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Limed: Teaching with a Twist is a podcast that plays with pedagogy. Each episode features the voices and ideas of diverse faculty, staff, and students who workshop our guest’s real challenges and opportunities for their classrooms. The show is produced in collaboration with the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University and was created and developed by Matt Wittstein, an Associate Professor of Exercise Science. New episodes release on the third Monday of every month.

Want to learn more? Contact Matt (mwittstein@elon.edu).

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AI as Friend or Foe in Computer Science

Part 2, Faculty perspectives | Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 8 Last month, we talked with student guests about artificial intelligence use in their computer science education. This month, we continue the conversation with Robert Duvall (Duke…

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Show Credits

Matt Wittstein – Creator and developer

Matt Wittstein is an Associate Professor of Exercise Science at Elon University and a live-in faculty member for one of the university’s residential neighborhoods (The Oaks and Park Place Neighborhood). His scholarly and professional interests include music and movement; inclusive and equitable teaching in STEM; mentoring undergraduate research; and learning and student development beyond the classroom. As an avid podcast listener, Matt is excited and hopeful that Limed: Teaching with a Twist will open up thoughtful conversation about our teaching practices and connect educators with people and resources to keep their classrooms fun, energized, and full of deep learning.

Dhvani Toprani – Producer

Dhvani Toprani is Assistant Director of Learning Design and Support at Elon University with a PhD in Learning, Design, and Technology. She believes in technology’s ability to transform teaching and learning if we learn to effectively collaborate with and around it. Her research focuses on integrating technology in learning environments to promote collaboration, design thinking, and other higher-order thinking skills. Her work at Elon University focuses on building digital fluency among university’s faculty and staff to support the design of technology enabled learning environments. 

Music and Art

Themes and music composed and produced by Kai Mitchell, Elon University Music Production and Recording Arts class of 2024. Kai produces music and releases it across streaming platforms with the producer’s name KVI. You can follow Kai on Instagram @theofficial_kvi.

Show art was created by Jennie Goforth, managing editor for the Center for Engaged Learning.

The Center for Engaged Learning uses Rev to create transcripts for each episode.

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The fingertips of a human hand and a robotic hand touch in front of a pink background. Overlayed text reads: “CEL Podcasts. Limed: Teaching with a Twist. AI as Friend or Foe in Computer Science – Part 2, Faculty Perspectives.”

AI as Friend or Foe in Computer Science

Part 2, Faculty perspectives | Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 8 Last month, we talked with student guests about artificial intelligence use in their computer science education. This month, we continue the conversation with Robert Duvall (Duke…

AI as Friend or Foe in Computer Science

Part 1, Student Perspectives | Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 7 The use of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT has become the topic of serious discussion in higher education. Ryan Mattfeld, associate professor of computer science at…

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Deepening Engagement in a First-Year Seminar

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 6 The first-year seminar is a challenging, yet impactful, space to introduce habits of mind that lead to long-term student success. In this episode, Adam Keul, Associate Professor of Tourism and…

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Asynchronous, HyFlex, and Live, Oh My!

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 5 By necessity, ATI Physical Therapy uses elements of online, in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous learning in its residency programs. Jackie Davenport, Clinical Development Program Lead and Residency Director for ATI Physical…

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Engineering Education: Maintaining Rigor, Fostering Empathy

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 4 Matt Wittstein hosts Blake Hament from Elon University and Siobhan Oca from Duke University. Both are early career faculty teaching engineering courses and are considering ways to be empathetic while…

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Transferring Mindsets from Design-Based Environments

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 3 Dhvani Toprani hosts this month’s episode with her longtime colleague, Saadeddine (Saad) Shehab from the University of Illinois’ Siebel Center for Design. As the Director of Assessment and Research for…

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Journey to the Professoriate

Limed: Teaching with a Twist – Season 3, Episode 2 Pierce Johnson, a graduate student at the University of Albany, finds himself knowing he wants to be teaching-centered as a professor in the future, but his graduate program, as many…

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Intersection of Civil Discourse and the First Amendment 

Limed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 3, Episode 1 Host Matt Wittstein joins this month’s guest, Israel Balderas, to discuss civil discourse in what is a tense political climate on many college campuses. Israel wants to ensure his Media Law and…

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Refresh: Critical Service Learning: Letters with Incarcerated People

Limed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 12 In this episode, Matt Wittstein interviews Lucy Arnold from Season 1, Episode 1 – “Critical Service Learning: Letters with Incarcerated People.” Dr. Arnold is the Director of Educational Partnerships the University of…

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Refresh: Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users

Limed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 11 This month, Matt Wittstein checks in with Dr. Jessica Gisclair from Season 2, Episode 1 “Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Users.” Jessica is an Associate Professor of Strategic Communication…