Simple Ideas for Pandemic Teaching | TAPP 67

04/20/20 • 32 min

Join host Kevin Patton as he provides a simple recipe for remote teaching, reveals his new (free) eBook, explains the value of video walk-throughs, tells why he wants to be like Zoom, and gives sources for resources.

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The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. (John Dewey)

Book Club: Pandemic Teaching

3 minutes

Pandemic Teaching: A Survival Guide for College Faculty
- by Kevin Patton
- books2read.com/PandemicTeaching (please share this link with your teacher friends!)
For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub
Special opportunity
- Contribute YOUR book recommendation for A&P teachers!
  - Be sure include your reasons for recommending it
- Any contribution used will receive a $25 gift certificate
- The best contribution is one that you have recorded in your own voice (or in a voicemail at 1-833-LION-DEN)
For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub

Sponsored by AAA

0.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

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Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Simple Ideas

14.5 minutes

Kevin offers a simple formula—based on simple ideas—for us to quickly set up a remote course.

This segment is based on a presentation given at the April 9, 2020, HAPS Town Hall Meeting.
The video version: youtu.be/feW9Kcwhm1I

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

1 minute

The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers, especially for those who already have a graduate/professional degree. A combination of science courses (enough to qualify you to teach at the college level) and courses in contemporary instructional practice, this program helps you be your best in both on-campus and remote teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program. Check it out!

nycc.edu/hapi

Zoombombing Revisited

3 minutes

Zoombombing involves unwanted intrusion into our web meetings. There are ways to avoid this however!

Check out the Zoombombing segment in the previous episode
- Slides Serve the Story of Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 66
A Message to O...

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. (John Dewey)

Book Club: Pandemic Teaching

3 minutes

Pandemic Teaching: A Survival Guide for College Faculty
- by Kevin Patton
- books2read.com/PandemicTeaching (please share this link with your teacher friends!)
For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub
Special opportunity
- Contribute YOUR book recommendation for A&P teachers!
  - Be sure include your reasons for recommending it
- Any contribution used will receive a $25 gift certificate
- The best contribution is one that you have recorded in your own voice (or in a voicemail at 1-833-LION-DEN)
For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub

Sponsored by AAA

0.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

Searchable transcript

Captioned audiogram

Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Simple Ideas

14.5 minutes

Kevin offers a simple formula—based on simple ideas—for us to quickly set up a remote course.

This segment is based on a presentation given at the April 9, 2020, HAPS Town Hall Meeting.
The video version: youtu.be/feW9Kcwhm1I

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

1 minute

nycc.edu/hapi

Zoombombing Revisited

3 minutes

Zoombombing involves unwanted intrusion into our web meetings. There are ways to avoid this however!

Check out the Zoombombing segment in the previous episode
- Slides Serve the Story of Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 66
A Message to O...

Previous Episode

Slides Serve the Story of Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 66

Host Kevin Patton talks about ways to improve our teaching slides, the challenge of trying new things, how to make sure our web meetings secure from Zoom bombing, and the Foldit protein folding game. Check out AAA's virtual meeting week, OMES virtual conference, HAPS's virtual town hall meetings.

When we have no relevant experience or expertise, the vulnerability, uncertainty, and fear of these firsts can be overwhelming. Yet, showing up and pushing ourselves past the awkward, learner stage is how we get braver. (Brené Brown)

Fumbling First Try

5.5 minutes

Professor and author Brené Brown talks about "effing first tries" but which I call "fumbling first tries." These are the firsts cited in the quote above—those that involve that awkward learner stage. And yes, getting through our FFTs makes us braver!

Collective Vulnerability, the FFTs of Online Learning, and the Sacredness of Bored Kids (Brené Brown's blog post) my-ap.us/3by5tay
Brené on FFTs (Unlocking Us podcast episode) my-ap.us/2yoRpBY
Making Mistakes Teaching Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 63

Sponsored by AAA

1.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

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April 6-10, 2020→ Special Virtual Annual Meeting Week at theAPprofessor.org/VAMW20

Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Zoombombing

3.5 minutes

Zoombombing involves unwanted intrusion into our web meetings. There are ways to avoid this however!

‘Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupt Classes (article discussing the importance of familiarizing yourself with the settings in your web meeting platform to avoid intrusive and offensive interruption) my-ap.us/2WGYCHH
- How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event (post from Zoom on how to manage settings for safety) my-ap.us/3bwesZY
- Are Zoom Chats Private? Here’s Why You Should Think Before Opening The App (Forbes article) my-ap.us/2wfqyaM
- ‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform (article from The Guardian) my-ap.us/2wgde62
Web Meeting & Webinar Skills (student handout you can use or adapt for your course)
- Found only in the TAPP app
- Getting the TAPP app
  - Search "The A&P Professor" in your device's app store
  - iOS devices: my-ap.us/TAPPiOS
  - Android devices: my-ap.us/TAPPandroid

Next Episode

Revisiting Retrieval Practice | New Journal Club | TAPP 68

Retrieval practice has strong evidence of its power in learning. Host Kevin Patton tells part of the story of his journey in making online retrieval practice a central part of his courses. Also, we reveal the new TAPP Journal Club with Krista Rompolski! Oh yeah—don't forget to share the new Pandemic Teaching eBook with colleagues.

If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Please take the anonymous survey: theAPprofessor.org/survey Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram!

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. (Bruce Lee)

New! TAPP Journal Club

2.5 minutes

Krista Rompolski will soon be hosting a new segment: The A&P Professor Journal Club
If you want a sneak peek, here's a journal article we'll likely be discussing in an upcoming episode
- The Effect of Content Delivery Style on Student Performance in Anatomy (article from Anatomical Science Education) my-ap.us/3fcLyAq
- Call in (or send in an audio file) with your comments on this article, and we may be able to include it in the TAPP Journal Club
Peer review of this podcast
- I need to know which features are working for you and which are not. Please take FIVE minutes to give me some honest and constructive feedback in the anonymous survey from Podtrac (a "blind" third-party podcast-analysis firm):
  - theAPprofessor.org/survey

Sponsored by AAA

1 minute

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.

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Want some microscopic images to use in your course? Try the Virtual Microscopy Database (VMD)—free for AAA members and nonmembers alike! (just click the Resources tab)

Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Revisiting Retrieval Practice

3.5 minutes

Retrieval practice was the topic of the very first episode of this podcast. Now it's time to revisit it.