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Higher Listenings

A lively look at the trends and people shaping the future of higher education, featuring thought leaders from across the industry. Brought to you by Top Hat. 

Episodes

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    AI's Future in Higher Education with Dr. Kevin Yee

    At a time when AI offers students the easy button, how do we motivate them to do hard things? And how do we help students reclaim the sense of purpose, agency, and self-confidence vital to a meaningful, productive life. Who better to ask than Dr. Kevin Yee, Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Central Florida and a lead organizer of the university’s wildly successful Teaching with AI conference. Dr. Yee gives us his take on our promethean moment in a c...

    37 min

  2. OCT 3

    Why We Grade and How to Stop It with Jesse Stommel

    Is grading doing us or our students any favors? Or do grades short circuit the rich, messy human interactions that are so important to meaningful learning? For Jesse Stommel, author of Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade and How to Stop, breaking our addiction to grades may be easier than you think. Jesse shares why he’s never put a grade on student work and why ‘ungrading’ might be the just the thing we need to move beyond the transactional to get students invested in learning. 00:00: Reth...

    42 min

  3. SEP 17

    Unlocking Belonging with Dr. Terrell Strayhorn

    Belonging is like WI-FI: you don’t notice it until you don’t have it, and then nothing seems to work right. That’s especially true for student persistence in higher education. But it’s become such a buzzword, it begs the question, what does belonging really mean? How do you measure it? And, most importantly, how do you ensure students feel it? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Terrell Strayhorn, a leading authority on belonging, to understand what we can do to foster the human connection so ...

    39 min

  4. SEP 17

    This is Your Classroom on AI with José Antonio Bowen

    This episode's guest's latest book is selling light hot cakes—for good reason. It’s been called a “veritable lifeline” for any educator looking to wrap their heads around the potential of AI to enhance their teaching practice. Buckle up as we sit down with the tireless José Antonio Bowen, distinguished academic and the author of Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to A New Era of Human Learning, for some sage advice on what AI can and cannot do for you and your students. 00:00: Teaching With ...

    32 min

  5. SEP 12

    The Power of Play and Evidence-Based Teaching

    Post COVID trauma. Learning loss. A growing student mental health crisis. The past few years have left many faculty feeling burned out. Then some bright light in Silicon Valley thought, hey, now seems like the perfect time to add a little AI to the mix. It’s been a lot. So how can we recapture our joie de vivre? Dr. Brad Cohen discusses the power of play in taking on new challenges, upping our teaching game, and opening our minds to AI and … you heard this right … forest bathing. 0:00: ...

    33 min
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A lively look at the trends and people shaping the future of higher education, featuring thought leaders from across the industry. Brought to you by Top Hat. 

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