Ideas That Matter

By Julia Winter

A podcast where we meet with people making a difference in higher education and learning.

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S2E3 | Growing A Chemistry Community

Ideas That MatterJun 23, 2021

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S2E8 | Newton's Road, Getting STEM to the Community

Julia speaks to Barb Termaat, Executive director of Newton's Road, in Traverse city Michigan to discuss bringing STEM into the northwestern Michigan community.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Barb Termaat
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202122:10

S2E7 | Creating Opportunity with Accessibility

In this episode Julia talks with Dr. Henry "Hoby" Wedler and Professor Dean Tantillo about their experience adding a new vision to learning at UC Davis and how it has affected their work outside of the classroom.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Dr. Henry "Hoby" Wedler & Professor Dean Tantillo
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202120:45

S2E6 | Teaching with a STEM Mindset

Join Julia as she talks with Dr. Michelle Thompson, an instructor at the Effingham College and Career Academy, who uses a STEM-focused curriculum in her classroom. Dr. Thompson also gives insight into her students involvement in the WestEd study for the Kasi project.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Dr. Michelle Thompson
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202120:44

S2E5 | Behind the Scenes at CERP

Join Julia as she talks with Michael Seery the outgoing editor-in-chief of the Chemistry Education Research and Practice journal and Gwen Lawrie the incoming editor-in-chief. They go into the submission and review process of research papers.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Michael Seery & Gwen Lawrie
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202119:07

S2E4 | Learning Beyond Borders

How can two classrooms in different countries work together to improve teaching chemistry? Listen as Julia discusses collaborative education with chemistry professors, Brett McCollum of Mount Royal University in Calgary Canada, and Layne Morsch of the University of Illinois in Springfield US.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Brett McCollum & Layne Morsch
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202120:45

S2E3 | Growing A Chemistry Community

Britland Dekorver, a Professor of Chemistry at Grand Valley State University, catches up with Julia about the popular Facebook community she founded and grew. They discuss how it helps teachers and students, especially during this time where remote learning has grown exponentially.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Britland Dekorver
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202119:17

S2E2 | Student Perspective on Online Education

What ideas do students have for online education?

We talk with Tanjot Grewal of McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) and Nicole Kada of Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) about the student perspective about the coming online semester. What are some of the ideas they bring to make online learning more effective? How does accessibility for all students play a part in this discussion? What are the silver linings, if any, from this shift to online during the Covid-19 pandemic? We end on a hopeful note about the future!

This is a great conversation – let’s get back to school and keep moving forward.

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Tanjot Grewal & Nicole Kada
Producer: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross
Narrator: Gianna Manchester

Jun 23, 202120:49

S2E1 | Creating Community in Online Learning

Julia talks with Bellevue College faculty member Jennie Kong Mayer and her organic chemistry student Rizmina Lathiff about features she used with Zoom to make her online class more interactive. We caught up with Jennie after a post in ChemEdX.org about the methods she used to build community and engagement in her summer organic chemistry class. I was so used to seeing my students in person and then we would meet online. But with this spring quarter going completely online, it was like we were all complete strangers. So, do you create that classroom feeling in a virtual setting? That’s the question that Jennie tries to answer in the podcast!

ChemEDX Blog Post

Credits:
Host: Julia Winter
Special Guest: Jennie Kong Mayer & Rizmina Lathiff
Producer/Narrator: Typhany Jones
Editor/Logo/Music: Liz Gross

Jun 23, 202120:12

S1E11 | Adapting Labs for a New Norm

Lab flow was designed to wrap digital curriculum around the traditional lab, wet bench experience that we're all trying to give students, which I think it's very important. But starting in April, when schools started closing down, we had a number of institutions who were using our software and they said, could you help us?

We explore more in this conversation: lab simulations, home labs, badging, how to structure a lab class in the pandemic, and even cheating. Be ready for the fall classes with this great conversation.