Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer

This is not your typical higher education interview podcast. Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours is a call-in advice show dedicated to YOU , the instructors, professors, TAs, and administrators in the trenches of STEM higher education. Whether you are teaching a large gateway STEM course or a small senior seminar, this show is for you. With over 13 years of experience and having taught more than 10,000 students , your host, Dr. Justin Shaffer , has seen it all. Each week, he (and sometimes with guest co-hosts) unpacks your listener-submitted questions to provide practical and actionable strategies on STEM pedagogy, student success, academic careers, and everything in between. Let’s work together to keep on improving STEM education. Have a question? Click the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http

Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer is a business podcast hosted by Dr. Justin Shaffer, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer

  STEM Course Design Series: Feedback, Reflection, and Iteration

  Aug 12, 202622 min

  In this final episode of the STEM Course Design Series, Justin discusses the importance of getting feedback on your teaching, reflecting on said feedback, and iterating to improve you and your students’ experiences and success. Just dives into student midcourse and end-of-course feedback, peer observation protocols, and keeping a teaching journal, and more. Here is an article Justin wrote discussing why we need to up our games as instructors as students are paying too much for less-than-stellar experiences. Here is a link to the peer observation system Justin helped develop at the Colorado School of Mines. Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question! Check out Justin's book on High Structure Course Design to learn more about feedback, reflection, and iteration. Check out Justin's card decks to help with course design and student learning. Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together. www.recombinanteducation.com

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  Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer

  STEM Course Design Series: Labs and Online

  Aug 5, 202623 min

  We’ve covered how to handle traditional face-to-face classes, but how do you use structure in labs and online situations? In this episode of the STEM Course Design Series, Justin discusses how to use high structure in labs, online synchronous, and online asynchronous courses and just how important it is. Listen in for his thoughts on lab prep, online proctoring, breakout rooms, and more! Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question! Here is an article discussing Justin’s QBE field session course (a type of CURE) at the Colorado School of Mines. Check out Justin's book on High Structure Course Design to learn more about labs and online courses. Check out Justin's card decks to help with course design and student learning. Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together. www.recombinanteducation.com

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  STEM Course Design Series: After-Class Homework and Practice

  Jul 29, 202619 min

  You've had students prepare before class, had a great lesson during class, but now what to do after class? In this episode of the STEM Course Design Series, Justin breaks down after-class homework, practice quizzes and exams, draft project assignments, and more. Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question! Check out Justin's book on High Structure Course Design to learn more about backward design and LOs. Check out Justin's card decks to help with course design and student learning. Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together. www.recombinanteducation.com

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  STEM Course Design Series: In-Class Teaching and Engagement

  Jul 22, 202622 min

  How do you plan timing for a lesson, balance active learning with lecture, and get students engaged and excited to be in class? Listen to this episode of the STEM Course Design Series to get answers to these questions and more! Check out the lesson plan template here on Justin’s website. Here is a link to the DART decibel-analysis tool. And a link to the active learning meta-analysis paper by Scott Freeman. Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question! Check out Justin's book on High Structure Course Design to learn more about backward design and LOs. Check out Justin's card decks to help with course design and student learning. Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together. www.recombinanteducation.com

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  STEM Course Design Series: Pre-Class

  Jul 15, 202620 min

  What do you do when students don’t want to read before class? On this episode of the STEM Course Design Series, Justin breaks down the critical importance of pre-class reading and assignments and how to develop them do that your students actually do read before class. Check out the reading guide template and samples here . And check out Justin’s paper on the efficacy of reading guides. Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question! Check out Justin's book on High Structure Course Design to learn more about backward design and LOs. Check out Justin's card decks to help with course design and student learning. Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together. www.recombinanteducation.com

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