All Episodes
TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast — 211 episodes
Episode 200: Last Call at the TOPcast Cafe
Episode 199: Pillar Panel #3: Faculty Professional Development in Online Ed
Episode 198: “An Instructional Design Institute in a Book!”
Episode 197: Pillar Panel #2: Evidence-Based Practice in Online/Digital Ed
Episode 196: The Future of Student Success and Digital Learning is “Co-created”
Episode 195: Managing the Online Expectations of Presidents and Provosts
Episode 194: Becoming Ambassadors of “Acceptance”
Episode 193: Pillar Panel #1: Leadership Vision in Online Ed
Episode 192: Futures Thinking and Digital Higher Ed
Episode 191: Student Retention Through Online Learning
Episode 190: “When Will Online Learning Stop Growing?” (Plus More Market Insights!)
Episode 189: “We Have a Problem” with Many of Our Incoming Students
Episode 188: How Do You Do It? Leading Strategy and Practice in Online Education
Episode 187: The TOPcast “Core Audience” and Strategic Online Education
Episode 186: Expert Tips for Online Program Marketing and Enrollment
Episode 185: What Do the Top 10 TOPcast Episodes Tell Us?
Episode 184: The Digital Learning Value of 1EdTech “Decomplexified”
Episode 183: No Lemmings! Avoid the Enrollment Cliff with a Values-Driven Strategy
Episode 182: When is “Good Teaching” Just “Good Teaching?”
Episode 181: Help in Grasping “Good Online Course”
Episode 180: Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Report (2024)
Episode 179: Temporary Remote Work and Remote Instruction… Again!
Episode 178: Transferable Skills of Digital Learning Professionals
Episode 177: Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve
Episode 176: Credit for Prior Learning
Episode 175: “Let’s Stay Focused On What We Can Control” in Online Ed
Episode 174: Get “All [Phil]’d Up” On LMS/Online Enrollment Insights
Episode 173: Campus-Based Student Demand for Online Options (and More!) from CHLOE 9
Episode 172: Online Education in Guatemala
Episode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ Needs
Episode 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI Tools
Episode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When…
Episode 168: “More Positive Hope than Ever Before”
Episode 167: Cultivating a Startup Mindset
Episode 166: High Structure Course Design for Online STEM Courses
Episode 165: Why Still Prepare Faculty for Online Teaching? #IYKYK
Episode 164: Student Success Coaching Online
Episode 163: The Online Syllabus: “A Welcome Mat for the Course”
Episode 162: Listen and Act Now! US ED’s Proposed Online Changes
Episode 161: Taste the Rainbow of Online Ed’s Possible Futures
Episode 160: “Remember the Why:” Designing Meaningful Learning Assignments
Episode 159: “Adjusting Your Sails” in Online Ed Based on the Data
Episode 158: AI-Assistance Built-In: Less Obvious/More Useful
Episode 157: Pending Changes to Inclusive Access Programs
Episode 156: Reframing the Data That Tell the Stories About Online Students
Episode 155: High-Quality Online Discussions — Here’s How.
Episode 154: Alternative Educational Programs and Digital Higher Ed
Episode 153: Better Serving Learners Through Transformed Business Models
Episode 152: Still “Be Prepared” for Disruption with Digital Learning
Episode 151: “What a Year [of Disruption] It Has Been! […But] 2024 is Upon Us!”
Episode 150: A Global, Holistic, 360 Degree Perspective on Online Higher Education
Episode 149: “Baking AI into the Process” of Digital Learning Over the Next Five Years
Episode 148: Fostering Digital Learning Innovation
Episode 147: “Faculty Preparation” and More QA Insights from CHLOE 8
Episode 146: Get Hands-On with AI
Episode 145: “More of the Human Element:” Dolly, Picard, Ray, Dede, and More
Episode 144: Helping with “Running the Business” for 100 years
Episode 143: “Speaking in Dollars and Cents” About Online Learning
Episode 142: “Repurposing” – Working Smarter, Not Harder
Episode 141: “It’s Star Spangled Learning, Baby!”
Episode 140: Maturing the Core Work of Online Education
Episode 139: Automating Digital Teaching — What Can Go Wrong?
Episode 138 Bonus: The Department Knew What It Meant:” DCL + OPM + TPS = OMG!
Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination
Episode 136: Online Higher Ed: Finding Ourselves in Other People’s Stories
Episode 135: Different Institutions, Different Methods, Same Goals
Episode 134: Self-Care and Online Education: Saying Yes, Saying No, and Why
Episode 133: Professional Development Across Our Online Education Community
Episode 132: Lessons from Leading a Remote Online Learning Team
Episode 131: ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
Episode 130: Data, DETA, Design, and More
Episode 129: Education Deserts and Online Strategy
Episode 128: Strategic Imperatives from 1EdTech
Episode 127: Community Wisdom: Students, Hybridity, and More!
Episode 126: COLOs, Context, and Community
Episode 125: Serving Our Communities with Non-Credit Online Learning
Episode 124: Reliable “Buckets:” Toward Modality Clarity
Episode 123: Hybridity Predicted and More from CHLOE 7
Episode 122: More Equitable Outcomes Through Instructional Design
Episode 121: “Surprisingly Awesome” In-Person Engagement
Episode 120: Academic Innovation Lessons: Hype vs. Hope
Episode 119: Chatbots in Online Education
Episode 118: Observations on the Online Education Job Market
Episode 117: Online Discussion-Enhancement Tools
Episode 116: 3Fold Gains and the Improvement of Higher Ed
Episode 116 Bonus: Ehrmann on Chickering & Ehrmann (1996)
Episode 115: “Blendedness:” Deliberate Design with Student Benefit
Episode 114: Making Sense of COVID’s Ongoing Impact on Online Higher Ed
Episode 113: The Three Students You Might Meet in Your Online Class
Episode 112: SARA (and More!) Under Siege
Episode 111: “Onlineness:” Necessity, Not Convenience
Episode 110: The LMS: Institutional “Linchpin”
Episode 109: Protecting Online Higher Education from the Great Resignation
Episode 108: A Faculty Vision for Transformation of STEM Education
Episode 107: “Peeling the Onion” of Online Program Rankings
Episode 106: Rise of the CATO
Come Work for Us! Digital Learning Job Openings at UCF
Episode 105: How Roasted Is Your Course?
Episode 104: Digital Learning and the Liberal Arts
Episode 103: Learning from 2021: Our Listeners Speak
Episode 102: Building vs. Buying
Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate”
Episode 100: Managing Change and Growth in Online Initiatives
Episode 99: The Importance of “Faculty Voice and Faculty Valuing” in Online Education
Episode 98: “I Don’t Ever Want to Do [Online] Again!”
Episode 97: Finding the Right Mix of Modalities at Your Institution
Episode 96: 25 Years of “Conscientious, Methodical Research”
Episode 95: Return to Campus Work. Or Not.
Episode 94: Digital STEM: Building On Successful Teaching Experiences of Faculty
Episode 93: “A More Generalized Perspective” Reflections on the CHLOE 6 Report
Episode 92: “Multidimensional, Tremendous Work:” Akilah Institute
Episode 91: Intermodal Learning
Episode 90: The Job to Be Done Online is Increasing Opportunity
Episode 89: 7 Slogans to Save Online Learning
#7 – S06E74 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
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Episode 88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design”
#5 – S05E64 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
#4 – S04E37 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
Episode 87: Repairing Our Reputation Post-COVID
#3 – S03E36 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
#2 – S02E15 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
#1 – S01E01 – “TOP” 7 Episodes of TOPcast Past
Episode 86: When Can We Trust Our Students’ Perceptions of Their Own Learning?
Episode 85: Blended Is the Future. (And It’s Not Just Courses)
Episode 84: The Value of Engaging with Our Community
Episode 83: Re-thinking Synchronous for the Post-COVID Era
Episode 82: Fostering Large Scale OER Adoption
Episode 81: Technology Adoption as Enabling the “Right Thing”
Episode 80: “Carism” in Leading Online Learning Teams
Episode 79: The 2020 TOPcast & Friends Holiday Special
Episode 78: Lessons from Leading Calbright
Episode 77: Field Report #8: Strategic Blended Learning in “COVID Times”
2020 IELOL Participants Q&A Session – Bonus Content
Episode 76: Learning from the Calbright Model
Episode 75: Field Report #7: “Fostering Resilience” for the Spring
Episode 74: “Connecting the Dots:” Lessons for Leadership
Episode 73: Field Report #6: “Message-Infused” Communications During COVID
Episode 72: Pro Tips on Vocal Care for Faculty
Episode 71: Field Report #5: Finding Flexibility for F2F This Fall: The BlendFlex Approach
Episode 70: Student Access to Digital Materials During COVID and Beyond
Episode 69: Field Report #4: How Are We Doing? Hearing Everyone’s Voices Through Data
Episode 68: “Getting Everything Current:” A Holistic Approach to Accessibility
Episode 67: Field Report #3: Carrying Out a “More Online Every Semester” Strategy
Episode 66: Curricular Innovation, Engineering, and Adaptive Learning
Episode 65: Field Report #2: Preparing for the Post-COVID Future
Episode 64: Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning
Episode 63: Field Report #1: Making #RemoteTeaching Happen
Episode 62: DL Course Fees and the Funding of Online Education
Episode 61: Beyond the Coronavirus: Continuity of Operations and Online Learning
Episode 60: Growing [As] Leaders in Our Online Learning Field
Episode 59: Online Faculty Development
Episode 58: “Fun with Regulations”
Episode 57: “Do You Want a Degree with Those Fries?” Education as an Employee Benefit
Episode 56: “The Last Mile:” Getting STEM Online
Episode 55: A Journey from Faculty Member to Digital Learning Leader
Episode 54: “Keep It Simple Starting” with Design and Teaching
Episode 53: A “Sobering” Conversation About Diversity Among Leaders of Online Learning
Episode 52: Higher Ed’s “Third Wave of Digital Leaders”
Episode 51: How Can We Make Textbooks More Affordable for Students?
