, 2024
    Show notes

    Hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through themes from the CHLOE 9 report that stand out as broadly applicable to all online education professionals while we all seek to anticipate or shape the future.

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    Episode 173 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • Pecan Crunch Oat Milk Latte (Starbucks)

    Content Links

    • The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) Project (2017-present)
    • [Hosted by Bayview Analytics] Historic “Babson Reports” AKA “Sloan Surveys of Online Learning” (2003-2016)
    • Reflections on That [Attributed to] Gretzky Quote
    • “Primer” on “Movement” within US Department of Education in Phil Hill and Associates’ On EdTech Newsletter
    • Related Past TOPcast Episodes
      • #161 – “Taste the Rainbow of Online Ed’s Possible Futures”
      • #147 – “Faculty Preparation and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8”
      • #123 – “Hybridity Predicted and More from CHLOE 7”
      • #93 – “‘A More Generalized Perspective:’ Reflections on the CHLOE 6 Report”

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [In All Recipes] “Wait—How Do You Pronounce ‘Pecan?‘”
    • [From Wikipedia] “Krampus”
    • [From Marvel.com] Groot and Arbor Day
    • [Re-release, Extra Pop Culture] Past Present Podcast’s tracing of “the history of the pumpkin spice phenomenon”

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    Episode 172: Online Education in Guatemala Oct 22, 2024
    Show notes

    Guest and former Hubert Humphrey Fellow Angelica Gabriela Rocha Guevara joins hosts Tom and Kelvin from Guatemala to discuss the similarities and differences of her country’s pursuit of online education compared to that of other countries around the globe.

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    Woman in a dress holding a black sign that says 40 years
    Angie Rocha

    Episode 172 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Single-Origin Guatemala Santa Felisa Yellow Catuai from Bean & Bean Coffee Roasters (New York, NY)

    Content Links

    • Angelica Gabriela Rocha Guevara’s Profile on the UCF Digital Learning Website
    • Hubert Humphrey Fellowship
    • Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
    • Past TOPcast Episodes
      • #24 “Multilingual Musings: International Connections in Online Education” (with guest Alejandra (“Alex”) Pickett)
      • #150 “A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education” (with guest Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka)

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    Episode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ Needs Oct 07, 2024
    Show notes

    Hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the centrality that online learners’ needs must have in shaping the work of online higher education. Particular attention is given to how responsibility for this common goal must be shared between individual faculty and institutional processes to assure quality at scale.

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    Episode 171 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • “Equinox: A Fall Blend” from Sunergos Coffee Roasters (Louisville, KY)

    Content Links

    • [Please Click and Vote Now!] Listener Poll: Crowdsourced Input on “TOPcast Live” Session at OLC Accelerate 2024
    • Publisher’s Site: The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education
    • [Book via Project MUSE] Learning Online: The Student Experience (George Veletsianos)
    • [Supported by ProctorU] “Student Bill of Rights”
    • Past TOPcast Episodes
      • Episode #133: “The Three Students You Might Meet in Your Online Class”
      • Episode #99: ““The Importance of ‘Faculty Voice and Faculty Valuing’ in Online Education””

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • Access (and Translate!) a Morse Code Excerpt from this Episode

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