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WSTKS-FM Worldwide. . . Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century

WSTKS-FM Worldwide. . . Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st Century

By Professor Schwartz

A podcast to support high school, college, and university students in their digital collaborative learning for the 21st Century.
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Episode 49 -- Five Final Tips to Help You Craft Your Course Capstone Project

WSTKS-FM Worldwide. . . Digital Collaborative Learning for the 21st CenturyDec 04, 2022

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Episode 107 -- Fine-tune Your Student Learning Team Dynamic in Four Steps

Episode 107 -- Fine-tune Your Student Learning Team Dynamic in Four Steps

Pull up a chair and listen in as Professor Schwartz highlights four steps your student learning team can take to perfect its collaborative approach for the final third of the course.

Mar 14, 202410:18
Episode 106 -- 3 Steps to Create a Top-Notch Digital Readers' Guide

Episode 106 -- 3 Steps to Create a Top-Notch Digital Readers' Guide

In today's program, Professor Schwartz outlines three steps your student learning team can take to develop a thoughtful, informative, and visually dynamic digital reader's guide.

Mar 07, 202409:54
Episode 105 -- Ensure Your Student Learning Team Is on Track

Episode 105 -- Ensure Your Student Learning Team Is on Track

In today's program, Professor Schwartz discusses five steps your student learning team can take to ensure it is on the right track for the second half of the course.

Mar 01, 202410:33
Episode 104 -- Essential Team Values to Revisit and Reestablish Post-Spring Break

Episode 104 -- Essential Team Values to Revisit and Reestablish Post-Spring Break

In this episode, Professor Schwartz highlights four essential values for your student learning team to review when members reconvene following Spring Break.

Feb 22, 202410:46
Episode 103 -- 4 Tools in Google Drive to Foster More Effective Collaboration

Episode 103 -- 4 Tools in Google Drive to Foster More Effective Collaboration

Pull up a chair and join Professor Schwartz as he walks you through four specific tools in Google Drive and the advantages they can bring to your student learning team when they become part of your team work habits and practices each week.

Feb 15, 202410:31
Episode 102 -- Three Steps to Improve Your Learning Team Practices

Episode 102 -- Three Steps to Improve Your Learning Team Practices

In this episode, Professor Schwartz outlines three steps your student learning team can take to streamline its collaborative practices and work habits.

Feb 08, 202410:19
Episode 100 -- Key Roles Your Learning Team Members Can Play

Episode 100 -- Key Roles Your Learning Team Members Can Play

Avoid Internal learning team confusion and discord by following the advice Professor Schwartz offers on the roles your members can play during weekly collaboration.

Feb 01, 202411:16
Episode 101- 4 Keys to Establish Consistent Member "Presence" within Your Student Learning Team

Episode 101- 4 Keys to Establish Consistent Member "Presence" within Your Student Learning Team

Listen in as Professor Schwartz discusses for keys to establish consistent member "presence" as a part of your student learning team this semester.

Feb 01, 202410:53
Episode 99 -- 6 Tips to Help Solidify Your New Student Learning TEam

Episode 99 -- 6 Tips to Help Solidify Your New Student Learning TEam

Join Professor Schwartz in the Collaborative Cafe on the ground floor of the WSTKS-FM Worldwide studios to learn six pointers that will help your student learning team begin its collaborative activities for the semester.

Jan 13, 202410:48
Episode 98 -- Look Forward to These Three Features of IAH209 Horror Cinema!

Episode 98 -- Look Forward to These Three Features of IAH209 Horror Cinema!

Join Professor Schwartz to learn all about the exciting features, approaches, and procedures you can expect in IAH209 Horror Cinema this semester!

Jan 06, 202409:42
Episode 97 -- Empower Yourself and Your Student Learning Team with These 3 Habits

Episode 97 -- Empower Yourself and Your Student Learning Team with These 3 Habits

This time, Professor Schwartz discusses the habits you and your team can adopt to empower yourselves and improve course outcomes.

Dec 12, 202310:36
Epsiode 95 -- Check Off These Three Tasks for Collaborative Project #3

Epsiode 95 -- Check Off These Three Tasks for Collaborative Project #3

This time, Professor Schwartz shares information on the three related tasks your student learning team should address within Collaborative Project #3. 


