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Episode 46: Empowering Humans Through Learning Analytics

In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom note the student success benefits of learning analytics initiatives and consider thoughtfully the appropriate roles for human decision-making in such initiatives. Students, faculty, advisors, and administrators are just some of the humans who can be empowered by analytics.

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Episode 45: A Case for Consortia: Learning with Unizin

In this episode, co-hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by Unizin’s Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Jill Buban, to discuss the importance of institutional consortia in advancing higher education’s aspirational innovation goals that benefit students.

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Episode 44: The Intertwined Futures of Online and Digital Learning

Join hosts Tom and Kelvin as they discuss the intertwined futures of online learning and digital learning. How we frame our work and where we invest our innovation efforts will have at least some bearing on where our futures lead.

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2018 Dziuban Award Recipient – Matt Dombrowski, M.F.A.

The Center for Distributed Learning (CDL) has awarded the 2018 Chuck D. Dziuban Award for Excellence in Online Teaching to Matt Dombrowski, from the School of Visual Arts and Design. The award presentation occurred during the Showcase event that concluded the fall session of CDL’s faculty development program for online and blended teaching, IDL6543.

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Episode 43: “What’s Going On Down There at UCF?” A Case Study in Change Management for Digital Active Learning

Managing change is part of the business of leading innovation in online/digital learning. Sometimes we make mistakes. In this episode of TOPcast, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson share lessons learned from a recent controversial case study in change management at UCF’s College of Business.

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Episode 42: Designing for Synchronous Online Learning

While “traditional” online education relies on asynchronous experiences, there are specific contexts in which synchronous online learning is best for students. In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss how and when to make the most of real time options.

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Episode 41: Big & Good: Will the Iron Triangle Allow for Both?

Conventional wisdom has it that small is good, but is this true? Can institutions of higher education be both big and good? In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin revisit the “iron triangle” construct as they explore the tensions inherent in pursuing both scale and quality.

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Assembling a Cohesive Packet for the Dziuban Award

About this Session The fourth and final session in this video series will consist of a brief review of application requirements and a walkthrough of the submission process.  Presenters will use the remainder of the session to address questions of potential applicants in real time.  Session Highlights During this last Dziuban Award Workshop Series presentation, …

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Episode 40: “Boost Your Online Program Enrollment with this One Tip!” (aka Marketing of Online Programs)

“Marketing,” as a concept, rankles some in academic circles, but it is increasingly key to the work of online education. In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom are joined by marketing guru Courtney Borton to consider how to best market online programs.

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Episode 39: Introducing the Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit

Preparing faculty to successfully teach online can be challenging and lonely work, especially if you are a part of a small team of instructional designers. In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom unveil a set of free, open-licensed resources designed to make online faculty development easier and less lonely.

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