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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 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI Tools Sep 16, 2024
    Show notes

    Return guest Nicolaas Matthijs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss some of the trends he’s seeing in the rapidly changing AI-assisted technology space with an eye toward how digital learning professionals can make wise use of the tools in our work.

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    Nicolaas Matthijs
    Nicolaas Matthijs

    Episode 170 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Tanzania Peaberry Lyamungo from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)

    Content Links

    • [Please Click and Vote Now!] Listener Poll: Crowdsourced Input on “TOPcast Live” Session at OLC Accelerate 2024
    • Visual: “Gartner Hype Cycle”
    • Video Interview: “Exploring the Frontiers of AI: A Conversation with [Columbia University] Professor Hod Lipson”
    • Keynote Video: “If AI is the Answer, What is the Question: Thinking about Learning and Vice Versa” (Dr. Chris Dede)
    • Prior TOPcast Episodes
      • #158: “AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More Useful” (with Nicolaas Matthijs)
      • #146: “Get Hands-On with AI” (with Dr. Rohan Jowallah)

    Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Link

    • [On vinyl 45 rpm records] “Bemused and a Bit Bereaved on Behalf of the B Side”

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    Episode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When… Sep 03, 2024
    Show notes

    Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the relationship between the strategic value institutions find in online education and institutions establishing senior roles of responsibility for online and digital learning. Implications for a variety of institutional roles are considered.

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    Episode 169 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Mysterious Clues on “Ruthie’s Blend” from Stomping Grounds Coffee Co., Louisville, KY

    Content Links

    • [Research study] “A National Study of Online Learning Leaders in US Higher Education” (Fredericksen, 2017)
    • [Research study] “A National Study of Online Learning Leaders in US Community Colleges” (Fredericksen, 2018)
    • UPCEA Hallmarks of Excellence in Online Leadership
    • [UPCEA article] “The Chief Online Learning Officer: Competencies, Roles, and Trajectories” (Herron, Lashley, Salley, and Shaw, 2016)
    • [From UPCEA, 2023] “Definition Update: Chief Online Learning Officer (COLO)”
    • [Edited book] From Grassroots to the Highly Orchestrated: Online Leaders Share Their Stories of the Evolving Online Organizational Landscape in Higher Education (Bouchey, Graz, Kurland, 2023)
    • TOPcast Episodes
      • #36: “Finding Online Learning Leaders: ‘Fredericksen’s List’”
      • #126: “COLOs, Context, and Community”
      • #136: “Online Higher Ed: Finding Ourselves in Other People’s Stories”

    Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

    • Hidden Brain podcast

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    Episode 168: “More Positive Hope than Ever Before” Aug 19, 2024
    Show notes

    Guest Melissa Loble joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to share an optimistic vision for the future of technology-enabled higher education. Amidst heightened automation and AI assistance, the uniquely human affordances of relationships are all the more crucial in solving our challenges.

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    Guest Melissa Loble
    Guest Melissa Loble

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    Episode 168 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Single-Origin Costa Rica Central Valley from Dunn Brothers Coffee (Minneapolis, MN)

    Content Links

    • Melissa Loble’s Online Profile
    • Melissa Loble’s Reflection Post on InstructureCon 2024 (referenced in this episode)
    • Dr. Mary Murphy’s (Stanford U/Indiana U) Work on Growth Mindset in Organizational Cultures
    • Past TOPcast Episodes
      • Episode 64: “Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning” [with guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock]
      • Episode 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!” [featuring remarks from Jared Stein]

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    Episode 167: Cultivating a Startup Mindset Aug 05, 2024
    Show notes

    Hosts Kelvin and Tom explore the catalyzing personal and organizational value of individuals cultivating a “startup mindset,” regardless of personal role, in the work of digital higher education.

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    Episode 167 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

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    Coffee Links

    • Fellow Drops’ profile page for “Funkonia,” a single-origin Rwanda from Portrait Coffee
    • Portrait Coffee (Atlanta, GA)
    • Instagram page for multidisciplinary artist, “The Color”

    Content Links

    • [In Medium] “Embracing the Startup Mindset” (by Guy Kawasaki)
    • [In Medium] “What Is ‘Futures Literacy’ and Why Is It Important?” (by Niklas Larsen)
    • [In Medium] “Inviting Innovation… Running Hack Day” (by Ian Turgeon)
    • “Life is Better When You Make Stuff” pilot episode of (2016) Megamaker podcast
    • “Cultivating Your Purpose” episode of Hidden Brain podcast
    • TOPcast Episodes
      • Episode #148: “Fostering Digital Learning Innovation” (with guest Jared Stein)
      • Episode #133: “Professional Development Across Our Online Education Community”
      • Episode #161: “Taste the Rainbow of Online Ed’s Possible Futures”

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    Episode 166: High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses Jul 15, 2024
    Show notes

    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!

