<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>