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 January 6, 2025January 3, 2025Episode 177: Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve In celebration of 30 years of OLC conferences and with input and reactions from our community of online/digital learning professionals, including a live audience(!), hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the issues inherent in predicting and shaping a desirable future for online/digital education over the next 30 years. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-10177.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:04 — 31.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tags30 years60 year curriculumAIALNARassessmentbusiness modelsCarnegie unitcredentialcredit hourdigitaldigital dividedisruptionequityfacultyfuturehigher educationhistoryhowardhumaninnovationjacobsKatopodislearnerslearningmediamicrocredentialsOLConlinepersonalized learningSloan-CstudentsTobinTOPcast Livetrosclairvalue propositionveletsianosvirtual realityVRWegmann Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9149.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:10 — 39.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on December 3, 2018February 2, 2022Episode 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. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-444.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:28 — 28.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsacceleratedigitalel salvadorfutureinstructional designleadershipliveOLConlinestrategic planstrategyTOPcast Live
Posted on January 6, 2025January 3, 2025Episode 177: Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve In celebration of 30 years of OLC conferences and with input and reactions from our community of online/digital learning professionals, including a live audience(!), hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the issues inherent in predicting and shaping a desirable future for online/digital education over the next 30 years. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-10177.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:04 — 31.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tags30 years60 year curriculumAIALNARassessmentbusiness modelsCarnegie unitcredentialcredit hourdigitaldigital dividedisruptionequityfacultyfuturehigher educationhistoryhowardhumaninnovationjacobsKatopodislearnerslearningmediamicrocredentialsOLConlinepersonalized learningSloan-CstudentsTobinTOPcast Livetrosclairvalue propositionveletsianosvirtual realityVRWegmann Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9149.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:10 — 39.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on December 3, 2018February 2, 2022Episode 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. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-444.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:28 — 28.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsacceleratedigitalel salvadorfutureinstructional designleadershipliveOLConlinestrategic planstrategyTOPcast Live
Posted on November 6, 2023November 6, 2023Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years Emerging from the “TOPcast Live” session at OLC Accelerate 2023, join hosts Kelvin and Tom as they discuss how the framing and implementation of our increasingly AI-influenced digital learning field might continue to evolve over the next few years. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-9149.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:10 — 39.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tags2023accelerateAIartificial intelligenceblendedblended learningdigital learningfacultyfutureinstructional designleadershipOLConlineonline learningOnline Learning ConsortiumstudentsTOPcast Live Posted on December 3, 2018February 2, 2022Episode 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. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-444.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:28 — 28.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsacceleratedigitalel salvadorfutureinstructional designleadershipliveOLConlinestrategic planstrategyTOPcast Live
Posted on December 3, 2018February 2, 2022Episode 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. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-444.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:28 — 28.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Tagsacceleratedigitalel salvadorfutureinstructional designleadershipliveOLConlinestrategic planstrategyTOPcast Live