Episodes

Friday Oct 22, 2021
HyFlexing: WTF is HyFlex?!
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
…and how do you spell it? Sean and curry try to figure out this new HyFlex teaching thing by talking about research, common practices, and what seems worth trying.

Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Why Ethnic Studies?
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
Tuesday Oct 19, 2021
In this episode, the SAFE Topics team has a conversation with faculty leaders at MiraCosta who are charged with developing an Ethnic Studies program. We ask why about the political context, the timing, and the salient characteristics of Ethnic Studies, and how an Ethnic Studies department will benefit students and faculty campus-wide. Join hosts Sean, curry, and Mana along with Maria Figueroa (English), JahB Prescott (English), Tyrone Nagai (English), Alicia Lopez (Sociology), and Steven Moreno-Terrill (Sociology) as we get into this topic!

Friday Oct 15, 2021
Hyflexing: The COR of Your Class
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Sean and curry try to figure out this new HyFlex teaching thing by talking about the course outline of the record.

Friday Oct 08, 2021
HyFlexing: Designing a New Course
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Sean and curry try to figure out this new HyFlex teaching thing by thinking first about the awesome learning moments we design for (in any course we teach).

Friday Oct 08, 2021
A New Mini-Series: HyFlexing
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
Sean and curry try to figure out this new HyFlex teaching thing, starting with how to make a podcast about our process.

Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Back to Campus! Kinda...
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
Tuesday Oct 05, 2021
The SAFE Topics team is back! We are kicking off season 3 with a series of interviews with some folks around the MiraCosta College campus. The team interviewed students, staff and faculty about their experiences about what’s making them happy to be on campus and some of the realities we’re still dealing with. Join hosts Sean, curry and Mana in our season 3 premiere episode!

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Student Voices with Mana and Kayla
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
In this finale episode, we end the season with student voices discussing the good and bad of the distant learning experience during the past year. Our host Mana is joined by an Associated Student Government (ASG) colleague, Kayla, to talk about online learning in the past year and the challenges that students had to overcome to become successful. At the end of this episode, our hosts have a special message for all of our listeners. Join us in our season two finale episode of the SAFE Topics Podcast, and thank you all for your ongoing support!

Thursday May 20, 2021
Linguistic Bias - Part 2
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
On this episode, the SAFE Topics team continues its conversation with faculty on the topic of linguistic bias! The question we started with was: how do we welcome diverse voices and prevent privileging one dialect over the other? Join hosts Sean, curry, and Mana along with Maria Figueroa (English), Denise Stephenson (Director of Writing Center), Eric Robertson (Communication Studies), and Andrea Petri (International Languages) as we go into part two of this great episode!

Friday May 14, 2021
Linguistic Bias - Part 1
Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
In this episode, the SAFE Topics team has a conversation with faculty on the topic of linguistic bias! The question we ask is how do we welcome diverse voices and prevent privileging one dialect over the other? Join hosts Sean, curry, and Mana along with Maria Figueroa (English), Denise Stephenson (Director of Writing Center), Eric Robertson (Communication Studies), and Andrea Petri (International Languages) as we go into part one of this great episode!

Friday May 07, 2021
Live Show with ASE Leaders
Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
In this episode, the SAFE Topics Podcast team went live during the Equity Online day put on by the C3 Teaching and Learning Center and Online Education and were joined by leaders from the Academic Success and Equity (ASE) program to talk about their experiences and adjustments over the last year. Join hosts Sean, curry and Mana and special guests Don Love (Coordinator and Counselor of Umoja), Coach Keli Ross-Ma’u (Coordinator and Counselor of Mana; Coach of Rugby Team), and Cindy Arce (Interim Student Services Coordinator for ASE) as we go over the hardships, challenges and positives of the past year.