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Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning is a podcast from the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. Our mission is to encourage instructors, students, and leaders in higher education to reflect on what they believe about teaching and learning.
Episodes
- Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning
The Myth of the One-Size Fits All CTL with Chris Hakala
Chris Hakala, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship (CETLS) at Springfield College, joins us this week to dismantle a…
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You Must Remember This: Memorization is Just a Scaffold… as the Semester Goes By with Tommy Lee
Dr. Tommy Lee, a behavioral neuroscientist in Barnard College at Columbia University’s Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, joins Dead Ideas in Teaching…
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UDL at Scale: Designing Learning at the Institutional Level with Thomas Tobin
Thomas Tobin, one of the foremost voices on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), joins us to preview his forthcoming book, UDL at Scale: Whole-Campus Universal…
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UDL at Scale: Designing Learning at the Institutional Level with Thomas Tobin
Thomas Tobin, one of the foremost voices on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), joins us to preview his forthcoming book, UDL at Scale: Whole-Campus Universal…
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What Five Years of Listening to Students Taught Us About Learning. A Conversation with Chris Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry, and Kevin Smith
For five years, Chris Gallagher, Kristi Girdharry, and Kevin Smith sat down each semester with the same set of twenty Northeastern University students. What…
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Bonus Episode: Reimagining Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI. A Conversation with Columbia University Students.
In this special bonus episode, we step away from our typical one-on-one interview format to share excerpts from a student panel that our host Amanda Irvin…
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AI Is Not Inevitable. A Conversation with Madisson Whitman
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Madisson Whitman, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Director of Curriculum Development at Columbia…
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What Learning Looks Like: A Conversation with Lucy Appert
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lucy Appert, Senior Director of Teaching Excellence & Innovation at NYU Arts & Science, and host of the new NYU Office of…
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Teaching Pluralism in Higher Education. A Discussion with Mike Whitenton.
In this episode, we talk with Mike Whitenton, Director of Academic Initiatives at Interfaith America (IA). Mike works at the intersection of rhetoric…
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From Shame to Strength: Supporting ADHD Students. A Discussion with Karen Costa
Welcome to Season 11! In our opening episode, we sit down with Karen Costa, a faculty development facilitator specializing in online pedagogy, trauma…
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Are Students Knowledge Consumers or Co-Producers? A discussion on academic co-creation with Robert Gray
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Robert Gray, Associate Professor of University Pedagogy at the University of Bergen in Norway, to explore a fundamental…
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“Constitutively Irresponsible”: Why Students Can't Be GenAI's Quality Control. A conversation with Gene Flenady and Robert Sparrow.
This week, we have two guests on the podcast. We’re joined by Gene Flenady, Lecturer in Philosophy at Monash University, whose research concerns the structure…
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Redefining Academic Integrity in the Age of AI with Phill Dawson
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Phill Dawson about how and why college students “cheat.” Phillip (Phill) Dawson is the Co-Director of the Centre for Research…
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880 Eyeballs: Mastering Active Learning in Large Classes with Justin Shaffer
Can you truly engage students in active learning when facing hundreds of faces in a lecture hall? We explore this challenge with Justin Shaffer, Founder of…
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The Secret to a Connected Classroom? Names Matter. A Discussion with Michelle Miller
Welcome to Season 10! In our opening episode, we sit down with Dr. Michelle Miller—Professor of Psychological Sciences and President’s Distinguished Teaching…
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The Present Professor with Liz Norell
In the introduction of Liz Norell’s new book, The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching (2024), she opens with two statements: “When…
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How to Rebuild a Broken Connection With Students with Kristi Rudenga
Kristi Rudenga, author of The Chronicle of Higher Education article, “How to Rebuild a Broken Connection With Students” (2024), writes that while…
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Trust Moves in the Classroom with Peter Felten, Rachel Forsyth, and Kath Sutherland
How can instructors build trust, community, and a sense of belonging with their students to ultimately improve student learning? In today’s episode, we tackle…
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A Pedagogy of Kindness with Cate Denial
Welcome to Season 9 of Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning! In this season, with our new host Columbia CTL Executive Director Amanda Irvin, we are exploring…
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Passing the Baton: A New Chapter for Dead Ideas
In today’s episode, we say a bittersweet goodbye to our wonderful podcast host, Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Executive Director Catherine…
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How to Help Adjuncts Not Want to Give Up with Kerry O’Grady
In today’s episode we examine the systemic issues and dead ideas that underlie the hiring and supporting of contingent faculty. We speak with Kerry O’Grady…
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Notes from the Field: Dead Ideas from Columbia CTL Educational Developers
In this episode of 4 mini-interviews, we ask Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) staff John Foo, Jamie Kim, Rebecca Petitti, and Corey Ptak what’s…
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Why is There No Training on How to Teach Graduate Students? with Leonard Cassuto
In this episode, we continue this season’s examination of graduate education, now looking into how institutions often overlook the need for preparing faculty…
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Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Let’s Ask the Grad Students!
