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Kelvin Thompson
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Online/blended/edtech guy: instructor, designer, administrator, consultant, researcher, speaker, podcaster. follows(ish) Jesus. coffee in-hand http://linkedin.com/in/drkelvinthompson & @kthompso over there.
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First Generation students need our support & encouragement more than ever to engage and graduate from #highered institutions. About 57% of UofL Online undergrads this term are FirstGen students. How will you and your institution #CelebrateFirstGen this year? www.firstgenforward.org/our-initiati...
UofL Joins the National First-Generation College Celebration UofL joins hundreds of institutions in celebrating first-gen students this week, beginning today, Nov. 4, through Nov. 7. From donuts in the BAB roundabout to panels in the Red Barn to Cardinal Preview Day breakouts, the Student Success Center, TRIO Student Support Services, Commuter & Transfer Initiatives, Undergraduate Admissions and the Student Activities Board are recognizing the approximately 37% of students who are first-gen. FGCC is celebrated annually on or about Nov. 8 to commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Today is #InternationalPodcastDay! in celebration, please find linked here direct links to the Top 10 episodes of TOPcast for the past 10 years. revisit old favorites, or find something #newtoyou to enjoy! #onlinelearning docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I'm celebrating International Podcast Day on September 30. [Icon of desktop microphone.]
September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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give some attention and reflective thought to the ideas shared by OLC's Dr. Jennifer Mathes in this episode of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. via audio/video/text transcript. all available + more at cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s11e...
TOPcast ep194 Our broad online ed community is made of more than our institutional colleagues. Other entities such as professional associations, vendors, policymakers and more have roles. The work of associations helps generate momentum toward the future we want to live in.
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Yes, Khan, it *is* #StarTrekDay2025. let go of eugenics and embrace the diversity of #StarTrek aspirations. #StarTrekDay screenrant.com/star-trek-da...
Actor Ricardo Montalban portraying Khan Noonien-Singh with an aghast facial expression in a scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
September 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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it's a biggie-sized episode as the first of three "pillar panel" guest-driven conversations on timeless topics key to the future of strategic #onlineeducation. listen/watch/read transcript. (and stay tuned for the next two eps.) dub.sh/topcasts11e193
TOPcast ep193 "[Of] these three things [leadership vision, faculty professional development, and research & evidence-driven practice], not one can work without the other two, is what I would say." - Dr. Melissa Vito #digitallearning #onlinelearning
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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What are the underground, out of sight forces we should attend to in anticipating how the future of #highered will play out? what visible signals give us clues? think along with futurist Dr. Bryan Alexander in this episode for example "futures thinking." #digitallearning cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s11e...
August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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check out the linked read-more-about-it resources, and, if you missed it, read/watch/listen to the entire insight-filled conversation with Dr. Glenda Morgan on TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s11e...
"TOPcast ep190 Making sense of our complex and evolving #highered #digitallearning field is never easy. (If it was easy, anyone could do it!) But insights from data-driven colleagues like Dr. Glenda Morgan are essential to guiding our understanding and planning."
August 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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#Micdrop comment from Dr. Glenda Morgan in this episode of the Final Fifteen Episodes of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast cdl.ucf.edu/topcast-s11e...
"To carry out a higher ed institutional online strategy, 'it's going to take time, it's going to take money, and it's not going to be an easy slog' [which requires committed senior institutional leadership]. - Dr. Glenda Morgan"
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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if you haven't already, please check out issue 2 of "The Lift," not-quite-a-newsletter: "The Value of Finding a Stable Center." insights and inspiration for the work of academic #innovation, #digitallearning, and leading in #highered. www.linkedin.com/pulse/value-...
Rusty, bent playground carousel from yesteryear
May 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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such an important (but ridiculously ambitious!) goal of looking decades into the future, but how energizing to hear from colleagues about the future they *want* to create to benefit today's (and tomorrow's) students! revisit at dub.sh/topcasts10e177
TOPcast @topcastnow · screenshot of posting on Twitter from account @topcastnow: "Apr 3 [Callback] Recent TOPcast ep177 “Creating the Digital Learning Future Our Students Deserve.” [crowdsourced topics and literal "voices" from the field as we look to the future.] https://dub.sh/topcasts10e177"
April 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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In the debut issue of "The Lift"(not quite a newsletter), I reflect on the power of small lifts, from trusted colleagues to wise words to encouraging anecdotes. Get some inspiration for our higher ed work — plus a little coffee wisdom for good measure! www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-we...
logo for "The Lift:" a stylized coffee cup on a saucer with steam rising in the shape of an upward-curving arrow and star sparkles radiating from the center symbolizing positivity
April 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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We're released FIVE December special episodes of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. See the full list and listen/watch/read any that you've missed. dub.sh/topcastspeci...
vintage CBS television animation for "special presentations:" the word "SPECIAL" rotating
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,875,050! Woo hoo!
