The FDIP
The Official Podcast of the FDIC
Welcome to the Faculty Development and Innovation Podcast - the FDIP - the official podcast of the Faculty Development and Innovation Center at Eastern Illinois University. Your hosts are Dr. Michael Gillespie, Director, and Kim Ervin, Instructional Designer with the FDIC. This podcast is to promote teaching excellence through the sharing of information related to instructional design, teaching strategies, and innovation. This podcast offers actionable steps to implement in your courses for the benefit of teaching and learning.
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Season 2
Season 2, Episode 6: The Power of Prediction
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses the power of using prediction in your lectures and learning activities.
Show notes and resources:
"Prediction as Learning Strategy" - Brod (2021)
"A Method for Predicting the Academic Performances of College Students Based on Education System Data" - Liu, Wang, and Yuan (2022)
The Difference Between Inference and Prediction - TeachThought (2013)
Wonder, Prediction, and Student Engagement - Curwin (2014)
Season 2, Episode 5: Well Designed Courses
FDIC Director, Dr. Michael Gillespie, and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about the importance (and impact) of well design courses. The conversation touches on Backward Course Design, Universal Design for Learing, Inclusive Design, and other strategies and proven practices for designing high impact courses.
Show notes:
Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom Publisher Website
Technology driving the pedagogy horse instead of the other way around image link
FDIC Backward Design Template
Season 2, Episode 4: Andragogy
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses "andragogy," the art and science of leading and/or managing adults. At the heart of andragogy is a set of assumptions that guide adults in their learning. Imagine this scenario: if you were to teach a subject to younger learners, your approach would Andragogy outlines assumptions about adult learning that when attune to, can serve as a compass to adjustments you can make to more effectively teach adults.
Links for Show Notes:
Knowles, Malcolm S. (Malcolm Shepherd). The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species. Houston [Tex: Gulf Pub. Co., 1973. Print.
Andragogy and Designing Learning Experiences Podcast by Dr. Luke Hobson (33:33)
Transparent Assignment Template PDF from TILT
Season 2, Episode 3: Microlearning
FDIC Instructional Designer, Kim Ervin, discusses what is and is not "microlearning." Microlearning is a teaching strategy that helps disrupt forgetting by activating our brain's working memory to help transition new information into long term memories. In the book Microlearning: Short and Sweet by Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice, microlearning is defined as an instructional unit that provides a short engagement in an activity intentionally designed to elicit a specific outcome from the learner.
Links for Show Notes:
Kapp, K. M., & Defelice, R. A. (2019). Microlearning: Short and Sweet. ATD Press.
Flashcard Lab Chrome Extension
Quizlet
Booth Library OER LibGuide
Season 2, Episode 2: Active Learning
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about active learning and its role in the college classroom.
Links for Show Notes:
Reflecting on Your Practice Worksheet
Online Instructional Activities Index Website – University of Illinois Springfield – ION Professional eLearning Programs
Small Teaching Online
FDIC Active Learning FLC
Season 2, Episode 1: Prompting in Large Language Model AI
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin presents some tips for crafting prompts that drive effective interactions with large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Recognizing the pivotal role of a prompt to enrich a response from these models, this episode continues the conversation about AI’s like ChatGPT and Bard and share information regarding the art of crafting effective prompts.
Links for Show Notes:
How to Use ChatGPT to Boost your Writing blogpost by Ethan Mollick
Informational Webpage for the Vanderbilt University Coursera Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT Course
Vanderbilt University Coursera Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT Course link
A Prompt Pattern Catalog to Enhance Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT PDF link
GitHub Awesome ChatGPT Prompts
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 12: Open Educational Resources (OER) and Faculty Development
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie talks with Dr. Lauri DeRuiter-Willems about her FDIC Fellowship on Open Educational Resources (OER).
Knight-Davis, Stacey and DeRuiter-Willems, Lauri, "Instructor and Librarian Collaboration on a Course Without a Textbook. (2018). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 246
Booth Library LibGuide: Open Educational Resources
Lauri DeRuiter Willems: LibGuide
Season 1, Episode 11: FSI Recap and Looking Forward
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie and Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talk about the 2023 FSI Annual Conference and look ahead for the coming year.
Season 1, Episode 10: An Interview with Joe Fatheree
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie talks with Joe Fatheree, an educator, activist, scholar, and thought-leader on AI in education.
GPT-4 Is Here. But Most Faculty Lack AI Policies (Inside Higher Ed, 22-March, 2023)
AI in Higher Education (Ray Schroder, UPCEA Sr. Fellow, UIS)
Everybody is Cheating: Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy (NPR, 26-January, 2023)
Season 1, Episode 9: Innovative Office Hours
Kim Ervin shares ways to increase the potential for office hours to be used by learners.
Season 1, Episode 8: Universal Design for Learning Part 3: Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
Kim Ervin shares best practices for creating an accessible Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.
Season 1, Episode 7: Universal Design for Learning Part 2: Accessible Documents from Word to PDF
Kim Ervin shares best practices for creating an accessible Microsoft Word source document that can then be saved to a PDF.
Season 1, Episode 6: Universal Design for Learning Part 1: Video Captioning
Kim Ervin reviews the definition of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and describes methods for EIU faculty to caption videos.
Season 1, Episode 5: Talking Universal Design with Dr. April Jackson
Dr. April Jackson, the Director of EIU's Office of Student Disability Services joins FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie for an interview on UDL, how faculty can make simple accommodations that will benefit all students, and how student experience our classes when we don't!
Season 1, Episode 4: Instructional Designer, Kim Ervin
FDIC Director Dr. Michael Gillespie interviews Instructional Designer Kim Ervin to learn more about her work and approach to working with faculty.
Season 1, Episode 3: CSI Digital Initiatives with Dr. Trevor Burrows
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talks with Dr. Trevor Burrows, the Digital Initiatives Coordinator for the Center for Student Innovation in Booth Library.
Season 1, Episode 2: Open Educational Resources with Steve Brantley
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin talks with Steve Brantley of Booth Library about OERs and their development and use across modalities.
Season 1, Episode 1: Online Instructor Introductions
FDIC Instructional Designer Kim Ervin discusses creating an instructor's presence in online classrooms.
Season 1, Episode 0: Introducing the FDIP
Dr. Michael Gillespie and Kim Ervin discuss why the FDIP and what to expect.
