MAC Talks - Instructional Design Podcast

MAC Talks - Instructional Design Podcast

MCC Instructional Design

Episodes 32
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Dormant
Since Aug 2022
Latest Episode May 2025

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Mac Talks, Instructional Design and Instructional Technology, focused on Instructional Design in higher education. Hosted by the Instructional Design team at McLennan Community College in Waco, TX. Guests include faculty, staff, students and other IDI's from other institutions. Listen on the drive to work, on the drive home, while you're doing laundry or just lounging out on the patio! Mac Talks - Mac is our Highlander Mascot, and it also stands for McLennan Academic Community. Let's GO!

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“Mindset Over Mandate: Why Accessibility Starts with You”

May 02, 2025 50m

In this episode of MAC Talks, host Claire Wilkison teams up with special guests Claudette Jackson (Director of Accommodations & Title IX) and Katie Vise (Accommodations Coordinator) to dive into…

Beyond Essays: How Audio Projects Amplify Student Voices

Mar 21, 2025 23m

Looking to freshen up your classroom? Join us as Jessica Hobbs shares how podcasting has transformed her teaching approach. In this conversation, Jessica explains how replacing traditional essays…

Hacking Hyflex & AI: A Deep Dive with Joshua Sullwold

Mar 03, 2025 47m

In this episode, we sit down with Joshua Sullwold, a tech-savvy educator from MCC’s Computer Information Systems department, to talk all things Hyflex teaching, cybersecurity, and AI in education.…

Tech Trends in Higher Ed for 2025

Jan 21, 2025 46m

Welcome to 2025! The Instructional Design and Innovation team return with what they think are the top Instructional Design and Technology trends in Higher Education for 2025 are and what they think…

PD Resource - Accessibility Law

Sep 13, 2024 13m

This episode of MAC Talks is a resource for our Accessibility Law Professional Development course. You don't have to take it to listen though! This episode has been generated entirely by Google's…

Tim Mousel, The Educational AI Black Belt

May 22, 2024 43m

Welcome to the latest episode of MAC Talks, where hosts John Ghazzagh and Richard Leslie sit down with Tim Mousel, the AI wizard moonlighting as a kinesiology professor at Lone Star College. Tim…

Czech It Out- Interview with our Czech Exchange Students

May 13, 2024 42m

In this special episode of MAC Talks, we have 3 special guests: Czech exchange students that are taking classes and working at MCC! These amazing students share their experiences here in the US and…

Live from Faculty Summer Institute - A.I. in Higher Education Instruction with Kathleen Hicks

May 09, 2024 49m

In this podcast episode, Kathleen Hicks, Director of Online Learning for English at Arizona State University, shares her experiences integrating generative AI into teaching and course development.…

The OER Revolution: How Open Licensing is Changing the Game in Higher Ed with Joanna Schimizzi

Apr 29, 2024 37m

In this episode, Joanna shares her passion for Open Educational Resources (OER) and how they can transform higher education. Discover how OER empowers educators to freely share, reuse and remix…

Beyond the Stacks: The Evolving Role of Librarians in Online Education

Mar 28, 2024 40m

Join us for an insightful conversation with Michaela McCown, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, and Kristen Cook, Research Librarian, as we delve into the world of embedded librarianship…

Lights, Camera, Education! - with Jennifer Chapman

Mar 11, 2024 33m

In this episode, we'll be exploring the world of education with Jennifer Chapman, Assistant Professor of Child Development & Education at McLennan Community College. Join us as Jennifer discusses…

Goodbye, Grades? Hello, Projects! - with Travis Cox

Feb 26, 2024 44m

⁠In this episode, we're hanging out with Travis Cox, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at McLennan Community College. Get this - he's tossed the traditional grading playbook out the…

A Chat with Dr. Fred Hills (Part 2)

Nov 19, 2023 21m

Part 2 of a 2 Part Podcast. ⁠Dr. Fred Hills, Assistant Vice President of Instruction and Student Engagement for McLennan Community Colleg⁠e talks with us about High Impact Practices, Student…

A Chat with Dr. Fred Hills (Part 1)

Nov 13, 2023 34m

Part I of a 2 Part Podcast. Dr. Fred Hills, Vice President of Instruction and Student Engagement for Mclennan Community College talks with us about High Impact Practices, Student Engagement and what…

S3E3 Networking with Christopher Morris

Oct 15, 2023 38m

Christopher Morris talks about being a new instructor in Higher Ed, adding comedy to the classroom (and to the podcast!), the challenges of teaching Hyflex and continuously growing. If you're…

S3E2 Engineering a Hyflex-able Class

Oct 08, 2023 36m

In this episode of Mac Talks, Paulina Sidwell, a professor at MCC, shares her journey to becoming a professor and discusses the HyFlex mode of teaching that encourages innovation through starting…

S3E1 Katherine's last episode, now with A.I.

Oct 04, 2023 45m

In this episode of Mac Talks, Instructional Designers Katherine, John, Claire and Instructional Technologist TJ talk about A.I. in higher education and what to look for this school year. We also…

S2E6 The Magic of Quality Online Course Design

Apr 17, 2023 38m

This week on MAC Talks, we talk about our process for online course quality and how it's not just an Instructional Design thing. Faculty, directors and deans all play an important role in making sure…

S2E5 "Find a Way, or Make One"

Mar 13, 2023 38m

In this episode we sit down with Felicia Gladden, Professor of Government.  We talk about what inspired her to become a professor and what brought her to MCC.  Felicia also talks about her teaching…

S2E4 Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges

Feb 27, 2023 36m

In this episode we chat with Starlen Roddy, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Specialist and Adjunct Instructor at McLennan Community College.  We talk with Starlen about his background, how he…

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