Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve discussed how mind mapping can impact teaching and learning, but what other applications exist? How can mind mapping help solve problems or organize thinking? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Dr. Larry Cox II (Senior Instructional Designer at Virginia Tech) about his presentation on using mind mapping techniques in systems thinking while at the 2025 OLC Accelerate Conference. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: Have You Tried…Mind Mapping?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat is mind mapping? How can it be an effective tool for making connections between concepts? How can it help us process knowledge more effectively? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss how mind mapping can help students and teachers work through ideas. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: Have You Tried…Music as a Tool
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat impact can familiar and unfamiliar music have on students in teaching? Do beats per minute correlate to cognition? Join Rob and Jared as they reflect on their interview with Dr. Deforia Lane and discuss the usage of music in education. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: Music as a Tool with Dr. Deforia Lane
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat happens in the brain when music is played? How can music be used for teaching and learning? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Dr. Deforia Lane (PhD in Music Education & Music Therapy from Case Western Reserve University) about how educators can use music to influence their students’ success. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: Have You Tried…Storytelling?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are the benefits of personal storytelling in the classroom? How can an anecdote enhance or support direct instruction? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss their own views on storytelling and reflect on their conversation with Dr. Q. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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How I Used ChatGPT to Reimagine “Introduction to Literature”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I was asked to teach a face-to-face section of LIT-2300 this semester, I was a bit hesitant. While I have experience teaching literature to high schoolers, I had never taught it at the college level. With the campus-wide subscription of OpenAI’s ChatGPT EDU in place, I decided to integrate AI not as a grading shortcut or a novelty (although a Gatsby bot that appends every answer with “old sport” is very tempting), but as a teaching assistant. Using a dedicated ChatGPT project (“LIT-2300 TA Bot), I developed lectures, discussions, and creative learning materials grounded in Cedarville’s theological framework. My first steps were to start like any…
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Transform Your Teaching: Storytelling with Dr. Quentin Schultze
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are Dr. Q’s essentials for good storytelling? How can storytelling be used as an effective tool for teaching and learning? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Dr. Quentin Schultze (PhD in Communication from the University of Illinois – Urbana) about how he uses storytelling to connect with his students and make content more memorable. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: Gamification Success Stories
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are some studies that have demonstrated the effectiveness of gamification? How can the work that others have done to gamify their classes help you? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss examples from five different gamification studies. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Student Perspectives: GenAI and the General Writing Major
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn August, Cedarville University became the first evangelical Christian university to implement campus-wide educational ChatGPT. This has been met with a lot of different responses—enthusiasm, fear, disdain, apathy. I know some people who use it for everything. I know others who would equate AI use as an unforgivable sin. I’m Sophie, a senior studying Professional Writing and Information Design, and I land somewhere in the middle, if a bit on the “less AI” side. But there are some specific contexts where I do (or do not) use genAI—so let’s take a look at those! In my education The first day of class, all of my professors banned…
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Transform Your Teaching: Gamification vs Game-Based Learning with Dr. Daniel Singletary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you gamify your class, how do you ensure that students remember content, not just the game that they played? What would it look like if you wanted to integrate learning into a game? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Dr. Daniel Singletary (EdD in Educational Technology, Boise State University) about how gamification can be used to motivate students. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!