<p>Flower Darby shares about being a joyful online teacher on episode 620 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-21274" src="https://teachinginhighered.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1-300x200.png" alt="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." width="552" 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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.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/2026/04/TIHE620-2-1.png 2x" sizes="(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px" /></p> <p>Higher education doesn&#8217;t do a great job of preparing faculty to teach, generally speaking, that&#8217;s not new, but especially online teaching.<br /> -Flower Darby</p> <p>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.<br /> -Flower Darby</p> <p>Sometimes you don&#8217;t need all the latest bells and whistles; you don&#8217;t need the latest iPhone. We can be effective with simpler tools.<br /> -Flower Darby</p> <p>We can’t be joyful if we’re always working.<br /> -Flower Darby</p> <p></div><div id="" class="one-half divwrap clearfix" /></p> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.oupress.com/9780806196534/the-joyful-online-teacher/">The Joyful Online Teacher: Finding Our Fizz in Asynchronous Classes by Flower Darby</a></li> <li><a href="https://brocansky.com/">Michelle Pacansky-Brock</a></li> <li><a href="https://wvupressonline.com/node/642">The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveghidiu/">Dave Ghidiu</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmaduliwilliams/">Denise Maduli-Williams</a></li> <li><a href="https://textexpander.com/">TextExpander</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/rxhgtsl1ai0?si=iiqmkVb7Zwki39Sj">Thor: God of Thunder gets a library card</a></li> <li><a href="https://seths.blog/2026/02/a-starting-point-for-the-blog/">A Starting Point for Seth Godin’s Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://song.link/i/850571371">Feel Good Inc., by Gorillaz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.purdue.edu/activelearning/Need%20Help/ALCOP%20-%20Muddiest%20Point%20Handout.pdf">Muddiest Point Handout from Purdue</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36223258/">Revitalizing the Muddiest Point for Formative Assessment and Student Engagement in a Large Class, by Amy Mackos, Kelly Casler, Joni Tornwall, and Tara O&#8217;Brien</a></li> <li><a href="https://polleverywhere.com">Poll Everywhere</a></li> </ul> <p></div></p>