Posted on January 5, 2026January 5, 2026Episode 200: Last Call at the TOPcast Cafe Recorded in front of a plenary audience at the OLC Accelerate 2025 conference and drawing upon crowdsourced listener input and live audience questions, this is it: the final, regularly-scheduled episode of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. Please enjoy this cumulative synthesis of insights from the podcast. Good-bye and thanks for joining us for all the coffee and all the conversations! https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/ucfcdl-wp.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/TOPcast/Episodes/topcast-11200.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:24 — 33.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsbudgetbudgetscommunityconnectionsenrollmentfuturelistenersOLConlinequalityretentionstrategyThailandTOPcast Live Posted on August 4, 2025August 4, 2025Episode 191: Student Retention Through Online Learning Hosts Tom and Kelvin consider the role well-designed online learning can play in institutional efforts to increase student retention. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/ucfcdl-wp.s3.amazonaws.com/TOPcast/Episodes/topcast-11191.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:21 — 27.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsbelongingcostdatadesignenrollmentfaculty developmenthumanmarketingpreparationqualityrelational marketingrelationshipretentionSAGEstudent successsuccess Posted on February 19, 2024February 28, 2024Episode 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 served by online education. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9156.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:32 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsChanColombiadataFTICgraduationinstitutionsIPEDSjourneymetricsonlinepost-traditionalprofilesrelationshipsresidentialretentionstorystudentssuccesssystemstraditional Posted on March 20, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of “self-care” and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact of decisions now on long-term sustainability is a theme. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-8134.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:44 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsBarthburnoutengagementfacultyGreat ResignationhumanHumanizinginstructional designersleadershippeopleretentionself carestaffstudentswellbeingwork
Posted on August 4, 2025August 4, 2025Episode 191: Student Retention Through Online Learning Hosts Tom and Kelvin consider the role well-designed online learning can play in institutional efforts to increase student retention. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/ucfcdl-wp.s3.amazonaws.com/TOPcast/Episodes/topcast-11191.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:21 — 27.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsbelongingcostdatadesignenrollmentfaculty developmenthumanmarketingpreparationqualityrelational marketingrelationshipretentionSAGEstudent successsuccess Posted on February 19, 2024February 28, 2024Episode 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 served by online education. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9156.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:32 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsChanColombiadataFTICgraduationinstitutionsIPEDSjourneymetricsonlinepost-traditionalprofilesrelationshipsresidentialretentionstorystudentssuccesssystemstraditional Posted on March 20, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of “self-care” and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact of decisions now on long-term sustainability is a theme. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-8134.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:44 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsBarthburnoutengagementfacultyGreat ResignationhumanHumanizinginstructional designersleadershippeopleretentionself carestaffstudentswellbeingwork
Posted on February 19, 2024February 28, 2024Episode 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 served by online education. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9156.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:32 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsChanColombiadataFTICgraduationinstitutionsIPEDSjourneymetricsonlinepost-traditionalprofilesrelationshipsresidentialretentionstorystudentssuccesssystemstraditional Posted on March 20, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of “self-care” and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact of decisions now on long-term sustainability is a theme. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-8134.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:44 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsBarthburnoutengagementfacultyGreat ResignationhumanHumanizinginstructional designersleadershippeopleretentionself carestaffstudentswellbeingwork
Posted on March 20, 2023April 11, 2025Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why Guest Dr. Dylan Barth joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the benefits of “self-care” and wellbeing to our students, our organizations, and to ourselves as online education professionals. The impact of decisions now on long-term sustainability is a theme. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-8134.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:44 — 29.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS TagsBarthburnoutengagementfacultyGreat ResignationhumanHumanizinginstructional designersleadershippeopleretentionself carestaffstudentswellbeingwork