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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 31 MIN

Episode 182: When is “Good Teaching” Just “Good Teaching?”

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Guest Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Tobin joins hosts Tom and Kelvin for a slightly spicy conversation about the extent to which general teaching behaviors can be meaningfully separated from other factors such as course modality, student characteristics, institutional resources, and more. Podcast Recording Download Transcript: PDF Dr. Thomas J. (Tom) Tobin #advgb-cols-7f89b36f-0fbe-428d-aade-94577aabc188{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-cols-7f89b36f-0fbe-428d-aade-94577aabc188{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-cols-7f89b36f-0fbe-428d-aade-94577aabc188{}}#advgb-col-d795093d-b5ff-4aeb-b6ea-b00f72954a51>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-d795093d-b5ff-4aeb-b6ea-b00f72954a51>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-d795093d-b5ff-4aeb-b6ea-b00f72954a51>.advgb-column-inner{}}#advgb-col-fd1f9417-84f5-4856-af21-515fdd4806e6>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-fd1f9417-84f5-4856-af21-515fdd4806e6>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-fd1f9417-84f5-4856-af21-515fdd4806e6>.advgb-column-inner{}} Episode 182 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links  “Office Coffee: How It Works” [From Moustache Coffee Club. No relation.] #advgb-cols-8e09e19c-eded-4141-a73e-a4b039192f8d{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-cols-8e09e19c-eded-4141-a73e-a4b039192f8d{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-cols-8e09e19c-eded-4141-a73e-a4b039192f8d{}}#advgb-col-89cdded9-3f00-4a4b-bc8a-dc42e29c6f80>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-89cdded9-3f00-4a4b-bc8a-dc42e29c6f80>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-89cdded9-3f00-4a4b-bc8a-dc42e29c6f80>.advgb-column-inner{}}#advgb-col-38da2097-2093-4e26-819e-022979bcab67>.advgb-column-inner{}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {#advgb-col-38da2097-2093-4e26-819e-022979bcab67>.advgb-column-inner{}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {#advgb-col-38da2097-2093-4e26-819e-022979bcab67>.advgb-column-inner{}} Content Links  Dr. Thomas J. Tobin’s Website [Book] Evaluating Online Teaching (co-written by Dr. Tobin) [From Higher Ed Dive] “Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges” (January 2025) [From Wikipedia] History of the “Loyal Opposition”  [OLC Innovate 2022 Keynote Plenary] “Let’s Not Romanticize 2019 for Online Learning” (Hill and Moreau. edited transcript and video on OnEdTech blog)   [From EDUCAUSE’s Game Changers ebook] “The Postmodality Era: How Online Learning Is Becoming Learning” (Cavanagh, 2012)  TOPcast Episode #177 “Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve” (featuring cameo by Dr. Tobin) TOPcast Episode #160 “‘Remember the Why:’ Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments” (with guest Dr. Jean Mandernach) TOPcast Episode #127 “Community Wisdom: Students, Hybridity, and More!” (including “call-in” comment by Dr. Tobin) Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode!

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