TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode 160: “Remember the Why:” Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments
Guest Dr. Jean Mandernach joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss how faculty and instructional designers can design more meaningful and engaging learning assignments for students, online or anywhere.
Episode 159: “Adjusting Your Sails” in Online Ed Based on the Data
Hosts Kelvin and Tom talk through the importance of consulting trusted sources of data and information as the basis for sound decision making in online education, no matter what role one holds.
Episode 158: AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More Useful
Guest Nicolaas Matthijs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the emergence of AI-assistance built into educational technology platforms and how this is a departure from past phases of artificial inte
Episode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access Programs
In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin summarize the current issues surrounding proposed changes to inclusive access programs for digital instructional materials and how this affects the affordabilit
Episode 156: Reframing the Data That Tell the Stories About Online Students
Guest Dr. Carmin Chan joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to consider how we might reframe the typical institutional data that might not present clearly the needs and progress of post-traditional learners serv
Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How.
In this episode, spring-boarding from one of the chapters in the new SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education, hosts Kelvin and Tom advocate for high-quality online discussions and reflect upon resear
Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed
Guest Dr. Anna Porcaro joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share insights on how higher education institutions can be more effective in meeting workforce needs through digital alternative educational progra
Episode 153: Better Serving Learners Through Transformed Business Models
As a follow-up to the pre-2024 call-in show, hosts Tom and Kelvin talk through the need to re-examine, challenge, and change existing institutional structures as we seek to serve learners better - bot
Episode 152: Still “Be Prepared” for Disruption with Digital Learning
Guest Patti OSullivan joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the significance of advance planning for academic continuity and the role that digital teaching and learning can play. Important all the ti
Episode 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!”
In this call-in show episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by multiple voices from the online education community to help us all make sense of 2023s disruptions and make the most of 2024s oppor