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Let's Talk Teaching @ Western Technical College
by Academic Excellence and Development
In this podcast, hosted by Maria Slusarek, Quality Assurance Mentor, and Larry Sleznikow, Instructional Technologist, we interview faculty and staff at Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wisconsin about how they teach and support teaching and learning at Western.
Episodes
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A conversation with Roger Stanford, college president
Join us for our conversation with Western's college president. Roger sat down with us to discuss Western's culture, his thoughts on education, past, present and future, and his plans on retirement.
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Getting to know Fayme, Learning Experience Designer
Fayme Evenson is the new Learning Experience Designer, here at Western Technical College. This podcast take some time to get to know her personally and her thoughts on education and the role she hope to play.
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AI in Education: 2025 Ai4 Conference
This is a recap of the 2025 Ai4 Conference and some of the key takeaways from attending the conference with the focus on AI's impacts on education. Our guest this week are Josh Gamer, Associate Vp Workforce Partnerships & Innovation and Brianne Shane, Director Institutional Research.
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AI in Education: Faculty Experiments and Perspectives
AI is here, and it's changing everything in higher education. Cheater or tutor? Threat or opportunity? This podcast dives deep into the debates and practicalities of artificial intelligence in colleges. We'll uncover how AI is being used to personalize learning, develop critical thinking skills,...
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Getting to know Max Smith, Learning Experience Designer
Max Smith is the new Learning Experience Designer here at Western Technical College. This podcast take some time to get to know him personally and his thoughts on education.
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AI & the Educator: A conversation with AI Avatars
This is an AI generate conversation with avatars from an app called NotebookLM. The topic of the conversation addresses the state of AI in education as summarized from a series of source articles referenced.
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Getting to know Jenny Holm and Jordan Brick, New Faculty Developers
Jenny and Jordan are new faculty developers here at Western Technical Collage as of Fall of 2024. In this podcast we take some time to get to know them and their thoughts on education.
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Paw-dcast: The Therapy Dogs of Western Technical College
In this episode, Maria and Adam interview Western Instructors Cindy Prindle and Jennifer Stangl about their not-so-secret secret of classroom success: therapy dogs Murphy and Ruben. We learn about different types of working dogs, their handlers, how they can help in teaching and learning, and ask...
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Project Proven at Western: Teaching College in Jails
In this episode, we meet with two members of Western's Project Proven team, Colin Walsh and Dillon Mader. Project Proven is Western's initiative to offer classes to justice-involved people while they are in the La Crosse County jail. We learn the differences between jails and prisons, take a...
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AI & the Educator: A Real World Approach
This podcast is a discussion with Cate Hollowitsch, an adjunct instructor at Western, Chief Marketing Officer, Author and Speaker. We discuss with her thoughts on teaching and the use of AI in the classroom and her profession. She presents practical application uses of Generative AI.
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AI & the Educator: Shaping the Future of Teaching
This is a discussion with two instructors from Integrated Technologies Programs, Jacob McAllister and Nathan Crowder. We discuss their personal experiences with AI, their thoughts for it's future, and how it impacts them and their students. All are welcome, please enjoy!
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Introducing Western's New Instructional Technologist
In this episode, we interview Western's new Instructional Technologist (and soon-to-be podcast co-host), Shawn Fredrick. We hear his origin story and what technologies he would marry, befriend, and avoid.
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Julie Christensen and Grace Janssen Talk about Community-based and Work-based Learning
Julie Christensen, Community-Based Learning Specialist and Grace Janssen, Work-Based Learning Specialist at Western Technical College join Maria and Larry to talk about their journeys to Western and how they help faculty and students incorporate work-based and community-based learning…
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Amy Poteet Talks About Teaching Online and More
Amy Poteet teaches Communication Skills in the General Studies division at Western Technical College. She discusses her long career as an educator and how she became a pioneer in teaching online. Her passion and excitement for online course design, student engagement, and accessibility are…
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Introducing Karen Sorvaag, Western's New Faculty Developer
Western now has a new faculty developer! Karen Sorvaag joined Academic Excellence in August 2022 and brings with her a wealth of teaching experience. She'll be working with Western faculty, both full-time and adjuncts, to help enhance their teaching.
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Roxanne Smothers on Connecting With Students
Roxanne Smothers teaches hospitality management at Western. This interview covers a wide range of topics including adding video to your Blackboard courses and how to best connect with your students. You don't want to miss it!
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Learning Chemistry via Videos with Kristin Born
Kristin Born is a chemistry instructor at Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This interview discusses her creative process for using videos for instructional delivery and student success. She has been using video in her classroom for over a decade! The content in this episode…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this podcast, hosted by Maria Slusarek, Quality Assurance Mentor, and Larry Sleznikow, Instructional Technologist, we interview faculty and staff at Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wisconsin about how they teach and support teaching and learning at Western.
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In this podcast, hosted by Maria Slusarek, Quality Assurance Mentor, and Larry Sleznikow, Instructional Technologist, we interview faculty and staff at Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wisconsin about how they teach and support teaching and learning at Western.
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