The What And Who Of EDU

They Bombed the Assignment: 10 Ways to Help Students Recover

What should educators do when one bad grade suddenly feels like the end of the semester? In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, ten instructors share practical teachin

10 Teaching Challenges No One Trained You For

Teaching has always required flexibility. But today's educators are navigating challenges that barely existed when many of them started, including generative AI, widening

Phones, FOMO and Focus: 10 Ways to Reclaim Student Attention

Student attention and classroom engagement can feel harder to hold when every laptop, phone, and smartwatch comes with an escape hatch. But the answer is not necessarily

This Is a Test? 10 Untraditional Ways to Assess Learning

What if the best way to know whether a student understands something isn't a traditional test at all? What if it was a bathroom stall poster or a campus full of long line

10 Ways to Build Student Trust Early On. No Trust Falls Required.

What makes a student trust an instructor in week one, before there's any grade, feedback, or office-hours crisis to go on? Usually, it's not one big moment; rather, a han

AI in the Classroom: What's Working, What's Not, and What Instructors Are Still Figuring Out

AI in education is no longer a future-tense conversation. It is already in the classroom, in the syllabus, in student workflows, and increasingly in the questions instruc

Why Students Go Quiet and 10 Instructor-Approved Class Discussion Strategies That Actually Work

Ten instructors. Ten strategies. Zero crickets. In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, educators share the practical moves they actually use to spark real conversation

College Is Hard. Life Is Harder. 10 Ways Instructors Help Students Survive Both.

What happens when "college should be hard" collides with "students are barely holding it together"? In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, we're unpacking how instru

The Algorithm vs the Classroom: Where Students Are Actually Learning

Students aren't waiting for class to start learning science. They're getting it from their feeds first. In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, we sit down with journal

10 Burnout Strategies for Educators That Don't Require Working More

Burnout in higher education doesn't always show up as a crash. More often, it looks like reheated coffee, a growing to-do list, and the sense that the work never really e

The Hidden Curriculum: 10 Life Skills Students Learn Without Realizing It

What if some of the most important things students learn in your classroom… aren't on your syllabus? In this episode of The What & Who of EDU, we're unpacking the hidden

From Pop Quizzes to Paychecks: What Students Actually Need Before They Enter the Real World

What if high school prepared students not just for exams, but for real life? In this episode of The What and Who of EDU, host Marisa Bluestone talks with David Anderson,

Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Get Students to Reveal Their Thinking (Not Just Their Answers)

What if your students already have the answer… but skipped all the thinking that got them there? That's the problem ten instructors sat down to solve. In this episode,

What Discipline is the Coolest? 10 Professors Explain Why Their Field Rules the School

This episode is proof that every subject can be the "cool one" …  if it's taught with purpose, passion, and the right demo (hello, exploding gummy bears). We asked 10 pro

AI + Accessibility: Cognitive Load, Em-Dashes, and Other Hidden Barriers

Can AI make learning more accessible … or is it just adding new barriers? In this debut episode of The What & Who of EDU's AI+ series, we sit down with Rachel Comerford,

10 Engagement Myths That Make Teaching Harder (and What to Do Instead)

Some teaching strategies feel right—until they don't.  The What & Who of EDU is kicking off season 2 with a banger, breaking down the most common student engagement myt

Season 1 Wrapped: 10 Favorite Moments that Stuck With Us

What if the most powerful teaching tips weren't found in textbooks, but in the lived wisdom of the educators down the hall?  In this Season 1 finale, host Marisa Bluest

10 Teaching Strategies Teachers Once Doubted & Now Swear By

Some teaching ideas feel a little too trendy, too techy, or too fluffy… until they're not. Today we're counting down 10 teaching strategies educators once doubted and now

From Grades to Grit: What Psychology Authors Drs. Dave Myers and June Gruber Want Every Student to Know

What do sleep, gratitude, and emotional chaos have in common? Psychology. In this student-focused episode of The What and Who of EDU, Dr. Dave Myers and Dr. June Gruber

Teaching Like a Psychologist: Drs. Dave Myers & June Gruber Discuss Strategies To Foster Wellness and Belonging

What if the secret to better teaching isn't about what you teach, but how students experience your classroom? Psychology legends Dr. David Myers and Dr. June Gruber hav