Lynn Meade uncovers how to make learning visible with portfolios on episode 612 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

An ePortfolio is basically a curated collection of student work. It includes reflection, and it’s usually across the college experience.
-Lynn Meade

Anytime I teach portfolios, it’s really big that we talk about audience and purpose. Who is your audience and what is your purpose?
-Lynn Meade

There’s something particularly lovely about seeing student or faculty members’ written comments about my work. Both the critiques and those comments that build me up, and how very powerful they are, and how much they mean to me.
-Lynn Meade

It’s not about the tech. The most important thing is, am I writing? Am I able to think about myself? Am I able to reflect about myself?
-Lynn Meade

• Building a Professional Portfolio (OER Book) by Lynn Meade
• University of Arkansas Student Portfolios (portfolio.uark.edu)
• Award-Winning ePortfolios Highlight Student Talent and Career Readiness
• Fulbright College Team Outlines ePortfolio Initiative
• Multiple New U of A ePortfolio Resources Available for Students and Faculty
• Beyond a Resume, Part One: ePortfolios in Higher Ed (podcast)
• Beyond a Resume, Part Two: ePortfolios in Higher Ed (podcast)
• ePortfolios Overview (AAC&U ePortfolios Topic Page)
• Poll Everywhere
• Reese W. is Here to Boost My Writing Career, by John Warner
• The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
• Nancy Duarte on LinkedIn
• Video on Box Breathing

Danny Mann shares about fostering peace, joy, and community in teaching and leading on episode 611 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Great teaching, and I think great life, is this adaptive, responsive thing, pulling out the bugs or getting things back in balance.
-Danny Mann

Peace and joy are really interrelated, and I gravitated a lot towards these, as I spent time studying and practicing mindfulness practices.
-Danny Mann

If you discover your why, you could basically feel much more energized and joyful about what you do, if you align your life with that.
-Danny Mann

Giving students space to speak and share ups and downs. So the ironic leading by listening.
-Danny Mann

• University of California Irvine’s Division of Teaching Excellence & Innovation
• Find Your Why, by Simon Sinek
• How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg
• Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Pedagogical Wellness | UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz
• How to Debug Your Life, by JA Westenberg
• Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Mike Cross shares about his experiments (big and small) in teaching and learning on episode 610 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

The reason I did it is because I just wanted to better understand what my students were going through.
-Mike Cross

I love that, that idea of tiny experiments. I think that that is absolutely critical because we’re all so busy.
-Mike Cross

Anytime you can put yourself in someone else’s shoes, it makes you a better person, right? Whether that’s a better teacher, a better spouse, a better friend, a better citizen, anything.
-Mike Cross

• Episode 106: Undercover Professor with Mike Cross
• Snow College
• Coaching for Leaders Episode 747: How to Get Out of a Rut, with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
• What Baby George and Handstands Taught Me About Learning, created by Mike Wesch
• Francesca and the Genie of Science, by Mike Cross
• Living with Grief: A Poem for Those Who Are Grieving, by Christy Albright
• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, by Alan Bradley
• The Midnight