Podcasts are handy for listening on the go, during exercise, or having on in the background. They’re also a great way to keep-up-to-date and learn more about teaching and learning. These are some ideas for podcasts to get started with pitched at both teachers and learners. Please do submit your favorites in the comments.

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast: Faculty Development for Professors

Explores the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. Explores ways to increase productivity so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.

http://teachinginhighered.com/episodes/

Learning Transforms

Learning Transforms with Ted Riecken and Cortney Baldwin is a podcast on research, practices and inspiring people and subjects related to education. Coming to you from the Faculty of Education and the Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES).

https://www.uvic.ca/education/news/podcast/index.php 

Gettin’ Air: The Open Pedagogy Podcast

Join Terry Greene as he and his guests get some air time to discuss technology-enabled and open learning practices in Post-Secondary Education.

Gettin’ Air

The Critical Thinking Initiative Podcast

Research-based solutions, interviews, pragmatic classroom applications, and current events in critical thinking.

https://www.thecriticalthinkinginitiative.org/podcasts.html

The Edtech Podcast

This podcast is focused on corporate and alternative models of education technology and innovation, with a future focus, but great ideas and discussion points.

https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast/

Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcast

Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts include presentations and reflections relating to student engagement, the effective use of digital technologies to support learning, digital storytelling, web 2.0 in the classroom, and other topics related to improving both teaching and learning.

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/category/podcasts/

CBC Spark

Focuses on the social implications of emerging technology. Education is not the exclusive focus, but a recurring theme.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark

 

If you have other education related podcasts that are useful for teachers, please post them in the comment section below.