<p>Travis Thurston shares how to engage learners with digital powers on episode 295 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.<br />
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<h2>Quotes from the episode</h2>
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<p>The virtual classroom doesn’t necessarily signal to students how the interaction is going to take place.<br />
-Travis Thurston</p>
<p>It is really important for our learners to know why we are having them engage in something.<br />
-Travis Thurston</p>
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<h2>Resources Mentioned</h2>
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<li><a href="https://bit.ly/2spz7Oe">Digital PowerUps Scaffolds and Hashtags to Empower Higher-Order and Humanized Student Engagement in Online Discussions, By Travis N Thurston</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/3oa1iK9E1Dk">5-minute Recap of Travis’ 2017 Presentation on Digital PowerUps</a></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/7Mk1nykjnYA">Pumpin&#8217; Up with Hans &amp; Franz &#8211; SNL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bradgustafson.com/renegadeleadership">Renegade Leadership, by Brad Gustafson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/YoungGirl-OldWomanIllusion.html">Young Girl-Old Woman Illusion</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2223128/">Everything is a Remix</a></li>
<li><a href="https://vimeo.com/25380454">Everything is a Remix: Part 3 &#8211; The Elements of Creativity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/OtULcj5iDsTkL/">Sample PowerUps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tihe-transcripts.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/SampleDiscussion-CIA8.jpg">Sample Discussion PowerUp Prompt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tihe-transcripts.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/discussion_post_sample_FF.jpg">Sample Digital PowerUp Discussion Post</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tihe-transcripts.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/Sample-student-post-with-create.png">Sample Student Post with Create</a></li>
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