Episode 50: Conveying Online Quality: One Way to Better Inform Stakeholders
Episode 49: “You’re Making Me Crazy!” How to Improve Online Education
Episode 48: Equal Access to Education: A Conversation with Dr. Chuck Dziuban
Episode 47: Engaging in Engagement Research for Online Students
Episode 46: Empowering Humans Through Learning Analytics
Episode 45: A Case for Consortia: Learning with Unizin
Episode 44: The Intertwined Futures of Online and Digital Learning
Episode 43: “What’s Going On Down There at UCF?” A Case Study in Change Management for Digital Active Learning
Episode 42: Designing for Synchronous Online Learning
Episode 41: Big & Good: Will the Iron Triangle Allow for Both?
Episode 40: “Boost Your Online Program Enrollment with this One Tip!” (aka Marketing of Online Programs)
Episode 39: Introducing the Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit
Episode 38: Storytelling and Empathy in Online Education
Episode 37: 6 Deadly Sins of Online Teaching
Episode 36: Finding Online Learning Leaders: “Fredericksen’s List”
Episode 35: Blending Our Way to “A Whole New Level of Student Success”
Episode 34: Research and the Instructional Designer
Episode 33: Academic Integrity Online: Addressing Criticisms
Episode 32: Provosts, Pedagogy, and Digital Learning
Episode 31: WGU Did What? (Or DID They?)
Episode 30: Learning Mobile
Episode 29: Designing Better Blended Learning
Episode 28: Understanding Policy
Episode 27: Humanizing Online Learning
Episode 26: “Going Straight to the Source:” The Student Voice in Online Education
Episode 25: But FIRRST…. Lead Innovation!
Episode 24: Multilingual Musings: International Connections in Online Education
Episode 23: What is your Elevator Pitch? Talking to the Public about Online Education
Episode 22: Better Together: Diversity in Online Education
Episode 21: Accessibility: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination
Episode 20: Professional Development Through Podcasting
Episode 19: The Multiple Roles of Instructional Designers
Episode 18: Expanding Access to College through Online Education
Episode 17: Researching “Questions of Consequence”
Episode 16: Operationalizing Online Course Quality
Episode 15: It’s More About the Social than the Media
Episode 14: The Problem with Quality: Consensus vs. Connoisseurship
Episode 13: The MOOC Gets a Toddler Check-Up
Episode 12: The LMS: Past, Present, and Future
Episode 11: Getting to the Goal of Going Textbook Free
Episode 10: The Iron Triangle: Stimulus for Innovation in Online Ed
Episode 9: Telling Disruptive Stories: Women as Leaders in Online Education
Episode 8: Get Free Stuff! Open Resources in Online Teaching and Learning
Episode 7: The “Delicate Dance” of Leaders: Shaping the Future of Online Learning
2015 OLC TOPcast Live Bonus Content
Episode 6: Understanding the Coming CBE R/Evolution
Episode 5: How Personal Do You Want to Get? Personalized Learning in Higher Education
Episode 4: Blended Learning Part Deux: Designing the Optimal Blend
Episode 3: Blended Learning: Finding the Sweet Spot Between Faculty Preferences and Institutional Goals
Episode 2: Research on Online Learning: Interpreting the Findings
Episode 1: What Is Online Learning? Definitions, Boundary Objects, and Baggage