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The Virtual Instructor Podcast

Timothy M Stafford, PhD

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Whether you are a college professor, corporate trainer, K12 instructor, or HR professional, digital education, remote work and eLearning are affecting you. Join virtual learning scholar & design expert, Dr. Timothy M. Stafford, Program Director for the MS program in Instructional Design and Technology at St. Thomas University as he tackles some of the issues with designing facilitating and assessing instruction in digital spaces, along with some special "rockstar” guests along the way. Suppo ...
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Join Dr. Timothy M. Stafford, Director of Grad/Online Academic Programs for St. Thomas University, as he discusses Dr. Clayton Christiansen's Principles of Disruptive Technology in his bestselling book, The Innovator's Dilemma, and applies them to the educational process. Show Sponsors Anchor.fm Christensen, C. (2013). The innovator's dilemma group…
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Join Dr. Timothy M. Stafford, Director of Grad/Online Academic Programs for St. Thomas University, as he discusses the role of artificial intelligence like ChatGPT and how it can positively affect the ways that we teach, build and design coursework. This is especially true in light of utilizing the concepts of demonstration and real-world applicati…
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Join Dr. Timothy M. Stafford, Director of Grad/Online Academic Affairs for St. Thomas University, as he lays out the foundations of education, objectives, activities, and assessment and then talks about the role of the instructor in a virtual course and how to use this basic educational framework to bring value to the course and students through th…
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Demonstrations can be a useful tool in the classroom, helping students to engage with the material and understand complex concepts. When used effectively, demonstrations can also help to create an environment of inquiry and discovery. Join Dr. Tim Stafford of St. Thomas University as he continues with part 2 of a 6 part series on David Merrill's Fi…
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The Principles of Instruction for Creating and Facilitating A Successful Course If you are an instructor, you are likely to be an industry expert already, and understanding how the course fits in the reality of what you want the student to become is key. Finding out what the program emphasizes, the performance indicators, and the concepts the stude…
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Join Dr. Tim Stafford of St. Thomas University as he "opens his toolbox," as a virtual instructor and talks about the 7 important tools that you need to be a successful virtual instructor. There are many different kinds of tools out there, and many of them do a great job, so you need to have them in your toolbox as you continue to teach in a virtua…
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We are back! Join Dr. Tim Stafford from the MS in ID&T program at St. Thomas University as he kicks off the 2021-2022 season with the first episode of Season 2 - the 4 Cs of Value-added feedback. We have reengineered this episode to be better, shorter, and more impactful so take a listen and see what you think. In online learning, providing feedbac…
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Join Dr. Tim Stafford from St. Thomas University as he wraps up the podcast year with: Stats and thanks yous - Click Here to see our Spotify stats for the year Future plans for the podcast and beyond A short proposal of looking at 2020 through the lens of transformation and not just an evolution. 2020 has been difficult but has given us so much opp…
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In this episode, Dr. Timothy M. Stafford of St. Thomas University continues with Part 2 of his three-part discussion of David Thornburg's incredibly insightful book, Campfires in Cyberspace. Dr. Stafford explores the application nature of Marshall McLuhan's framework about the implications of technology called the Tetrad. There are insightful discu…
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In his incredibly insightful book, Campfires in Cyberspace, David Thornburg explores and revisits Marshall McLuhan's framework about the applicational implications of technology called the Tetrad. In this episode, Dr. Timothy M. Stafford from St. Thomas University begins a three-part series in Thornburg's work published in 1996 about the impact of …
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Join us this week as Timothy M. Stafford, Ph.D. from St. Thomas University's MS in Instructional Design and Technology program talks about how to connect the major concepts of the 3 Word Rebellion by Michelle A. Mazur, Ph.D. right now to any course that you are tor will be eaching. This incredible book written for any thought leader who is looking …
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Join Tim Stafford of St. Thomas University as he interviews Mark Stafford of Ablaze Media a graphic design and marketing firm out of Arizona who has worked with a wide array of clients to produce a wide scope of digital marketing and print media products. Mark discusses how to approach making graphics for digital instructor and also how to get the …
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Join Dr. Timothy M. Stafford from St. Thomas University as he looks at self-directed learning and the roles and responsibilities of the instructor and learner in digital (online) education. He also talks about one particular application of these responsibilities to the discussions within a course. You don't want to miss these ideas and practical ap…
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Join Dr. Tim Stafford from St. Thomas University as he talks to one of his STU colleagues, Dr. Vern Czelusniak, Program Director for online EdD programming at STU and author of GED to PhD; Reaching Higher!. They discuss Dr. C's inspirational journey, COVID-19 and the impact that it has had on the students and faculty of STU. Dr. C also talks openly…
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In this episode, Dr. Tim Stafford from St. Thomas University interviews Nic Finelli of Blended Tech Learning. Nic is a recognized expert in digital learning, professional learning, and technology integration consulting and training, and has been contracted by various tech companies (including Apple, Microsoft, and Google) to work on their behalf to…
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In this episode, Tim interviews Dr. Max H. Cropper and they have a great discussion on Merrill's First Principles of Instruction and how they apply to the digital instructor. Dr. Cropper is an award-winning instructional designer with a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences. Has studied, researched, developed, implemented, and tau…
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Susan M. Bearden CETL is the Chief Innovation Officer for the Consortium for School Networking (COSN). With over 12 years of experience, she has championed the adoption of a number of innovative classroom technologies, including BYOD, Google Apps for Education, social media in the classroom, iPads, Chromebooks, and Makerspaces. In 2015, she receive…
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In this episode, join Dr. Timothy M. Stafford from St. Thomas University as he discusses social constructivism and its approach to areas of education like reality, knowledge, and learning. These principles become part of the foundational fabric of social learning, digital education, digital instruction, and instructional design for online learning.…
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S1E6: On A Desert Island with Your Students - Navigating Remote and Online Learning in and Beyond a CrisisNavigating remote and online learning due to the COVID-19 Curveball is tricky and there are many dilemmas that digital instructors are facing. Ther are also many decisions that are going to need to be made about the future of education and the …
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The COVID-19 curveball has come across the plate and many instructors have become digital instructors by assignment. Join Dr. Tim Stafford from St. Thomas University as he talks about five principles that every digital instructor including those who are new to destruction by assignment can apply to their digital instruction to become rockstars in o…
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Join Dr. Tim Stafford, Program Director for the MS in Instructional Design and Technology program at St. Thomas University, as he talks about resourcing students in digital environments, and using tools like Wakelet, to build communities and collegiality between digital instructors and their students. As promised in the podcast, here is a link to D…
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If you are concerned about being an effective digital instructor, and you are worried about your ability to keep moving forward, it might be time to shift your mindset in your digital role. Join Dr. Tim Stafford, of St. Thomas University as he details the three things that make the most impact as a digital instructor: Unfettered Access, Purposeful …
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Join Dr. Tim Stafford of St. Thomas University as he talks about the foundations of digital literacy and its impact in the instructional space. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevirtualinstructor/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevirtualinstructor/support…
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Meet Dr Tim Stafford of St. Thomas University. He introduces the podcast and also the discussion of education, instruction. And instructional design in digital spaces. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevirtualinstructor/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thevirtualinstructor/su…
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