In this episode, we continue the conversation from our last episode on the topic of teaching development in doctoral education—this time from the student…
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Teaching Development in Doctoral Education: Where, When, and How?
Welcome back to Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning! In our first episode of Season 8, we speak with Drs. Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca Natow, Nicholas Salter, and…
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Let’s Stop Relying on Biased Teaching Evaluations with Joanna Wolfe
While there is extensive research on the use of student surveys in the evaluation of teaching, the recommended practices are often not utilized. How does this…
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Ready to Find Out What Research Tells Us about Grading and Grade Inflation? Buckle Up! with Josh Eyler
Josh Eyler, author and Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at the University of Mississippi, recently posted a rebuttal on LinkedIn…
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What's Needed for Institution-Wide Improvements in Undergraduate Science Teaching? with Marielena DeSanctis and Cassandra Volpe Horii
How can we improve teaching AND support all the instructors who teach science courses for undergraduates? Today we discuss this question with Marielena…
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From Devaluing to Valuing Teaching: Changes Institutions Can Make with Michelle Miller
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, a question was posed by journalist Beth McMurtrie as to whether or not institutions of higher education truly value…
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AI as a Mass Extinction Event for Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning? with Cynthia Alby
Over the past few months, Cynthia Alby, Professor of Teacher Education at Georgia College, has been focused on developing practical solutions in teaching and…
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Dead Ideas about the Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning and Institutional Change with Mary Wright
Have Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) actually created change in higher education teaching? Have they been able to demonstrate this change? How have…
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The Students Have the Final (and Best!) Word on the Science of Learning
In our final episode of Season 6, we speak with two undergraduate Columbia University students, Emily Glover and Kyle Gordon, who serve as Teaching and…
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The Science of Learning in Action with Samantha Garbers and Adam Brown
How can instructors use research on teaching and learning to create change and tackle challenges in their courses? What can learning analytics tell us about…
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Dead Ideas in Intercultural Development with Tara Harvey
Tara Harvey, Founder of True North Intercultural, defines Intercultural Competence as “the capacity to communicate and act appropriately, effectively, and…
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Teaching Students About the Science of Learning with Todd Zakrajsek
How should we educate students on the science of learning? Does this require systemic change? And do faculty have a moral obligation to teach students the…
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A Neuroscientist’s Perspective on Student Engagement with Alfredo Spagna
What does engagement require of your students behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively? Why is it essential to get to know your students, and how can you do…
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How the Science of Learning Can Be Leveraged for Change with Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy
Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy, award winning instructors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and authors of the book, Inclusive Teaching…
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Why Are Dead Ideas So Persistent? A Conversation with John Mahoney
Despite the large body of research on effective teaching and learning practices, such research is often ignored or unknown by instructors and students…
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Rigor and Assessment from the Student Point of View
How can assessment motivate students to focus on learning as opposed to grades? Can it still be rigorous if it’s not high stakes exams? Today we speak with…
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Rigor as Skill Building with Larry Jackson
Rigor as Skill Building with Larry Jackson How can academic rigor be defined and enacted in humanities courses to promote learning and skill building? How can…
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Rigor as Equity with Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford and Hetty Cunningham
What does rigor look like in a healthcare setting? How can instructors achieve both excellence and equity in teaching in such a high-stakes area as healthcare…
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Rigor as Liberation with Elwin Wu and Kelsey Reeder
