Guests Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock (“Brocanksy”) and Dr. Alejandra (“Alex”) Pickett unpack decades of experience in conversation with hosts Tom and Kelvin on the topic of scaling high-quality, impactful online design/teaching through preparing and supporting faculty. This episode is the final episode in a mini-series of “pillar panels” offering distilled insights from esteemed community members on key, “structural support” topics essential in the future of strategic online/digital education.

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Content Links

• Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock’s Online Profile
• Dr. Alex Pickett’s Online Profile
• Resources Suggested By Dr. Pacansky-Brock
  • [Gallup Research] “How to Improve Teacher Retention and Burnout”
  • [Book] The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World (Pugh, A., 2024)
  • [US Surgeon General’s Report] “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation” (Murthy, V., 2023)
  • [Research Briefs/Resources] “Humanizing Online Teaching” (from Dr. Pacansky-Brock ad others)
• Resources Suggested by Dr. Pickett
  • The SUNY Online OSCQR Rubric
  • [From SUNY Online] “Teach Online Step by Step: Online Course Design”
  • Inclusive Online Teaching Practice Project
  • Peralta Online Equity Rubric
  • Critical Digital Pedagogy (from Jesse Stommel & Sean Michael Morris)
  • [From Tulane University] Feminist Online Pedagogy
    
  • [One-Page Research Brief] “The Spiral Curriculum” (from Education Partnerships Inc. based upon the work of Dr. Jerome Bruner)
  • Previous TOPcast Episodes
    • #165 – “Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK”
    • #64 – “Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning” (featuring guest Dr. Pacansky-Brock)
    • #24 – “International Connections in Online Education” (featuring guest Dr. Pickett)

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