Higher Education POD

By: UNK Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Summary

  • We talk about all things related to quality teaching in higher education classes by engaging in Pedagogically-Oriented Discourse (POD). A particular focus is given to providing teaching-based vocabulary, theory, and strategies in simple terms so instructors can consider new ways of connecting students to your content and so you can describe and justify these actions in your promotion and tenure packets. CTE Website: https://www.unk.edu/academics/academic-innovation/cte/index.php
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Episodes
  • E18: Getting Students Outside Their Comfort Zones
    Jan 22 2025

    Dr. Maha Younes joins our discussion about merging teaching and research as college faculty. She shares her insights about how reflecting on her students' experiences during an assignment led her to look at existing literature where she found space for her own research contributions. Lots of great reminders of how our teaching can inform our research and our research can inform our teaching.


    Citations from articles noted in the episode

    Younes, M. N., & Vanlaningham, J. L. (2017). In the hot seat: Teaching students through experiences with self-help groups. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 22(1), 163–179. https://doi.org/10.18084/1084-7219.22.1.163

    Younes, M. N., & Asay, S. M. (2003). The world as a classroom: The impact of international study experiences on college students. College Teaching, 51(4), 141-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/87567550309596429

    Asay, S. M., Younes, M. N., & Moore, T. (2006). The cultural transformation model: Promoting cultural competence through international study experiences. In R. R. Hamon (ed.)., International family studies: Developing curricula and teaching tools (pp. 85-99). New York: Haworth Press, Inc.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • E17: Simple Collaborative Strategies (Flash POD #5)
    Jan 14 2025

    Flash POD = Quick Info!

    In this episode, Megan and Shannon give examples of strategies that get students talking during class about your content. They share examples for both face-to-face and online course formats. Specifically, we're talking bout Kagan Strategies used in education. We are not associated with their site, but you can find more examples at www.kaganonline.com

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    11 mins
  • E16: Connecting Teaching & Research
    Jan 7 2025

    This is a fantastic discussion with Dr. Ted Rupnow about how his research has connected to and benefited his teaching and visa versa. This is a great strategy to help those who are looking to collect data and present or publish, but it also provides insight into how researching our classes can help our teaching even if we aren't interested in publications.


    Selected publications from Dr. Rupnow:

    Green, E., Rupnow, T. J., Bracewell, L. N. (2024). Creating a space for them through autoethnography. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-024-09643-5

    Barker, D., Winsor, M., Kirwan, J. V., & Rupnow, T. J. (2020). Searching for the key to knowledge integration: A lens to detect the promotion and use of integrated knowledge. In T. Lehmann (Ed.), International Perspectives on Knowledge Integration. Brill | Sense.

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    52 mins

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