Teaching and Learning Matters

This podcast is a Center for Teaching & Learning initiative designed to help you enhance teaching and learning.  Dr. Garvey Pyke, Instructional Programs, and Dr. Maria Yon, Faculty Fellow, host the series. We hope that you will use these podcasts to reflect upon what you are doing in your courses and how you may design certain aspects of your courses to best meet the learning needs of your students.

 To subscribe, using iTunes, and automatically download new files:

1. Copy the URL ‘http://www.fctel.uncc.edu/podcast/tlm_feed.xml’ (without the quotes),
2. Open iTunes,
3. From the “Advanced” menu, select Subscribe to Podcast...,
4. Paste the URL,
5. Click OK.

Using Podcasts in Your Course - Episode 004, May 13, 2008

In this special episode, Garvey Pyke interviews Cheryl Spainhour from the Communications Studies department at UNC Charlotte about how she uses podcasts in her Feature Writing course.

(Length: 6:20, 6 MB)
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Classroom Management - Episode 003, May 8, 2008

Some students engage in behavior that is not productive to the learning environment. In this podcast, Maria Yon will help you determine how to prevent problems from occurring and deal with them when they do occur in the college classroom.

(Length: 4:05, 3.7 MB)
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The Seven Principles - Episode 002, April 24, 2008

Dr. Garvey Pyke introduces Chickering and Gamson's "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" (1987), a widely cited and heralded piece that helps us design our courses to be as effective as possible.

(Length: 5:20, 4.9 MB)
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The Last Day of Class - Episode 001, April 10, 2008

The last day of class is as important as most other class sessions of the semester. It is the day to highlight what students have learned, bring meaning to the experience, and celebrate their achievements.

(Length: 4:08, 3.9 MB)
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