Teaching in Higher Ed

<p>Bonni Stachowiak shares how to keep your Personal Knowledge Mastery (PKM) real simple with RSS on episode 614 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-21108" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2-300x200.png" alt="It's pretty spectacular how, if somebody knows about RSS, and they've subscribed to a blog or a website, how you can find people that you have a lot in common with, and get going with your curiosity." width="553" height="369" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE614-2.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px" /></p> <p>Rather than get that overwhelmed feeling of how hard it&#8217;s going to be to keep up, I don&#8217;t have to, and neither do you. Enter RSS, Real Simple Syndication.<br /> -Bonni Stachowiak</p> <p>It&#8217;s pretty spectacular how, if somebody knows about RSS, and they&#8217;ve subscribed to a blog or a website, how you can find people that you have a lot in common with, and get going with your curiosity.<br /> -Bonni Stachowiak</p> <p>It&#8217;s amazing what happens when, before we start trying to lecture or share information,<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>we ask people to predict something. Even if they end up predicting incorrectly, there still is that connection where we&#8217;ve piqued their curiosity.<br /> -Bonni Stachowiak</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/2025/10/17/6b-aggregators-and-rss/">Why Isn’t RSS More Popular By Now, by Bonni Stachowiak</a></li> <li><a href="https://jarche.com/2023/08/real-simple-syndication/">Real Simple Syndication, by Harold Jarche</a></li> <li><a href="https://inoreader.com/">Inoreader</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goldenhillsoftware.com/unread/">Unread App</a></li> <li><a href="https://cogdogblog.com/2017/09/indispensable-tool/">The Indispensable Digital Research Tool I can Say, Without Lying, Saves Time, by Alan Levine (aka CogDog)</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/0klgLsSxGsU?si=isy09tJLoE8Zw0zo">RSS in Plain English, by Common Craft</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.miniroll.app">MiniRoll</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@katie_linder">This Cozy Reading Life with Katie Linder</a></li> <li><a href="https://electronicbookreview.com/gatherings/the-transformers/">The Transformers: Imagining the Future of the Teaching of Writing</a></li> <li><a href="nasa.gov/rss/dyn/lg_image_of_the_day.rss">NASA Image of the Day</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/rss">McSweeney&#8217;s Internet Tendency</a></li> <li><a href="https://polleverywhere.com/">Poll Everywhere</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>

<p>Marc Watkins shares about cultivating skepticism and curiosity in an age of AI on Episode 613 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-21095" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1-300x200.png" alt="I do think online education is going to be the focal point for this next year, and how it can survive with an agentic AI. My feeling is, we need to be offering students more embodied experiences and disembodied spaces." width="572" height="382" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE613-1-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px" /></p> <p>I do think online education is going to be the focal point for this next year, and how it can survive with an agentic AI. My feeling is, we need to be offering students more embodied experiences and disembodied spaces.<br /> -Marc Watkins</p> <p>Every technology has its affordances and the things that are negative about it too; your cell phone, the computer, the fact we&#8217;re talking about this right now on the systems that we are using, cloud computing, that all has a cost.<br /> -Marc Watkins</p> <p>For an incoming freshman student in college to take 4 or 5 classes and have 4 or 5 very different AI policies, 4 or 5 very different understandings of what AI is, it is incredibly confusing.<br /> -Marc Watkins</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_These_Things_(Is_Not_Like_the_Others)">Sesame Street: One of These Things (Is Not Like the Others)</a></li> <li><a href="https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-we-give-up-when-we-let-ai-decide">What We Give Up When We Let AI Decide: Automation Is Easy. Judgment Is Not, by Marc Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="https://marcwatkins.substack.com/p/working-with-ai-is-more-mindset-than">Working with AI is more Mindset than Skill, by Marc Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.civicsoftechnology.org/privacy">Civics of Technology’s Privacy Week Resources</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theoppositeofcheating.com/">The Opposite of Cheating</a></li> <li><a href="https://electronicbookreview.com/gatherings/the-transformers/">The Transformers: Imagining the Future of the Teaching of Writing, by Anna Mills, Jon Ippolito, Maha Bali, Jeremy Douglass, Mark C. Marino, Annette Vee, Marc Watkins</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>

