11/23/2024

Hi TOPcast Insiders!

Happy Fall Term to all those who are celebrating! Isn’t it energizing to start a new term and a new academic year? For some, images of dorm move-ins and bookstore shopping sprees immediately spring to mind. What says “new school year” to you? Do you picture moments from the physical campus environment? Online? We would love to hear any new-term rituals or favorite moments from the beginning of the school year, especially in light of our current episode on in-person engagement (whether you agree or disagree with our perspective). Please reach out via email at topcast@ucf.edu or Twitter at @topcastnow. 

- Tom and Kelvin

Tom is a guest on the Illumination by Modern Campus podcast. Listen to “How Institutions Can Compete in a Crowded Marketplace”.

Join hosts Tom and Kelvin for a consideration of the humanizing value that in-person engagement has in our work of online education, particularly in the support and professional development of online teaching faculty.

• Bird Rock Coffee Company via Cometeer
• About Cometeer Coffee

• UCF’s Flagship Online/Blended Faculty Development Program: IDL6543
• (Time-Limited Web Page) “CDL’s Fall 2022 In-Person Faculty Engagement Activities”
• TOPcast Episode #59: “Online Faculty Development”
• Past TOPcast Episodes on “Humanizing” Online Learning Experiences
  • #27: “Humanizing Online Learning” (with Dr. Bonni Stachowiak)
  • #38: “Storytelling and Empathy in Online Education” (with Dr. Angela Gunder and Dr. Jessica Knott)
  • #64: “Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning” (with Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock)
    
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• “Broccoli” from “Surprisingly Awesome” Podcast
• Bush and Broccoli in the LA Times (1990): “Broccoli Stalks Bush on White House Lawn : Veggies: First Lady accepts California gift, but most of it goes to charity. Flap gives pundits food for thought”
  

• Video Version of this Episode!