Episodes

  • Talking About Teaching: POGIL and Team Based Learning
    Apr 18 2024

    Having students work in teams is at the heart of teaching with POGIL. But POGIL is not the only pedagogy that stresses the use of teams in the classroom. Join Siobhan Julian as she talks with, Neal Carter , professor of political science at BYU-Idaho, and, Shawn Simonson , professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Boise State University, as they compare and contrast POGIL and TBL. For more information, check out the following links. POGIL TBL LearnTBL and ELIPSS .

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    50 mins
  • Talking About Teaching: A Conversation with SENCER
    Mar 18 2024

    How important is our students' science literacy as they become productive citizens in society? In Episode 5 of Season 4 of the POGIL Podcast, Alex Grushow talks with Dr. Matthew Fisher of Saint Vincent College about his work with SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities). Matt incorporates POGIL activities into his classrooms while using an approach that is centered around civic awareness. Join us to see how POGIL and SENCER can work together.

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    32 mins
  • Talking About Teaching : Beyond Benign and Green Chemistry Education
    Feb 13 2024

    In Episode 4 of Season 4 of the POGIL Podcast, Siobhan Julian talks with Dr. Jonathon Moir and Dr. Alexey Leontyev about approaching chemistry education with an emphasis on green chemistry. Dr. Moir is the Senior Program Manager at the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community at Beyond Benign. Dr. Leontyev is an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at North Dakota State University, where he incorporates green chemistry topics into his classrooms and labs. Join us as we explore this approach to teaching chemistry and how it might overlap with POGIL. https://www.beyondbenign.org/ https://www.pogil.org/

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    35 mins
  • Talking About The Learning Assistant Alliance
    Jan 3 2024

    Are you the only practitioner in your classroom? Or, do you have someone to help you with the facilitation? Alex Grushow talks with Laurie Langdon and Valerie Otero of University of Colorado, Boulder and Andrea Van Duzor of Chicago State University about Learning Assistant Alliance. LAA is a program that brings undergraduate students into classrooms as learning assistants, LAs. Find out how POGIL practitioners can use LAs in the classroom. Find out how POGIL is a natural fit with LAA. More information for both LAA and POGIL can be found at learningassistantalliance.org and pogil.org.

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    41 mins
  • Talking About Teaching - Episode 2 - POGIL and zyBooks
    Nov 21 2023

    In Episode 2 of Season 4 of the POGIL Podcast, Alex Grushow talks with Chris Mayfield of the POGIL Project and Jane Snare of zyBooks. Chris and Jane compare and contrast these two different approaches to teaching and find quite a bit of common ground. You can find more information about POGIL at www.pogil.org and zyBooks at zybooks.com .

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    36 mins
  • Talking About Teaching - Episode 1 - POGIL in Different Teaching Environments
    Oct 16 2023

    Are you a college teacher who wonders how secondary school teachers use POGIL? Are you a high school or middle school teacher who wonders how college teachers use POGIL? If you answer yes to either of these questions, then we have the podcast for you. Join Alex Grushow as he talks to Laura Parmentier of Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin and Maddy Blain of Whitewater Middle School in Whitewater, Wisconsin about how they implement POGIL in their different learning environments.

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    34 mins
  • News From the Project - Episode 2 - AP Chemistry Offering
    Nov 16 2023

    Wayne talks with Laura Trout about the new collection of activities for AP Chemistry which is coming soon from the Project. How soon? Take a listen.

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    13 mins
  • News From The Project - Episode 1 - The Social Hour
    Oct 13 2023

    Join us as we add bonus content to Season 4 of the POGIL Podcast. In News From The Project, we will keep you informed about topics of interest to our POGIL community. In this episode, Jennifer Larson of the Networks Group discusses the new direction of the POGIL Social Hour. Feel free to contact Wayne (wayne.pearson@pogil.org) or Jennifer (jlarson2@capital.edu ) for more information.

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    11 mins