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    Guest Dr. Justin Shaffer

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    Episode 166 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • Brewing Guide for Coava Coffee Roasters’ Single Origin Timor-Leste Daurfusu Honey from Fellow Products
    • “Timor-Leste” from The World Factbook

    Content Links

    • Dr. Justin Shaffer’s Online Profile
    • Sign-Up for Information on Dr. Shaffer’s New Book on High Structure Course Design
    • Dr. Shaffer’s Google Scholar Citations Page
    • From the US National Science Foundation (NSF): “‘Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology’ Initiative Charts New Path for College-level Biology” (2012)
    • 2012 President [Obama’s] Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report: “Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates With Degrees in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)”
    • From NIH National Library of Medicine: Freeman, Haak, and Wenderoth (2011) Research Study: “Increased Course Structure Improves Performance in Introductory Biology”
    • Joosten & Cusatis’ (2019) Research Study: “A Cross-Institutional Study of Instructional Characteristics and Student Outcomes: Are Quality Indicators of Online Courses Able to Predict Student Success?”
    • Joosten et al.’s ( 2021) Research Review: “Educational Technologies and Their Impact on Student Success for Racial and Ethnic Groups of Interest”
    • Previous TOPcast Episodes Related to STEM Teaching

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    Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK Jul 01, 2024
    Show notes

    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.

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    Episode 165 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • “New Orleans Style Coffee with Chicory” from Lucile’s Creole Cafe (Boulder, CO)

    Content Links

    • TOPcast Episode #59 “Online Faculty Development”
    • TOPcast Episode #99 “The Importance of ‘Faculty Voice and Faculty Valuing’ in Online Education”

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    Episode 164: Student Success Coaching Online Jun 17, 2024
    Show notes

    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.

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    Dr. Jenny Sumner
    Guest Dr. Jenny Sumner

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    Episode 164 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • “The Future” experimental coffee blend from Black and White Coffee Roasters (Raleigh, NC)

    Content Links

    • Dr. Jenny Sumner’s Online Profile
    • “UCF Online Connect Center”
    • UCF’s “Transfer Connect” Success Coaches (transfer students only)
    • UCF’s “Academic Success Coaching” (University-wide)
    • UCF’s Directory of “Student Success Resources”
    • UCF “Higher Education Coaching Academy”

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    Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course” Jun 03, 2024
    Show notes

    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.

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    Episode 163 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • Single-Origin Burundi Kurusah from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)

    Content Links

    • Publisher’s Site: The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education
    • Social Media Artifact: One Example of the Syllabus “Easter Egg” of Instructions to Find Cash [from Dr. Conner Ewing]
    • Related Entries from the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)
      • “Use Three-Before-Me as a Communication Strategy in a Large Class”
      • “Incorporate a Syllabus Quiz to Orient Students”
    • Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s Guidance for Creating a “Liquid Syllabus”
    • Prior TOPcast Episodes
      • #155: “High Quality Online Discussions – Here’s How”
      • #160: “‘Remember the Why:’ Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments”

    Just-For-Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [video: 30 sec] Wile E. Coyote Painting an Exit (from Warner Brothers, not Hanna-Barbera)

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    Episode 162: Listen and Act Now! US ED’s Proposed Online Changes May 20, 2024
    Show notes

    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.

    Podcast Recording

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    Russ Poulin
    Guest Russ Poulin

    Episode 162 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • Photo of the Now-Extinct “Eclipse: A Spring Blend” Coffee from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY)
    • Other Coffees from Sunergos Coffee
    Cheryl Dowd
    Guest Cheryl Dowd

    Content Links

    • Russ Poulin’s Online Profile
    • Cheryl Dowd’s Online Profile
    • “In Defense of Reciprocity – A Joint Letter to the Department of Education & Call to Action” [signed by WCET, UPCEA, OLC, QM, AACC, and NACUBO]
    • WCET Frontiers Blog Posts Tagged “Regulation” (for new updates)
    • Prior TOPcast Episodes featuring Poulin & Dowd
      • Episode #58: “Fun with Regulations”
      • Episode #112: “SARA (and More!) Under Siege”

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    Episode 161: Taste the Rainbow of Online Ed’s Possible Futures May 06, 2024
    Show notes

    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.

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    Episode 161 Show Notes:

    Episode Synopsis via Twitter

    View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter

    Coffee Links

    • “Yes, You Can Freeze Coffee Beans (If You Follow This Trick)” from Coffee Bros.
      Roastery, New York

    Content Links

    • All 10(!) TOPcast Season Kick-Off Episodes
    • Related TOPcast Episodes
      • #65: “Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future”
      • #83: “Re-thinking Synchronous for the Post-COVID Era”
      • #85: “Blended Is the Future. (And It’s Not Just Courses)”
      • [From “The Key” Podcast] Episode #75: “Anticipating Higher Education’s Near Future(s)” with guest Dr. Bryan Alexander (Produced by Inside Higher Ed)

    • The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher EducatIon
    • [Reminder] 2024 TOPcast Listener Survey

    Just-for-Fun Pop Culture Links

    • [Inspiration for This Episode’s Set-Up] The Last Archive Podcast from Pushkin Industries, hosted by Dr. Jill Lepore and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey
    • [In Reactor Magazine] “5 Insane Cliffhangers from the 1960’s Batman [Adam West TV Show]”
    • [In Wikipedia] “Transformers”
    • [In Wikipedia] “LifeSavers”

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