Hosts Kelvin and Tom consider the centrality that online learners’ needs must have in shaping the work of online higher education. Particular attention is given to how responsibility for this common goal must be shared between individual faculty and institutional processes to assure quality at scale. The post Episode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ Needs appeared first on Center for Distributed Learning ..read more

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Hosts Tom and Kelvin discuss the relationship between the strategic value institutions find in online education and institutions establishing senior roles of responsibility for online and digital learning. Implications for a variety of institutional roles are considered. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 169 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode … The post Episode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When… appeared first on Center for Distributed Learning ..read more

Download Transcript: PDF Episode 168 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  Content Links  Extra Special Feature The post Episode 168: “More Positive Hope than Ever Before” appeared first on Center for Distributed Learning ..read more

Hosts Kelvin and Tom explore the catalyzing personal and organizational value of individuals cultivating a “startup mindset,” regardless of personal role, in the work of digital higher education. The post Episode 167: Cultivating a Startup Mindset appeared first on Center for Distributed Learning ..read more

Dr. Jenny Sumner joins hosts Kelvin and Tom to discuss the growing role “coaching” plays, especially online, in centering students and their success within our higher ed work. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 164 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  “The Future” experimental coffee blend from Black and White Coffee Roasters (Raleigh, NC) Content Links  Dr. Jenny Sumner’s Online Profile  “UCF Online Connect Center” UCF’s “Transfer Connect” Success Coaches (transfer students only) UCF ..read more

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin invite “fun with syllabi” by exploring the multiple roles played by the syllabus in online courses and encouraging adjustments to make syllabi more meaningful and inviting for students. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 163 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  Single-Origin Burundi Kurusah from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY) Content Links  Publisher’s Site: The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education Social Media Artifact: One Example of the Syll ..read more

In this time-sensitive episode (listen now!), return guests Russ Poulin and Cheryl Dowd explain how proposed actions by the US Department of Education (US ED) may negatively impact many online learners and US higher education institutions. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 162 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  Photo of the Now-Extinct “Eclipse: A Spring Blend” Coffee from Sunergos Coffee (Louisville, KY) Other Coffees from Sunergos Coffee Content Links  Russ Poulin’s Online Profile Che ..read more

In this Season 10 kick-off episode, hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh revisit a “time capsule” of past predictions and pivot toward the various flavors of “possible futures” available now in online education. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Episode 161 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  “Yes, You Can Freeze Coffee Beans (If You Follow This Trick)” from Coffee Bros. Roastery, New York Content Links  All 10(!) TOPcast Season Kick-Off Episodes Related TOPcast Episodes #65: “Field Report ..read more

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. Podcast Recording Guest Dr. Jean Mandernach Download Transcript: PDF Episode 160 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  Liberica Species of Coffee Liberica Compared to Arabica and Robusta Coffees Content Links  Dr. Jean Mandernach’s Online Profile The Journal of Educators Online     [Book Co-Autho ..read more