Designed for Learning
Hosted by acclaimed teaching scholar Jim Lang, Designed for Learning is a podcast from Notre Dame Learning, a collaborative unit at the University of Notre Dame that works with faculty and other instructors as they seek to enhance learning for their students. In that spirit, the show features interviews with teachers, experts in teaching and learning in higher education, authors of new books and resources, and anyone else we can learn from. New episodes are released monthly.
Designed for Learning
Latest Episodes
Why Learning Student Names Matters (Re-Release)
It’s something that sounds so basic it’s easy to overlook how daunting it can be:Learning and remembering student names.This month, we’re going back to our very first episode (and one of our most popular ones), a conversation with...
The ‘Troubled History’ of Labelling Learning Styles
For better or worse, the educational theory that seems to have permeated American education more than any other has been the notion of learning styles. Although the definition can vary, the most popular version of the idea argues that people ca...
Centering the People in Online Courses
Faculty who teach online know that it comes with distinct benefits, with the ability to reach learners who might not otherwise have access to your course prominent among them.But as meaningful as that is, the logistical challenges online...
‘The Main Event’: Promoting Engagement in a Gen Ed Course
American higher education has always stood out for its strong commitment to general education courses, or gen ed, the premise being that undergraduates should not necessarily jump directly into a major but instead have the room to learn and exp...
Effectively Teaching Learners with ADHD
Imagine you have a student who starts the semester strong but unexpectedly misses a deadline, and then you don’t see them in class for a few sessions. You reach out and are surprised to learn it isn’t because they lost interest in the course; i...