<p>Lynn Meade uncovers how to make learning visible with portfolios on episode 612 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-21063 size-full" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png" alt="Anytime I teach portfolios, it's really big that we talk about audience and purpose. Who is your audience and what is your purpose?" width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/TIHE612-3.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>An ePortfolio is basically a curated collection of student work. It includes reflection, and it&#8217;s usually across the college experience.<br /> -Lynn Meade</p> <p>Anytime I teach portfolios, it&#8217;s really big that we talk about audience and purpose. Who is your audience and what is your purpose?<br /> -Lynn Meade</p> <p>There&#8217;s something particularly lovely about seeing student or faculty members&#8217; written comments about my work. Both the critiques and those comments that build me up, and how very powerful they are, and how much they mean to me.<br /> -Lynn Meade</p> <p>It&#8217;s not about the tech. The most important thing is, am I writing? Am I able to think about myself? Am I able to reflect about myself?<br /> -Lynn Meade</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://uark.pressbooks.pub/eportolio/">Building a Professional Portfolio (OER Book) by Lynn Meade</a></li> <li><a href="https://portfolio.uark.edu/">University of Arkansas Student Portfolios (portfolio.uark.edu)</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/78540/award-winning-eportfolios-highlight-student-talent-and-career-readiness">Award-Winning ePortfolios Highlight Student Talent and Career Readiness</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/63367/fulbright-college-team-outlines-eportfolio-initiative">Fulbright College Team Outlines ePortfolio Initiative</a></li> <li><a href="https://news.uark.edu/articles/70368/multiple-new-u-of-a-eportfolio-resources-available-for-students-and-faculty">Multiple New U of A ePortfolio Resources Available for Students and Faculty</a></li> <li><a href="https://the-pedagogy-toolkit.captivate.fm/episode/eportfoliopartone">Beyond a Resume, Part One: ePortfolios in Higher Ed (podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="https://the-pedagogy-toolkit.captivate.fm/episode/eportfolio-part-two">Beyond a Resume, Part Two: ePortfolios in Higher Ed (podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.aacu.org/trending-topics/eportfolios">ePortfolios Overview (AAC&#38;U ePortfolios Topic Page)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.polleverywhere.com/">Poll Everywhere</a></li> <li><a href="https://biblioracle.substack.com/p/reese-w-is-here-to-boost-my-writing">Reese W. is Here to Boost My Writing Career, by John Warner</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780452281325">The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyduarte/">Nancy Duarte on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEmt1Znux58">Video on Box Breathing</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>

<p>Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21043" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png" alt="Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance." width="930" height="620" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE611-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" /></p> <p>Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time studying and practicing mindfulness practices.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>If you discover your why, you could basically feel much more energized and joyful about what you do, if you align your life with that.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p>Giving students space to speak and share ups and downs. So the ironic leading by listening.<br /> -Danny Mann</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://dtei.uci.edu/">University of California Irvine&#8217;s Division of Teaching Excellence &#38; Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="https://simonsinek.com/books/find-your-why/">Find Your Why, by Simon Sinek</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-debug-your-life/">How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781888375916">Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh</a></li> <li><a href="https://dtei.uci.edu/initiatives/pedagogical-wellness/">Pedagogical Wellness &#124; UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781878424310">The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-to-debug-your-life/">How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781888375916">Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>

<p>Mike Cross shares about his experiments (big and small) in teaching and learning on episode 610 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br /> <div id="" class="one-half first divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Quotes from the episode</h2> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-21024" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1-300x200.jpeg" alt="The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through." width="553" height="368" srcset="https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:300/h:200/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 300w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:768/h:512/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 768w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:600/h:400/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 600w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:360/h:240/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 360w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 930w, https://images.coachingforleaders.com/cb:ztCJ~31fd5/w:930/h:620/q:mauto/f:best/ig:avif/dpr:2/https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/TIHE610-1.jpeg 2x" sizes="(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px" /></p> <p>The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.<br /> -Mike Cross</p> <p>I love that, that idea of tiny experiments. I think that that is absolutely critical because we&#8217;re all so busy.<br /> -Mike Cross</p> <p>Anytime you can put yourself in someone else&#8217;s shoes, it makes you a better person, right? Whether that&#8217;s a better teacher, a better spouse, a better friend, a better citizen, anything.<br /> -Mike Cross</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://teachinginhighered.com/106">Episode 106: Undercover Professor with Mike Cross</a></li> <li><a href="https://snow.edu/">Snow College</a></li> <li><a href="https://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/get-out-of-a-rut-anne-laure-le-cunff/">Coaching for Leaders Episode 747: How to Get Out of a Rut, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/hbRFAq9XEV0?si=l8cavZAoErAPW1rY">What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me About Learning, created by Mike Wesch</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9781733141413">Francesca and the Genie of Science, by Mike Cross</a></li> <li><a href="https://christyalbright.com/2026/01/26/living-with-grief-a-poem-for-those-who-are-grieving/">Living with Grief: A Poem for Those Who Are Grieving, by Christy Albright</a></li> <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/79174/9780385343497">The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="https://themidnight.lnk.to/listenAP">The Midnight</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>