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Episode Synopsis
Rebecca Pope Ruark discusses her book, Agile Faculty, on episode 219 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
What if we create experiences rather than courses?
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
How do we help our students learn rather than just play school?
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
The goal of articulating tasks is to break them down into reasonable chunks.
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Resources Mentioned
Agile software development
Scrum (rugby)
Daily stand up (scrum) meeting
The 3 questions that get asked
Scrum board – backlog / work in progress / done
Examples on Quora
Overview of scrum and use of Trello
Quotes from the episode
What if we create experiences rather than courses?
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
How do we help our students learn rather than just play school?
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
The goal of articulating tasks is to break them down into reasonable chunks.
—Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Resources Mentioned
Agile software development
Scrum (rugby)
Daily stand up (scrum) meeting
The 3 questions that get asked
Scrum board – backlog / work in progress / done
Examples on Quora
Overview of scrum and use of Trello
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