Episodios

  • Episode 200: Last Call at the TOPcast Cafe

    Episode 200: Last Call at the TOPcast Cafe
    Jan 5 2026
    Recorded in front of a plenary audience at the OLC Accelerate 2025 conference and drawing upon crowdsourced listener input and live audience questions, this is it: the final, regularly-scheduled episode of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. Please enjoy this cumulative synthesis of insights from the podcast. Good-bye and thanks for joining us for all the coffee and all the conversations!
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    36 m
  • Episode 199: Pillar Panel #3: Faculty Professional Development in Online Ed

    Episode 199: Pillar Panel #3: Faculty Professional Development in Online Ed
    Dec 1 2025
    Guests Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock (“Brocanksy”) and Dr. Alejandra (“Alex”) Pickett unpack decades of experience in conversation with hosts Tom and Kelvin on the topic of scaling high-quality, impactful online design/teaching through preparing and supporting faculty. This episode is the final episode in a mini-series of “pillar panels” offering distilled insights from esteemed community members on key, “structural support” topics essential in the future of strategic online/digital education.
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    59 m
  • Episode 198: “An Instructional Design Institute in a Book!”

    Episode 198: “An Instructional Design Institute in a Book!”
    Nov 17 2025
    Dr. Safary Wa-Mbaleka and Dr. Baiyun Chen join hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the future of the field of higher education instructional design and their comprehensive(!) new book on the subject.
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    35 m
  • Episode 197: Pillar Panel #2: Evidence-Based Practice in Online/Digital Ed

    Episode 197: Pillar Panel #2: Evidence-Based Practice in Online/Digital Ed
    Nov 3 2025
    Guests Dr. Tanya Joosten and Dr. Patsy Moskal unpack decades of expertise in conducting research and fostering evidence-based practice in conversation with hosts Tom and Kelvin. This episode is the second in a mini-series of “pillar panels” offering distilled insights from esteemed community members on key, “structural support” topics essential in the future of strategic online/digital education.
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    55 m
  • Episode 196: The Future of Student Success and Digital Learning is “Co-created”

    Episode 196: The Future of Student Success and Digital Learning is “Co-created”
    Oct 20 2025
    Guest Dr. Cristi Ford returns to the show to discuss with hosts Kelvin and Tom revolutionary forces, wicked problems, and the importance of seeing the future of digital learning and student success as “co-created.”
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    32 m
  • Episode 195: Managing the Online Expectations of Presidents and Provosts

    Episode 195: Managing the Online Expectations of Presidents and Provosts
    Oct 6 2025
    Hosts Kelvin and Tom synthesize themes from three 2025 industry reports and more in this episode to focus on the importance of aligning leadership ambitions of presidents/provosts and quality assurance operations of online education.
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    28 m
  • Episode 194: Becoming Ambassadors of “Acceptance”

    Episode 194: Becoming Ambassadors of “Acceptance”
    Sep 15 2025
    OLC’s Dr. Jennifer Mathes joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the roles we all can play in ensuring that higher ed online learning continues to be effective and strategic in meeting our society’s needs.
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    Menos de 1 minuto
  • Episode 193: Pillar Panel #1: Leadership Vision in Online Ed

    Episode 193: Pillar Panel #1: Leadership Vision in Online Ed
    Sep 2 2025
    Guests Ray Schroeder and Dr. Melissa Vito unpack decades of practical wisdom on leadership vision in conversation with hosts Tom and Kelvin. This episode is the first in a mini-series of “pillar panels” offering distilled insights from esteemed community members on key, “structural support” topics essential in the future of strategic online/digital education.
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    1 h y 1 m
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