Instructional Ecology
Instructional Ecology
About the Show
About the Show
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Claire Houle, MA
Claire Houle, MA
Claire writes, hosts, and produces Instructional Ecology. She works with faculty at Midlands Technical College at the Center for Teaching Excellence to strengthen instruction at the college and to better connect our instructional community.
Claire's academic background is in Literature, and Composition and Rhetoric. She earned her Master's degree at the University of Massachusetts--Amherst. She's worked as an instructional designer in the community alongside social workers, teachers, and community organizers since 2014.
IE's Podcast DNA
These are excellent shows that influenced the creation of this podcast and continue to influence and inspire the writing and question-asking. We highly recommend exploring them.
On Being
On Being
One of the greatest conversational interviewers alive, Krista Tippett and her guests uncover meaning, practice, and art together. This podcast is on-going and updates seasonally.
Claire sometimes asks a few of Krista's familiar questions such as, "What happens if we get this right?"
The Stubborn Life of Things
The Stubborn Life of Things
A podcast that ended up being a 2020 pandemic lockdown salvation to many, novelist and nature writer Melissa Harrison explores her seasonal countryside, talks to guests who are deeply connected to their ecosystems and always includes poetry. This podcast ran for one season: Spring into Fall of 2020.
Our seasonal openers are a love letter to this podcast, which encouraged the hyperlocal, location-exploring aspects of our show.
This American Life
This American Life
The ne plus ultra of storytelling, Ira Glass helms a long-running show that collects tales of human experience from hilarious to hair-raising, all thoughtfully told. This show is ongoing.
Season 2 of Instructional Ecology was created in the style of This American Life. This podcast reminds us that our lives become stories in the end and that listening to each other is a powerful act of both entertainment and solidarity,
Come to Know the Catawba
Come to Know the Catawba
Instructional Ecology is embedded in place and space. As our seasons explore our locale, we can also become better connected to other communities around South Carolina.
Claire and her team with USC's Center for Child and Family Studies made this award-winning short documentary about the Catawba Indian Nation, currently South Carolina's only federally recognized tribe.
The Catawba would like to be better known by other South Carolinians. If you're curious about the tribe, their life and history, enjoy this short film.
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