Posted on March 17, 2025April 29, 2025Episode 182: When is “Good Teaching” Just “Good Teaching?” Guest Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Tobin joins hosts Tom and Kelvin for a slightly spicy conversation about the extent to which general teaching behaviors can be meaningfully separated from other factors such as course modality, student characteristics, institutional resources, and more. TagsadministratorsdesigndigitalfacultyleadersMandernachmodalitiesonlinequalitystudentsteachingTobin Posted on July 15, 2024April 11, 2025Episode 166: High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses Guest Dr. Justin Shaffer joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the role high structure course design can play in making online STEM courses more effective… and fun! Tagsadoptiondesigneffective practiceengineeringfacultyfaculty developmenthigh structurehigh structure course designinnovationonlinescienceShafferSTEMstudent successteachingtechnology Posted on July 1, 2024June 28, 2024Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students. Tagsblendedchicorydatadesigndigital learningdisseminationfacultyfaculty developmentinnovationmetricsmodalitiesonlinePoulinpreparationqualitystudent successstudentssuccessSupportteaching Posted on April 15, 2024April 12, 2024Episode 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. TagsAIassessmentassignmentscheatingcoviddesignengagementethicsfacultyinstructional designerslearningLibericaMandernachonlinestudentsTobinTurgeon Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 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 research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on July 15, 2024April 11, 2025Episode 166: High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses Guest Dr. Justin Shaffer joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the role high structure course design can play in making online STEM courses more effective… and fun! Tagsadoptiondesigneffective practiceengineeringfacultyfaculty developmenthigh structurehigh structure course designinnovationonlinescienceShafferSTEMstudent successteachingtechnology Posted on July 1, 2024June 28, 2024Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students. Tagsblendedchicorydatadesigndigital learningdisseminationfacultyfaculty developmentinnovationmetricsmodalitiesonlinePoulinpreparationqualitystudent successstudentssuccessSupportteaching Posted on April 15, 2024April 12, 2024Episode 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. TagsAIassessmentassignmentscheatingcoviddesignengagementethicsfacultyinstructional designerslearningLibericaMandernachonlinestudentsTobinTurgeon Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 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 research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on July 1, 2024June 28, 2024Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the rationale underlying continued institutional efforts to prepare faculty for online course design and teaching. Hint: It’s about students. Tagsblendedchicorydatadesigndigital learningdisseminationfacultyfaculty developmentinnovationmetricsmodalitiesonlinePoulinpreparationqualitystudent successstudentssuccessSupportteaching Posted on April 15, 2024April 12, 2024Episode 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. TagsAIassessmentassignmentscheatingcoviddesignengagementethicsfacultyinstructional designerslearningLibericaMandernachonlinestudentsTobinTurgeon Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 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 research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on April 15, 2024April 12, 2024Episode 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. TagsAIassessmentassignmentscheatingcoviddesignengagementethicsfacultyinstructional designerslearningLibericaMandernachonlinestudentsTobinTurgeon Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 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 research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on February 5, 2024March 13, 2024Episode 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 research-based practices that lead to well-designed and successful discussion experiences. TagsasynchronousCOIcommunity of inquirydenoyellesdesigndiscussionsengagementevaluationFacilitationonlineResearchRubricsSAGEstudent engagementSynchronousWegmann Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on June 19, 2023August 18, 2023Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education Guest Neil Mosley joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss ways to gauge and foster maturity in the way institutions carry out learning design, the core work of online education. TagscollaborationdesignEthiopiaevidenceinstitutionsinstructional designinternationallearning designmaturitymodelsMosleyUKUnited Kingdom Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. 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Posted on May 1, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning. TagsaccessibilityAIblendedblended learningcommunicationdesigndigital learningengagementequityGuatemalahumaninclusivityinnovationonlineprimer Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. TagsaccountabilitycamerascivilitycontroldebatedesignDiversityengagementequityfacultyinclusivityinstructional designerslearningonlineremote instructionrespectstudentsSynchronousteachingwebcams Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page
Posted on July 4, 2022February 27, 2023Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools In this episode, hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the role of asynchronous discussions in online education and discuss how technology platforms/tools might provide some enhancement. Tagsasynchronousdesigndiscussionsengagementenhancementflexibilityinteractiononlineplatformstechnologytools Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. TagsaccountabilitycamerascivilitycontroldebatedesignDiversityengagementequityfacultyinclusivityinstructional designerslearningonlineremote instructionrespectstudentsSynchronousteachingwebcams Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page
Posted on January 3, 2022February 2, 2022Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course? Instructional designer Tim McKean pitches a topic that becomes an episode. Join hosts Tom and Kelvin in discussing Tim’s ideas about the balance between lightly or darkly “roasting” a course through instructional design. Tagscourse designdesignfacultyinstructional designinstructional designersMcKeanonlineroastingteaching Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. TagsaccountabilitycamerascivilitycontroldebatedesignDiversityengagementequityfacultyinclusivityinstructional designerslearningonlineremote instructionrespectstudentsSynchronousteachingwebcams Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page
Posted on November 1, 2021April 11, 2025Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era. TagsaccountabilitycamerascivilitycontroldebatedesignDiversityengagementequityfacultyinclusivityinstructional designerslearningonlineremote instructionrespectstudentsSynchronousteachingwebcams Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page