Teaching in Higher Ed

Big and Small Experiments in Teaching and Learning, with Mike Cross

Teaching in Higher Ed

Show Notes

Mike Cross shares about his experiments (big and small) in teaching and learning on episode 610 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.

-Mike Cross

I love that, that idea of tiny experiments. I think that that is absolutely critical because we’re all so busy.

-Mike Cross

Anytime you can put yourself in someone else’s shoes, it makes you a better person, right? Whether that’s a better teacher, a better spouse, a better friend, a better citizen, anything.

-Mike Cross

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Resources

Episode 106: Undercover Professor with Mike Cross

Snow College

Coaching for Leaders Episode 747: How to Get Out of a Rut, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me About Learning, created by Mike Wesch

Francesca and the Genie of Science, by Mike Cross

Living with Grief: A Poem for Those Who Are Grieving, by Christy Albright

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley

The Midnight

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