Oct 31, 202309:28
Episode 94 -- Late Semester Truths about This IAH Course

Episode 94 -- Late Semester Truths about This IAH Course

Grab a chair and listen in as Professor Schwartz walks you through four inconvenient“truths” to keep in mind as you wrap up your independent and collaborative work for the course. 


Oct 24, 202310:43
Episode 93 -- How to Help a Struggling Teammate

Episode 93 -- How to Help a Struggling Teammate

This time around, Professor Schwartz offers four steps your learning team can take to help a member struggling with their end-of-semester commitments and improve team cohesion in the process.


Oct 17, 202310:38
Episode 92 -- Quick and Easy FIxes to Improve Student Learning Team Cohesion

Episode 92 -- Quick and Easy FIxes to Improve Student Learning Team Cohesion

Join Professor Schwartz as he walks you through four quick and easy fixes you can apply to the remaining collaborative activities in your student learning team during the final five weeks of the course.


Oct 10, 202309:44
Episode 91 -- Three Reasons Why Texts, Chats, and Emails Might Not Be the Best Communication Choices for Your Student Learning Team

Episode 91 -- Three Reasons Why Texts, Chats, and Emails Might Not Be the Best Communication Choices for Your Student Learning Team

Listen in as Professor Schwartz shares three reasons why text messages, chat threads, and email chains alone fall short of effective communication and collaboration practices.

Oct 03, 202309:48
Episode 90 -- 3 Ways to ENhance Your Digital Collaborative Learning

Episode 90 -- 3 Ways to ENhance Your Digital Collaborative Learning

Today, Professor Schwartz walks you through a few ways you can augment your digital and collaborative learning in the course. 

Sep 28, 202309:42
Episode 89 -- How to Avoid Alienating Your Student Learning Teammates

Episode 89 -- How to Avoid Alienating Your Student Learning Teammates

Join Professor Schwartz to learn four ways to avoid becoming an unwelcome liability in your student learning team.

Sep 27, 202310:26
Episode 88 -- Cultivate These Four Practices to Facilitate Great Cohesion in Your Student Learning Team

Episode 88 -- Cultivate These Four Practices to Facilitate Great Cohesion in Your Student Learning Team

In this episode, Professor Schwartz walks you through four practices your student learning team can cultivate to facilitate greater cohesion and more effective collaboration for the remainder of the course..

Sep 19, 202309:58
Episode 87 -- 6 Changes Your Student Learning Team Can Make to Its Cololaborative Approach

Episode 87 -- 6 Changes Your Student Learning Team Can Make to Its Cololaborative Approach

This time, Professor Schwartz suggests six changes your student learning team can make to its collaborative approach, setting the stage for easier, more effective teamwork each week.

 

Sep 12, 202309:20
Episode 86 -- The Three Components of Collaborative Project #1

Episode 86 -- The Three Components of Collaborative Project #1

Pull up a chair and listen in as Professor Schwartz covers the three key components of your first collaborative project.


Sep 05, 202309:48
Episode 85 -- 4 Habits to Cultivate for Stress-Free Digital Collaboration

Episode 85 -- 4 Habits to Cultivate for Stress-Free Digital Collaboration

In today’s episode, Professor Schwartz discusses the four habits that pave the way toward easier digital collaborative learning for the 21st century.

Aug 30, 202311:31
Episode 84 -- Four Questions to Ponder in Week Two

Episode 84 -- Four Questions to Ponder in Week Two

Grab a chair and listen in as Professor Schwartz walks you through four questions you can use if you’re a little stuck on how to start your very first reflection on, and self-assessment of your learning for Week Two of your IAH course.

Aug 24, 202309:38
Episode 83 -- 3 Things You Can Look forward to in IAH209 Film Noir

Episode 83 -- 3 Things You Can Look forward to in IAH209 Film Noir

Join Professor Schwartz to learn all about what you expect in IAH209 Film this semester!

Aug 19, 202309:22
Episode 82 -- 4 Incredibly Useful Tools in Your Digital Collaborative Toolbox

Episode 82 -- 4 Incredibly Useful Tools in Your Digital Collaborative Toolbox

Listen in as Professor Schwartz directs your attention to four highly useful tools your student learning team can utilize throughout your coursework together this semester.


