28 episodes

What defines a great professor? "Playing in the Sandbox: Conversations in Pedagogy" is a podcast series that answers this question with one word: play. Most will agree that the best professors and instructors of higher education are those who promote (and exemplify) passion, curiosity, exploration, experimentation, and the willingness to fail and try again. In other words, as this podcast argues, the best professors are those who meaningfully and thoughtfully play.

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What defines a great professor? "Playing in the Sandbox: Conversations in Pedagogy" is a podcast series that answers this question with one word: play. Most will agree that the best professors and instructors of higher education are those who promote (and exemplify) passion, curiosity, exploration, experimentation, and the willingness to fail and try again. In other words, as this podcast argues, the best professors are those who meaningfully and thoughtfully play.

    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part3

    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part3

    In this special (and much delayed...greatest of apologies!) episode, co-hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Director of The Collaborative at Trinity University) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Assistant Professor of Communication at University of Tampa) discuss their impressions and thoughts of the final third of Julie Schumacher's 2018 novel The Shakespeare Requirement.
     
    Wow! What did you think? How do you feel about everything that happened? 

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part2

    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part2

    In this special (and much delayed...sorry!) episode, co-hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Director of The Collaborative at Trinity University) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Assistant Professor of Communication at University of Tampa) discuss their impressions and thoughts of the middle section of Julie Schumacher's 2018 novel The Shakespeare Requirement.
     
    Is the story progressing how you anticipated? Where do you hope things will go next? 

    • 32 min
    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part1

    Summer 2022 Readalong, Part1

    In this special episode, The Collaborative hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Assistant Director) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Academic Technologist) discuss their impressions and thoughts of the first third of Julie Schumacher's 2018 novel The Shakespeare Requirement.
     
    What did you think of the first third of the novel? What surprised you?

    • 32 min
    Extreme Home Makeover: Academia Edition

    Extreme Home Makeover: Academia Edition

    In this episode, Trinity's The Collaborative hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Assistant Director) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Academic Technologist) use the formula of the "home renovation show" to explore the process of (re)designing a course.
    We walk you through 10 elements that appear in many of these HGTV home improvement-type shows and explore how these can relate directly to renovating your course. From taking the house down the studs to finding asbestos in the walls, we've got you covered.
    We suggest listening to this episode to prepare you for our in-person workshop.

    • 26 min
    Extreme Course Makeover--Teaser Episode

    Extreme Course Makeover--Teaser Episode

    In this episode, Trinity's The Collaborative hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Assistant Director) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Academic Technologist) talk about how the metaphor of a home renovation works really nicely for thinking about how to turn a course into your dream course.
    We talk about courses we have "renovated" and why decided to make changes, explain how HGTV home improvement courses offer the perfect blueprint for redesigning/rebuilding your courses, and give some recommendations for the HGTV newbie on where to begin watching.
    Listen to this episode to get inspired and ready to RENOVATE THAT COURSE! Then in our next episode will take you through all the important steps...whether you are working on a small change or tackling a complete overhaul. 

    • 16 min
    The Syllabus

    The Syllabus

    In this episode, Trinity's The Collaborative hosts Dr. Katherine Troyer (Assistant Director) and Dr. Lauren Malone (Academic Technologist) argue that depending on what metaphor you use to understand your syllabus can affect everything from how you treat the document, to what you include (or don't include), to how students engage with the syllabus.
    We provide several metaphors--such as a contract, a roadmap, game instructions, and a YouTube walkthrough--that you can adopt when thinking about your syllabus; we also offer some more problematic metaphors to avoid (like the Ten Commandments or a cheat sheet to an A). We then explore how, depending on your chosen metaphor, both your syllabus content and form will evolve. And finally, we explore the importance of accessibility and how digitizing your syllabus can lead to transformative results.
    This episode is perfect for anyone hoping to reframe how they think about the syllabus as they work to create a document that is truly meaningful, accessible, and one students will actually read!  

    • 49 min

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