In today’s episode, we approach the topic of rigor from the lens of social work instruction with Elwin Wu, Professor at Columbia University’s School of Social…
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Rigor as Engagement with David Helfand
What does rigor mean in a science course? How can it encourage learning and engagement? And how can we support students while maintaining standards of…
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Rigor as Inclusive Practice with Jamiella Brooks and Julie McGurk
Is rigor necessary to teach more inclusively? What is a deficit ideology and how does it affect students? In this episode, Jamiella Brooks, director of student…
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You Can’t Ignore That a Pandemic Happened with John Warner
John Warner, educator and author of the Inside Higher Ed blog, “Just Visiting”, wrote in a May 2022 post titled “You Can’t Ignore That a Pandemic Happened”: “I…
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Two Years Later: Learning through a Pandemic with Two Columbia Undergraduate Students
Over the past two years, Columbia students have made multiple transitions between online, hybrid, and in-person learning during the pandemic. In today’s…
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Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning with Susan Hrach
Today we speak with Susan Hrach, author of the book Minding Bodies: How Physical Space, Sensation, and Movement Affect Learning (2021), which “shifts the focus…
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The Impact of Student Perceptions of Instructor Authority on Resistance to Inclusive Teaching with Chavella Pittman and Thomas Tobin
Today we speak with Drs. Chavella Pittman and Thomas Tobin, authors of the article “Academe Has a Lot to Learn about How Inclusive Teaching Affects…
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Dead Ideas About Anti-Racist Pedagogy with Frank Tuitt
What is anti-racist pedagogy and how is it different than inclusive teaching? Is it a new pedagogy? How can instructors enact anti-racist practices in the…
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Teaching Development at Its Best: A Graduate Student Reflects
Columbia University graduate student, Aleksandra Jakubczak, shares her reflections on her journey to become a more informed and confident teacher, and how that…
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The Damaging Myth of the Natural Teacher: The Story Behind The Story with Beth McMurtrie
In October 2021, Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, wrote an article titled “The Damaging Myth of the Natural Teacher”. The…
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Speaking from the Heart: An Instructor and Her Student Reflect
Speaking from the Heart: An Instructor and Her Student Reflect with Dr. Karen Phillips and Yarin Reindorp Today we speak with Yarin Reindorp, a junior in…
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The Power of Blended Classrooms with Denise Cruz
In 2020, Denise Cruz, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia, worked with the CTL through a Provost’s Innovative Course Design Grant to…
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Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education with Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney
Today we speak with Joshua Kim, Director of Online Programs and Strategy at Dartmouth College, and Edward Maloney, Executive Director of The Center for New…
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Convergent Teaching with Aaron Pallas and Anna Neumann
While much public discourse argues over the value and the future of higher education—whether it really “pays off” or how we can leverage technological tools…
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Dead Ideas in Faculty Evaluation with Kevin Gannon
In today’s episode, Kevin Gannon, a Professor of History and Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Grand View University, discusses…
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Why Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice, and Liberation Is the Future of Higher Education: A Conversation with Laura I. Rendón
Today we speak with renowned teaching and learning theorist and thought leader Laura I. Rendón, a Professor Emerita at the University of Texas-San Antonio and…
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Why Dead Ideas? A Conversation with Host Catherine Ross and Ian Althouse
Welcome to Season 3 of Dead Ideas in Teaching and Learning! We begin this season by turning the conversation around: our guest today is Catherine Ross…
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One Year Later: Learning in a Pandemic with Two Columbia Undergraduate Students
In May 2020, two months after Columbia transitioned to fully remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we interviewed four Columbia undergrads about their…
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Community in Teaching: A Conversation with Columbia Graduate Students
In his 1993 article, “Teaching as Community Property: Putting an End to Pedagogical Solitude”, renowned educational psychologist Lee Shulman argued that if…