Episodes on Education

These are episodes that discuss matters of education, including teaching, administration, scholarship, and academic service. Subtopics include:

  • Skills and knowledge on teaching in academic or professional environments
  • Curriculum development and dissemination over resident or distance synchonous or asynchronous means
  • Ontology and epistemology, and their application in teaching and scholarship
  • Academic service such as committees and serving as consultant (external or internal) to organizations

5-6. When an Activity Counters its Original Purpose (a Story from a Science Fair)

October 27, 2020 Tom Galvin Education, Org. Culture, Season 5 0:17:03 1 Comment

Tells a vignette about how a wonderfully crafted, innovative display wound up earning a last place trophy for not following the rubric. Rules may be rules, but can they sometimes get in the way of the purpose for the event?

5-1. Moving Educational Content from Resident to Distance Settings (Without Doing 10X the Work?)

August 25, 2020 Tom Galvin Communication, Education, Season 5 00:15:37 Comments Off on 5-1. Moving Educational Content from Resident to Distance Settings (Without Doing 10X the Work?)

Moving from resident to distance education is tough enough, but if you also developed the content, migrating it could require intense amounts of work!

4-4. Are There Ways to Assess Effective Collaboration?

March 3, 2020 Tom Galvin Education, Season 4 00:16:45 Comments Off on 4-4. Are There Ways to Assess Effective Collaboration?

We talk a lot about the importance of collaboration nowadays, but do we really know how to evaluate it? I relay one experience that might provide clues.

3-4. On Asking the BIG Questions

October 13, 2019 Tom Galvin Education, Season 3 00:19:28 Comments Off on 3-4. On Asking the BIG Questions

Many students begin with BIG questions in mind, but must focus on narrow questions to get published. How to keep an eye on the BIG questions?

1-6. Is There Really Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory?

November 18, 2018 Tom Galvin Education, Learning, Season 1 00:18:34 Comments Off on 1-6. Is There Really Nothing So Practical as a Good Theory?

Are we being misled by the very metaphors we use to describe the differences between theory and practice? I argue yes and offer a different metaphor.

Announcements

Check out the new site design — episodes have been reorganized into seven major topic areas and the menus have been improved. I am adding more links directly back to the Talking About Organizations Podcast that inspired many of the episodes here.

Season 5 is now underway — nine episodes in total through December 2020!