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A word document transcript of this episode will download at this link.About the guestsChristy Bazan is an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois. She is among the authors of the Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective.Robert Baird is a Sr. Associate Director at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning.Episode SummaryThe high cost of textbooks is one of the factors that affects student learning outcomes and student success. Students avoid certain classes, drop a class, or do poorly when they cannot afford the text for a course. Learn a bit about one instructor's journey creating an OER at Illinois, and why she's working on her second! All this (and more!) OER activity is supported by the Open Textbook Incentive Program at the University Library. Check out their webpage for details on funding applications and additional examples.Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! Landing page for the Show on our website and Youtube version of this conversation.

Transcript of Season 2, Episode 5 Landing page for the Show  About the guests Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is also the Director of Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories  Lucas Anderson is a Specialist in Education at CITL. Check out his blog where he writes about developing a teaching philosophy statement and other teaching topics. Episode Summary Who says engineers can’t have pizazz?! Ether through sheer silliness or deeply rooted pedagogy (or both – or neither!), Blake Johnson made low effort decisions to infuse some style into the pressure cooker situation of converting engineering lab courses into an online modality within a week to accommodate pandemic response in March 2020. Here’s a link to a sample of these lab videos sent to students in lieu of them being in the facility: Stylized Remote Lab Procedures Example - ME 320 Lab 5.  Listen to his reflections on the process of converting labs under impossible circumstances all while maintaining his fun - yet rigorous - teaching affect.  Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! 

Transcript of Season 2, Episode 4 Landing page for the Show  About the guests Daniel J. Simons is a Professor in Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  Emelie Mies is a Technology Support Specialist at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at UIUC.  Episode Summary Thinking about one’s thinking is a rather unintuitive and fraught process, especially if we’re in a learner/student context! But this conversation, and Prof. Dan Simons research, might be a big help to jumpstarting that metacognition analysis. Hope you enjoy some connections between scam artists, signal to noise, pattern bias, incentive structures and a student’s journey through higher education.  Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! 

Transcript of Season 2, Episode 3 Landing page for the Show  About the guests Christine Shenouda is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  Liam Moran is a Systems Specialist in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at UIUC. Episode Summary These days, higher ed institutions and whole degree programs are thinking about their strategy for building online offerings. We invited someone who’s been deliberately building online offerings at a department level since well before our global experiment with online ed. Christine shares some of their story from Psychology, and also their rationale behind those choices.  Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! 

Transcript of Season 2, Episode 2 Landing page for the Show  About the guests Soo Yeun-Lee is a Professor in and the School Director of the School of Food Sciences at Washington State University.  Cheelan Bo-Linn is a Senior Specialist in Education at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at UIUC.  Episode Summary Flipping the classroom is nothing new. We wont win any awards with this conversation about what’s become a tried and true method for increasing engagement and improving learning outcomes for certain college curricula. But... hearing Soo’s purpose, methodology and advice to others is sure worth a listen! If you want to reprioritize your course to better prepare your students for life beyond school (where timed exams rarely exist and team-based projects are everywhere), then we think you’ll get lots out of this conversation!  Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! 

Transcript of Season 2, Episode 1 Landing page for the Show  About the guests Victoria T. Fields is a Doctoral Student and Instructor of Record in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  Nicole A. Cox was a PhD student at UIUC and a CITL Graduate Affiliate. She’s now Faculty at Amhust College. Episode Summary Graduate students with higher ed teaching experience, Victoria Fields and Nicole Cox, share their stories and strategies from time in roles of an Instructor at UIUC. They connect much of their work to the Engaged Pedagogy of bell hooks, and it’s a helpful and hopeful conversation about connecting and leading classrooms spaces. Victoria holds credit for our inaugural email to the podcast, so do consider reaching out!  Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.  This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation!