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Alex and Andrea interview fly solo this episode, discussing a number of Gradhacker stories.

Links mentioned in or relevant to the episode:

• Jennifer Travis – “Adrift on a Lonely Sea”
• Kaitlin Gallagher – “Getting Through a Mid-Degree Crisis”
• Amy Rubens – “Exit Strategies”
• William Pannapacker –  Couple articles / interview on NOT going to grad school.

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Alex and Andrea interview Ethan Watrall and Amanda French to discuss THATCamp; what is it and why should grad students care? The hosts then discuss a number of Gradhacker stories.

Links Mentioned in or relevant to the Episode

• The declared ‘Death of the Unconference‘ and Amanda French’s insistence that ‘The Unconference is Alive’
• Katy’s “Stoicism in Grad School”, Julie’s “Perils of Perfectionism”, and an anonymous entry on “Dealing With Abuse in Grad School”
• Andrea’s post on dealing with the dreariness of the job market: “Fighting HEARSE: Higher Ed Apocalypse Reading SyndromE“
• Terry’s popular piece on Stripping Down the Writing Process
• Alex’s recent post on why you should to go THATCamp and Chris Alen Sula’s reflection on a talk given by Tom Schienfeldt on THATCamp as a scholarly society.

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We discuss a number of Gradhacker stories including: “Publishing Your Presentations Online”, “Negotiating the Dating Scene in Grad School”, and “Branding Yourself: Not as Painful as You Think”. We also interview Dr. Ken Frank, a professor at Michigan State who has employed the technique of ‘Flipping the Classroom’ in his courses.

Links Mentioned in the Podcast

• AT&T’s Award Competition in Instructional Technology that features some winners who flipped their classrooms: http://attawards.msu.edu/
• Flyer for “Managing Your Academic Identity Online” Bootcamp at MSU: http://www.gradhacker.org/bootcamps/sample-page/
• Digitalcampus a podcast and source of inspiration and support (thanks for the theme!) http://digitalcampus.tv/
• The Khan Academy: http://khanacademy.org

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