A new academic year and a new direction for the AdjunctNation.com "Teaching in Pajamas," with new bloggers of whom I am one. I am going to be focusing on some of the nuts and bolts of teaching online, including topics like: the pros and cons of...
By Helene Matheny There are certainly benefits to working as an adjunct. Using my car as my office is not one of them. Only once in my ten years as.
The email invitation to blog for AdjunctNation.com went out to about 1,000 part-time faculty registered on the site. The replies came back, some within minutes. The application instructions were exact..
The email invitation to blog for AdjunctNation.com went out to about 1,000 part-time faculty registered on the site. The replies came back, some within minutes. The application instructions were exact. Many who responded asked for more information. They didn't have specific questions; they just wanted "more...
By Rich Russell In Blackboard there is a Roster tool, where students (and the professor) can post pictures of themselves, and I encourage (but do not require) students to also.
There’s a difference for instructors between getting along with students and finding a way to work with them throughout the duration of the class. Instructors who develop meaningful interactions with.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I was late. It almost never happens, but this semester I have an eight o'clock class and it's sometimes difficult to get ready and out of the house in time. I'm waking up at five a.m. every morning, but waking up isn't the...
I had an interesting conversation with some colleagues recently. By now, I am used to people thinking I am crazy for trying out more than one institution of higher learning..
From The Economist: Fifty years ago, in the glorious age of three-martini lunches and all-smoking offices, America’s car companies were universally admired. Everybody wanted to know the secrets of their.
By Lance Eaton There comes a point in every semester during which the Freeway Flyer must partake of the powerful and seductive dance I like to call: the Adjunct Shuffle. The dance can take many forms, and one often feels promiscuous thanks to all the partners...