Aug 18, 202308:40
Episode 81 -- What's H-O-T HOT about Digital Collaborative Learning?

Episode 81 -- What's H-O-T HOT about Digital Collaborative Learning?

Listen in as Professor Schwartz explains how his approach to teaching and learning for the 21st century is the polar opposite of a traditional lecture and exam-based course. Digital collaborative learning: . . So hot, it sizzles!

Aug 10, 202310:11
EQ Test -- Shure MV7 (Aug. 03, 2023)

EQ Test -- Shure MV7 (Aug. 03, 2023)

Modified EQ for primary voice track, which is also 1.5dB higher in the mix than other seven tracks. All eight tracks normalized to -1dB. Overall balance of levels seems very good.

Aug 03, 202302:44
Episode 80 -- 5 Ways to Practice Digital Collaborative Empathy and Understanding

Episode 80 -- 5 Ways to Practice Digital Collaborative Empathy and Understanding

In today’s program, Professor Schwartz covers five ways you can practice digital collaborative empathy and understanding within your student learning team. 

Aug 01, 202309:24
Episode 79 -- For Easy Collaboration Start with a Team Contract!

Episode 79 -- For Easy Collaboration Start with a Team Contract!

Join ProfessorSchwartz to learn about how your student learning team can pave the way to success through the development of a team contract.

 

Jul 26, 202310:31
Episode 78 -- 3 Steps toward Defining the Core Values of Your Student Learning Team

Episode 78 -- 3 Steps toward Defining the Core Values of Your Student Learning Team

This time, Professor Schwartz explains three concrete steps your student learning team can take to formulate its core values, providing a firm foundation for a more cohesive learning team experience.  Carry out this vital step toward team cohesion and more effective collaboration right away during your Week Three meeting when you convene for the first time.

Jul 20, 202309:38
Episode 77 -- How "All Together" Is Your Student Learning Team?

Episode 77 -- How "All Together" Is Your Student Learning Team?

In today’s episode, Professor Schwartz highlights the five characteristics of an “all together” team dynamic.  Is your team dynamic all for one, and one for all?

Jul 04, 202309:08
Episode 76 -- Three Features of Effective Digital-Collaborative Learning

Episode 76 -- Three Features of Effective Digital-Collaborative Learning

In this episode, Professor Schwartz outlines three features of effective digital-collaborative learning that should be central to your student learning teamwork each week.

Jun 27, 202308:44
Episode 75 -- Is Your Studelent Learning Team Making These Common Mistakes?

Episode 75 -- Is Your Studelent Learning Team Making These Common Mistakes?

Listen in as Professor Schwartz highlights four mistakes to avoid in your student learning team collaboration each week.

Jun 23, 202309:29
Episode 74 -- Use the 4-3-2-1 Technique in Your Digital-Collaborative Activities

Episode 74 -- Use the 4-3-2-1 Technique in Your Digital-Collaborative Activities

Pull up a chair, have a seat, and listen in as Professor Schwartz walks you through the 4-3-2-1 Technique, a method to help your student learning team identify questions you have about course materials, develop coherent answers, and determine clear paths forward in your work together this semester.

Jun 07, 202307:50
Episode 73 -- 5 Digital-Collaborative Routines to Establish at the Outset

Episode 73 -- 5 Digital-Collaborative Routines to Establish at the Outset

In this episode, Professor Schwartz covers five key habits you’ll want to establish right away as part of your student learning team’s interaction and work together each week.

May 16, 202310:40
Episode 72 -- 5 Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Digital-Collaborative Accountibility

Episode 72 -- 5 Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Digital-Collaborative Accountibility

Join Professor Schwartz to learn about five ways your student learning team can cultivate a culture of accountability!

May 15, 202310:13
Episode 71 -- Digital-Collaboratiuve Learning in a Nurshell

Episode 71 -- Digital-Collaboratiuve Learning in a Nurshell

Listen in as Professor Schwartz walks you through the digital-collaborative learning around which his courses are designed and a few key benefits of the approach.

May 11, 202310:40
Episode 70 -- Solve Any Team Issue in Four Easy Steps!

