Welcome to Pedagogy NEXT, a podcast about excellence in teaching in higher education. The podcast series showcases and celebrates teaching stories and insights.
For our fifth podcast episode, Dr. Peggy Semingson of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers is talking to Howard Prince from the Office of Information Technology at UTA about web publishing and media publishing and implications for teaching.
Howard is currently Director of OIT Web Publishing & Development where is he responsible for managing and coordinating the design, development, integration, testing, and maintenance of web pages, media publishing, application customization, and software development services to support the University. He shares with us what he does, what his team does, and how faculty can leverage key web publishing resources for teaching. Howard is an innovation leader and according to his LinkedIn profile, “I’ve found that I excel in roles where I’m able to help people, to provide them information and understand how they communicate, and to support them in their roles or workplaces.”
Questions posed in this podcast:
- Tell us about your background or history with UTA.
- Can you tell us about your role in Web publishing and the services provided?
- What services, for faculty, does your team provide?
- Thinking more specifically about applications of web publishing services to teaching, what are examples of how faculty have used the services connected to teaching?
- What advice do you have about faculty getting started with these resources and being better prepared to use them?
- Regarding podcasting, how can faculty be better prepared to use your web hosting and podcasting services?
- If a faculty member has a blog or website, what tools or services does your team offer faculty to maintain their blogs and websites?
- What’s new or what’s coming up on the horizon with OIT Web publishing?
- What’s the best way for faculty to contact you to get started?
“How can I improve my teaching? What stories do educators have to share?” The Pedagogy NEXT podcast series showcases and celebrates teaching stories and insights from award-winning faculty members and university administrators who directly or indirectly support teaching. Hosted by The UT Arlington Academy of Distinguished Teachers in partnership with OIT and the Center for Distance Education, we feature a storytelling focus that showcases the diverse voices of educators and others who can support learning excellence in higher education and UT Arlington. The aim is to share experiences, ideas, innovations, and inspirations to develop reflective teaching and excellence in practice for the greater good of higher education. The podcast has a companion blog with show notes and resources for further learning. The companion blog is at: https://websites.uta.edu/pedagogynext
We hope the ideas shared in the podcast help you as a reflective educator. For any questions or comments, contact Peggy Semingson at peggys@uta.edu.
Subscribe on Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon. We will share links for our companion website/blog which is coming soon so stay tuned for that. The podcast hosts and production team includes Pete Smith, LaDonna Aiken, Carla Amaro-Jimenez, and myself, Peggy Semingson. Behind-the-scenes support from our thought partners and experts in OIT include Lee Pierce, J. Howard Prince, and Cyrus Haskell. Dakota Jimenez in Center for Distance Education is helping produce.
Disclaimer: All views shared are the perspectives of individual faculty and do not reflect the views of UT Arlington or the Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
