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    Transform Your Teaching: Online Teaching Practices – Organization

    June 20, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow can structuring and chunking content and assessments in an online course help both the instructor and the learner? What are some best practices for organizing a course in your school’s learning management system? In this episode, Rob and Jared discuss how organization can alleviate barriers and facilitate learning in an online course.  Have questions about some of the topics we’ve discussed recently? Drop all your burning questions in our form for an upcoming Q&A episode!    View a transcript of this week’s episode.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching: Online Teaching Practices – Self-Reflection

    June 13, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat importance should instructors place on student reflection in their online course? How crucial is modeling self-reflection to your students? In this episode, Rob and Jared discuss self-reflection and how it can be placed pre-, mid-, and post-learning in an online course.  Have questions about some of the topics we’ve discussed recently? Drop all your burning questions in our form for an upcoming Q&A episode!    View a transcript of this week’s episode.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching: Online Teaching Practices Kickoff

    June 6, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat are some key aspects of online teaching? What role does self-evaluation play in teaching and learning? In this episode, Rob and Jared begin a new series on online teaching practices and preview the importance of reflecting on your own teaching practices.  Have questions about some of the topics we’ve discussed recently? Drop all your burning questions in our form for an upcoming Q&A episode!    View a transcript of this week’s episode.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching: The Math Shark – Are We Going to Need a Bigger Boat?

    April 25, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDoes higher education need to prepare for students who may be suffering from the math shark? Is education for pre-service teachers being modified to account for the math shark? Do we need a bigger boat to confront this issue, or is the math shark really just a guy in scuba gear with a fake fin on his back? Rob and Ryan chat with Dr. Terri Bucci (Associate Professor and Researcher in Mathematics Education at The Ohio State University) about the state of math education and how it can be approached differently to help students.  Have questions about some of the topics we’ve discussed recently? Drop all…

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    Transform Your Teaching: Student Perspectives – Discussions, Group Work, and Student-to-Student Interaction 

    February 21, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow does research align with student perception? Do students agree with what research says helps them learn best? Join Dr. Rob McDole and Dr. Jared Pyles as they discuss higher education best practices with two current undergraduate students.   Transform Your Teaching wants to hear from you! Please take our survey to let us know how we can make the podcast even better.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching’s 100th Episode – 100 Second Segments

    January 31, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoin Dr. Rob McDole and Dr. Jared Pyles as they celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast! Guests from previous episodes will make brief appearances and ask Rob and Jared questions that they have to answer in 100 seconds. The kicker: Rob and Jared have no clue who’s coming on. At whatever point you joined us on this podcast journey, thank you for listening. Here’s to 100 more!  Transform Your Teaching wants to hear from you! Please take our survey to let us know how we can make the podcast even better.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching: [Re-Air] Objectives with Dr. Haisong Ye

    January 3, 2025

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode originally aired November 24, 2023, Dr. Rob McDole and Dr. Jared Pyles joined forces with Dr. Haisong Ye who has a PhD from Indiana State University and is an instructional designer in the CTL at Cedarville University. Together they discussed the principles for effective objectives by creating a course on how to make a good cup of coffee.   Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    Transform Your Teaching: [Re-Air] The Philosophy of Servant Teaching

    December 27, 2024

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn this episode originally aired February 17, 2023, Dr. Rob McDole and Dr. Jared Pyles introduced the topic of “Servant Teaching.” They discussed the philosophy behind servant teaching and provided the biblical basis for being a servant teacher.  Transform Your Teaching wants to hear from you! Please take our survey to let us know how we can make the podcast even better.  Podcast links Resources  Chat with us! 

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    2024 AECT Reflection – Jargon, Memorization, and Understanding 

    November 7, 2024

    Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery industry has its jargon, and if you’re not familiar with the industry, it could sound like a foreign language. Maybe you don’t realize how much jargon you use, so step back the next time you’re in a department meeting and try to listen as someone who’s never been in the room before. It can be a very intimidating experience. That’s how students sometimes feel when they’re just starting out in their major. They’re navigating through unchartered waters in the middle of a storm, and they’re only understanding maybe every third word being shouted to them by their captain.  So, how do you help students learn these…

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    Transform Your Teaching: Teaching the Whole Student

    October 18, 2024

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow does a student’s non-academic life affect their academic life? Are there patterns outside the classroom that are affecting their learning? Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles chat with Professor Jeremy Oliver (Assistant Professor of Applied Theology at Cedarville University) about factors that are contributing to a student’s academic performance.  Transform Your Teaching wants to hear from you! Please take our survey to let us know how we can make the podcast even better.  Podcast links Resources Chat with us! 

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