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Tea for Teaching

John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare

Informal discussions of effective practices in teaching and learning.

Episodes

20 of 463 episodes

Classroom Mindscapes

Neurodivergent students bring varied strengths, needs, and ways of thinking to our classrooms. In this episode, Sarah Silverman joins us to...

42:29Sep 9, 2026

Postdocs

On past episodes of this podcast, we’ve discussed several stages of the career path for academics including the transition from grad school...

41:24Sep 2, 2026

The Problem with Grades

Traditional grading systems encourage students to focus on final grades, sometimes at the expense of learning. In this episode, Jessamyn Neu...

50:12Aug 26, 2026

Mental Health in College

A growing proportion of college students report mental health challenges, but most student affairs practitioners, campus leaders, and facult...

33:25Aug 19, 2026

A Neurodiversity Framework

Institutions are increasing their focus on creating inclusive environments. In this episode, Megan Kohler joins us to discuss a course desig...

45:06Aug 12, 2026

Intellectual Property

Faculty create large quantities of content, but aren’t always aware of their intellectual property rights, or lack thereof. In this episode,...

52:55Aug 5, 2026

Improve Critical Thinking

Students with strong critical thinking skills can make better decisions that have real consequences on their quality of life. In this episod...

31:34Jul 29, 2026

Transformative Coaching

Higher ed has become an increasingly complex and challenging environment to work in. In this episode, Susan Hrach and Kitty Maynard join us...

49:08Jul 22, 2026

Designing Impactful College Courses

Student motivation is enhanced when the framework of self-determination theory is used to design courses that support student autonomy. In t...

49:57Jul 15, 2026

Prequestions and AI

A growing body of research indicates that asking questions about concepts students have not yet studied increases learning. In this episode,...

36:30Jul 8, 2026

Revisiting A Curated AI Framework

Shortly before the start of the spring semester, Tim Curry joined us for an episode discussing his ambitious plan to create structured learn...

33:55Jul 1, 2026

All Day TA

Imagine having a virtual clone of yourself to assist your students whenever they need help and would track where students are struggling. In...

35:03Jun 24, 2026

Collaborative AI Guidance

With the rise of AI, institutions are scrambling to provide guidance and policies for students and faculty. In this episode, Kathleen Landy...

41:07Jun 17, 2026

Student Access and Earnings

The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” contains a provision eliminating federal loan availability for programs in which past graduates had early care...

53:36Jun 10, 2026

AI-Aware Teaching

While there is substantial debate over the appropriate role of generative AI in higher education, one area of agreement is that AI cannot be...

55:25Jun 3, 2026

UDL at Scale

The Universal Design for Learning framework is often adopted by individual faculty for particular courses. In this episode, Tom Tobin joins...

49:57May 27, 2026

Teaching Neurodivergent College Students

Neurodivergent students experience challenges in traditional lecture settings. In this episode, Jennifer Pusateri joins us to discuss strate...

26:37May 20, 2026

Emotional Prosody and Online Learning

The use of instructor-narrated video slideshows has increased in response to both the growth of online instruction and increased use of flip...

33:11May 13, 2026

Random Audits to Deter Cheating

The growing capabilities of generative AI platforms have made it increasingly difficult for faculty to reliably distinguish between student...

38:20May 6, 2026

The Public Scholar

The incentives of academia tend to focus faculty discussions within their narrow disciplinary fields. In this episode, David M. Perry joins...

43:35Apr 29, 2026