Teaching in Higher Ed

The Joyful Online Teacher, with Flower Darby

Teaching in Higher Ed

Show Notes

Flower Darby shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

Higher education doesn’t do a great job of preparing faculty to teach, generally speaking, that’s not new, but especially online teaching.

-Flower Darby

If you’re not a meme person, don’t do that. Something that isn’t authentic to your personality is not going to be effective.

-Flower Darby

Sometimes you don’t need all the latest bells and whistles; you don’t need the latest iPhone. We can be effective with simpler tools.

-Flower Darby

We can’t be joyful if we’re always working.

-Flower Darby

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Resources

The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes by Flower Darby

Michelle Pacansky-Brock

The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh

Dave Ghidiu

Denise Maduli-Williams

TextExpander

Thor: God of Thunder gets a library card

A Starting Point for Seth Godin’s Blog

Feel Good Inc., by Gorillaz

Muddiest Point Handout from Purdue

Revitalizing the Muddiest Point for Formative Assessment and Student Engagement in a Large Class, by Amy Mackos, Kelly Casler, Joni Tornwall, and Tara O’Brien

Poll Everywhere

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