Teaching in the Digital Age

In this week’s episode, Mike Truong and I discuss teaching in the digital age. Guest: Mike Truong Director, Office of Innovative Teaching and Technology at Azusa Pacific Twitter: @mtruong Mike provides vision, strategy, and leadership for faculty development, instructional technology, and online education at Azusa Pacific. Prior to coming to APU, Mike was a founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced, where he helped establish its Center for Research on Teaching Excellence and the Merritt Writing Program. Quotes In our instant and very distracted culture … it’s critical to learn how to pay attention. —Mike Truong As faculty, we need to find ways that force us to slow down. —Mike Truong I try to prioritize in-person interactions over virtual ones whenever possible. —Mike Truong It is a real discipline to turn off our devices … the default is to be connected all the time. —Mike Truong Resources Tim Stringer’s blog: Technically Simple One Button Studio at Penn State Recommendations: Bonni Visit  APU’s Office of Innovative Teaching and Technology and check out the section on blended learning. Article: From Showroom to Classroom: Advancing Technology in Education Mike Book: Hamlet’s Blackberry* by William Powers Book: Now You See It* by Cathy Davidson (Cathy was featured on TIHE episode 28: How to see what we’ve been missing) Book: Alone Together* by Sherry Turkle Book: Reclaiming Conversation* by Sherry Turkle Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity. The post Teaching in the Digital Age appeared first on Teaching in Higher Ed.