Episode 70 -- Solve Any Team Issue in Four Easy Steps!

Join Professor Schwartz to learn about the Four-Step Creative Problem-Solving Framework than will help your student learning team move forward in a more decisive way.

May 04, 202310:18
Episode 69 -- Who IS Professor Schwartz? Five Things Not Everyone Knows about Me

Episode 69 -- Who IS Professor Schwartz? Five Things Not Everyone Knows about Me

Join Professor Schwartz for a peek behind the curtain to learn a bit about what makes him tick when he isn’t wearing his professor hat.

Apr 23, 202309:46
Episode 68 -- 5 Key Points to Address in Your Course Capstone Project

Episode 68 -- 5 Key Points to Address in Your Course Capstone Project

Listen in as Professor Schwartz details five key points you need to address in your individual semester reflection on and self-assessment of your activities in his 15-week course.

Apr 18, 202307:20
Episode 67 -- Four 'Big Picture' Ideas to Keep in Mind

Episode 67 -- Four 'Big Picture' Ideas to Keep in Mind

Join Professor Schwartz as he discusses four big picture ideas to keep in mind as your student learning team creates, refines, and completes Collaborative Project #3. 

Apr 13, 202308:55
Episode 66 -- Your MAJOR Take-away from This Digital Collaborative Course

Episode 66 -- Your MAJOR Take-away from This Digital Collaborative Course

Join Professor Schwartz as he talks about the ‘Global Competence’ students cultivate within his Humanities courses on film, literature, and drama.

Apr 06, 202309:48
Episode 65 -- The Three Key Parts of a Collaborative Project

Episode 65 -- The Three Key Parts of a Collaborative Project

Listen in as Professor Schwartz discusses the three vital components of any collaborative project he asks student learning teams to complete in the courses he teaches.

 

Mar 21, 202308:01
Episode 64 -- Recharge Your Student Learning Team’s Collaborative Spirit in 4 Easy Steps

Episode 64 -- Recharge Your Student Learning Team’s Collaborative Spirit in 4 Easy Steps

Listen in as Professor Schwartz discusses a few easy steps your student learning team can take to recharge its collaborative batteries and finish the semester on a strong note.

Mar 17, 202307:41
Epsiode 63 -- 9 Ways Your Student Learning Team Can Use ChatGPT to Manage Its Collaborative Projects

Epsiode 63 -- 9 Ways Your Student Learning Team Can Use ChatGPT to Manage Its Collaborative Projects

This time, Professor Schwartz explains some of the ways your student learning team can use ChatGPT to manage, complete, and submit your collaborative projects for the course.

Mar 16, 202307:15
Episode 62 -- Common Misconceptions about Professor Schwartz's IAH Courses

Episode 62 -- Common Misconceptions about Professor Schwartz's IAH Courses

Listen in as Professor Schwartz addresses four common misconceptions about the Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities courses he teaches.

Mar 09, 202309:17
Episode 61 -- Revisit, Document, and Modify Your Collaborative Process

Episode 61 -- Revisit, Document, and Modify Your Collaborative Process

Join Professor Schwartz to learn a four-step process to help your student learning team review and revise your collaborative activities, so it can finish the course on a strong note.

Mar 08, 202308:14
Episode 60 -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to Weekly Digital Collaboration

Episode 60 -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to Weekly Digital Collaboration

Tune in as Professor Schwartz presents his four-step quick and dirty guide to help your student learning team more easily navigate its weekly digital collaboration.

Mar 06, 202308:11
Episode 59 -- Three Steps to Finish a Collaborative Project When Time Runs Out

Episode 59 -- Three Steps to Finish a Collaborative Project When Time Runs Out

Join Professor Schwartz as he details three ways your student learning team can finish a collaborative project when you're short on time.

Mar 03, 202307:30
Episode 58 -- Take the 'Find and Try' Challenge!

Episode 58 -- Take the 'Find and Try' Challenge!

Take Professor Schwartz’s ‘Find and Try Challenge’ to explore the web, find, try various new digital and cloud-based tools to unlock your student learning team’s creativity, foster stronger critical thinking skills, and aid the collaborative process.

Mar 02, 202309:02