Practical edtech talk for real classrooms.
The Higher EdTech Podcast follows Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner as they work through the real teaching consequences of new tools and campus systems. AI, accessibility, Canvas, academic integrity, and student verification all get treated as practical problems educators can start addressing now.
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The Higher EdTech Podcast treats educational technology as a set of working problems, not a stream of shiny announcements. Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner bring the conversation back to the classroom again and again. That means AI is discussed through student writing, assessment design, vocabulary assignments, teacher workload, and the awkward limits of detection tools. Accessibility is handled with the same practical patience. A Title II ADA compliance episode moves from urgency into documents, headings, Canvas structure, and the small habits that make materials more usable. The show is especially useful when it slows down. Instead of pretending that instructors can solve every technology and integrity question at once, it tends to ask what can be changed before next semester or even before the next upload. Episodes on gamification show how AI can lower the barrier to building interactive activities, including multilingual support and quick changes made in plain English. Episodes on fraudulent enrollments and process feedback look at the evidence teachers notice when something feels off. The academic integrity conversations are more nuanced than simple warnings about cheating. With Tricia Bertram-Gallant, the show frames learning verification as a responsibility to students and society, while still leaving room for humane assessment design. Campus-facing episodes widen the lens. Nick Wilkening brings technology services updates from Irvine Valley College, and Rick Miranda discusses agentic AI from an instructional leadership perspective. The result is local in texture but broadly useful. It sounds like educators comparing notes after a workshop, then turning those notes into something someone could actually try. The show is not slick or dramatic. Its value is in the steady movement from concern to workable practice. Faculty, instructional technologists, and campus support staff will find conversations that respect complexity without getting stuck in it. For listeners navigating AI, accessibility, Canvas, student authenticity, and course design, it offers a calm place to think through the next reasonable step.
Made for: Built for higher education instructors, instructional technologists, and campus support staff who deal with classroom technology in daily practice. It especially suits educators working through AI, accessibility, Canvas, academic integrity, and student verification questions.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by translating large technology debates into ordinary teaching decisions. Its Irvine Valley College setting gives the conversations a concrete campus feel while keeping the lessons broadly applicable.
Instructional Technologist Tim VanNorman and Professor Brent Warner work through the ins and outs of technology integration in Higher Education. The show focuses on best classroom practices for instructors in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. You'll hear about tools and tips that help you gain a broader understanding of the tech your students are using and expecting, and you'll hear interviews with peers and colleagues that are implementing educational technology in innovative and engaging ways.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Higher education technology becomes concrete through candid discussions of accessibility, AI, assessment, and the everyday work of course design.
Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner make classroom technology sound like a continuing working session between a technology services administrator and an ESL professor.
Next semester looms; Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner tackle your Canvas headings and AI-made games.
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AI gamification feels more workable when plain-English edits can reshape the activity.
Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner frame the Higher Ed Tech Podcast episode around a practical question: whether AI can help instructors build gamification without letting the work get out of hand.
A practical path from accessibility panic to document fixes people can use right away.
The Higher Ed Tech Podcast treats Title II ADA compliance as a working checklist rather than a legal abstraction, opening with the pressure of being told to make everything 100% accessible in about a month.
Academic integrity is treated as a practical question of verification and assessment.
This Higher Ed Tech Podcast episode pairs Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner with Tricia Bertram-Gallant for a focused discussion of academic integrity in an AI-heavy moment.
A practical look at agentic AI, human judgment, and a Kahoot workflow.
Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner frame the conversation around Rick Miranda, IVC's Vice President of Instruction, and how administration is thinking about the future of tech.
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Classroom practice, school change, and AI with purpose.
Media literacy, tested against real feeds.
Business stories with practical connective tissue.
Edtech talk with classroom sense and snacks.
Free classroom tech, tested by a teacher.
Classroom tech, explained teacher to teacher.
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Nick Wilkening returns to discuss technology services updates at Irvine Valley College.
Tim and Brent discuss the problems with AI detectors and explore alternative methods like Draftback and revision history to verify student writing.
Tim and Brent discuss how teachers can identify and handle fraudulent student enrollments in higher education.
Tim Van Norman kicks things off by introducing Tricia Bertram-Gallant and her book, The Opposite of Cheating.
Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner open with a casual check-in.
Tim Van Norman and Brent Warner open Season 6, Episode 9 with a gift guide for nerdy educators.
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Tim and Brent discuss their 2023 gift guide for techie teachers, focusing on affordable tech gifts for educators.