Celebrating 10M users. #1,875,050. Joined November 7, 2023.
September 17, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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if you even occasionally listen to TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast, we sure would appreciate you taking a few seconds to respond to this One-Question Survey. would you please? thanks! bit.ly/topcastsurve...
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April 10, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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nearly 8 hours of FREE video recordings of keynotes and panel discussions from the recent global "Online Higher Education Summit" from the editors of the "SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Ed." (videos embedded midway down main page.) onlinehighered.net
Zoom window of multiple panelists' video feeds from presentation
February 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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coming up soon! February 19, 2024: FREE worldwide, day-long event: "Online Higher Education Summit" from the editors and authors of the recent Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education. register NOW to access in real-time or after-the-fact. plz share. onlinehighered.net
Join FREE! Online Higher Education Summit. A Virtual Summit. February 19, 2024. Register: www.OnlineHigherEd.net
February 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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coming up soon! February 19, 2024: FREE worldwide, day-long event: "Online Higher Education Summit" from the editors and authors of the recent Sage Handbook of Online Higher Education. register NOW to access in real-time or after-the-fact. plz share. onlinehighered.net
JOIN FREE! ONLINE HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT A Virtual Summit FEBRUARY 19. 2024 Register: www.OnlineHigherEd.net
February 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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it's no small thing for a university president to make time to engage with faculty during a #teachingandlearning event. this is a reflection of leadership priorities at UofL. thank you, President Schatzel! #UofLCelebrate
tweet from UofL Delphi Center: "Thank you @ULPresSchatzel for closing out our day of learning! #UofLCelebrate" accompanied by photo of President Schatzel on-stage in front of an audience against a presentation slide titled "Closing Comments"
February 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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so great having Interim Provost Gerry Bradley and VP of Institutional Equity Lee Gill introducing 2024 UofL Celebration of Teaching and Learning Conference! “Equity-Minded Teaching”
Kelvin Thompson, Lee Gill, and Gerry Bradley Gerry Bradley on-stage speaking Lee Gill on-stage speaking
February 3, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Our keynote speaker @flowerdarby.bsky.social shares this key equity-minded strategy: "Invite your students to connect with you as a person. If you don't leave with anything else, remember to make an effort to connect with them as real people." UofL Celebration of Teaching and Learning
Flower Darby on-stage addressing room full of faculty
February 3, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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FREE global online summit! a full-day of programming from colleagues around the world on February 19, 2024: "Online Higher Ed Summit" from the folks who brought you The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education. information and FREE registration at www.onlinehighered.net
Online Higher Education Summit February 19, 2024 Join FREE! www.onlinehighered.net.
January 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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THIS Friday, 2/2/2024! on the UofL Belknap campus. Pop in and out as your schedule allows. FREE LUNCH for registered participants. so many great teaching ideas! register now: uofl.me/celebration-...
Title Card: "Elevate Equity-Minded Teaching: Design with Int4ention, Teach with Care" - Celebration of Teaching and Learning, February 2, 2024. Text from Twitter post from UofL Delphi Center: "#UofLCelebrate is only one week away! Don't miss out on a spot, register today at http://uofl.me/celebration-2024!"
January 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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a thing of beauty a long time coming! arrived in the evening mail. thanks, SAGE Publishers!
cover of The SAGE Handbook of Online Higher Education
January 19, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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“‘Go and do’ is absent from [Jesus’] call to discipleship. Indeed, the first call is very different: ‘Come and see’.” Reminder from @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social so much to see. open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
After all, Jesus told us to “go and do likewise.” And so we do stuff. Busy Protestants. Busy, busy, busy. It is holy work. We follow that we might “go and do.” But that’s not the Gospel of John. “Go and do” is absent from this call to discipleship. Indeed, the first call is very different: Come and see. Come and see is the call of discipleship. The light beckons us, lures us, woos us, invites us to see. In particular, it calls us to see three things in brighter, truer, hues — God, ourselves, and the world. Let the light shine on these three. See them anew. Seeing is following.
January 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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it's tastier than a kale salad! think through with us the important issue of business model transformation in this episode of TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast. bit.ly/topcast_s09e...
[Post from X] TOPcast ep153 Question to Ponder: "What's the most effective [business model] structure for accomplishing the mission that... online learning has been charged to do [at your institution]? [hint: there isn't one perfect answer. context varies.]
January 5, 2024 at 2:15 PM