August 19, 2024Refresh: Critical Service Learning: Letters with Incarcerated Peopleby Matt WittsteinIn 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 North Carolina at Charlotte and has been connecting…
July 15, 2024Refresh: Preparing Students to Be Literate and Critical AI Usersby Matt WittsteinThis 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 and was wrestling with strategies for preparing her…
June 17, 2024Refresh: KAPOW! Comic Strip Conversationsby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 10 On this episode of Limed: Teaching with a Twist, host Matt Wittstein checks in with Lynette Carlson from Season 2, Episode 6 “KAPOW! Comic Strip Conversations” and her colleague, Carolyn Padalino, from…
May 20, 2024Motivating Faculty to Practice Self-Reflection for DEI by Dhvani Toprani and Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 9 How does understanding yourself improve your practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom? This month, our guest Carla Fullwood talks to Dhvani Toprani about how to get faculty to engage…
April 15, 2024Designing an Interdisciplinary Capstone, Part 2: Student Perspectivesby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 8 In this episode, we finish our conversation about designing a capstone course for a new Global Film and Cultures minor at Elon University. Student panelists from Elon University, Gianna Smurro and Mia…
March 18, 2024Designing an Interdisciplinary Capstone, Part 1: Faculty Perspectivesby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 7 Designing an interdisciplinary capstone course is a challenging task that presents an opportunity to innovate. Lina Kuhn and Kai Swanson from Elon University join the show to get some advice on how…
February 19, 2024KAPOW! Comic Strip Conversations by Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 6 This month, we talk with Lynette Carlson, who has created comic strips to help her athletic training students discuss topics like identity and bias. Associate Professor of Human Service Studies, Vanessa Drew-Branch,…
January 15, 2024Fostering Diverse Cultural Identities by Dhvani Toprani and Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 5 Tugçe Aldemir recently transitioned into an Assistant Professor position at Texas A&M University in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture. As an international faculty member from Turkey, she is especially aware…
December 18, 2023PodCases: Using Podcasts to Enhance Case Study Pedagogyby Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 4 Justin Shaffer teaches Anatomy and Physiology, among other Biomedical and Chemical Engineering courses at Colorado School of Mines. He introduces the idea of PodCases, using popular podcasts to engage his students with…
November 20, 2023Understanding and Evaluating Online Course Accessibilityby Dhvani Toprani and Matt WittsteinLimed: Teaching with a TwistSeason 2, Episode 3 Rafael da Silva teaches e-Learning design and development courses at Boise State University. As an instructional designer, Rafael is passionate about ensuring his course materials are accessible for his students. In this…