Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 172: Online Education in GuatemalaEpisode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ NeedsEpisode 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI ToolsEpisode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When…Episode 168: “More Positive Hope than Ever Before” View All Posted on April 19, 2021February 2, 2022 by cdladminEpisode 88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design” About Episode 88: Guest Shannon Riggs joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss her book “Thrive Online” and a key principle that, when pursuing quality, regardless of online, blended, synchronous, or in-person course modality, “it really always comes back to design.” Podcast Recording https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-688.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:27 — 31.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 88 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Single-origin Kenya (Roaster’s Reserve) from McMenamin‘s Coffee Roasters Portland, OregonMcMenamin‘s Coffee Roasters“Cosmic Tripster” Passport Program at McMenamin‘s Content Links Shannon Riggs’ Online ProfileShannon Riggs’ Bio at Oregon State University’s EcampusBook (on Amazon): “Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence as an Online Educator” (Riggs)The Thrive Online Book Series (edited by Dr. Katie Linder)TOPcast Episode #87: “Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID” Just for Fun Pop Culture Links 1 minute video: “Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey” (from Saturday Night Live)1 minute video clip: Tarzan and Quicksand (from 1945’s “Tarzan and the Amazons”)2 minute video: Comic John Mulaney on Quicksand(from GroovyHistory) “How ’60s And ’70s TV And Movies Made Us Scared Of Quicksand” Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)