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Want to Break into Online Learning? Try These Tips
Online teaching can seem like a great gig. The convenience and flexibility afforded by online delivery is a draw for students and instructors alike. But, finding online teaching jobs seems to be getting more challenging. It’s an unusual…
10 Things Teaching Online Has Taught Me
Michelle Everson
I celebrated an anniversary recently. It's been five years since I taught my first online course.
When I first started to think about teaching online, I realized I had a lot to learn. I had never been an online…
Arizona State University Partners With Poynter Institute to Offer PT Journalism Faculty…
The Poynter Institute and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University will launch an innovative online certificate program for adjunct faculty and others who teach journalism and mass…
MOOCs Will Probably Turn Out To Be Little More Than An Edu-tainment "Bubble"
by Peter Scott
I have tried, really hard, not to write about MOOCs. But I can't keep it up forever, and what better time than the silly season to write about this phenomenon, which may transform higher education, or just turn out to be…
Kindles, Nooks, And Why I Still Don’t Have An e-Reader (At Least Not Yet)
By Rich Russell
The season for reading is here, friends! I feel guilty about how little progress I've made on the stack of books nesting on my bedside table: a veritable, vertical library that teeters like some structurally unsound tower…
"Critical Thinking" – The Online Education Buzz-Phrase
by Robert Borger
It seems to me that the new buzzword in online education is "Critical Thinking." I just completed a Webinar about the topic last month, have plenty of messages about how to increase critical thinking with my students, and…
“Critical Thinking” – The Online Education Buzz-Phrase
by Robert Borger
It seems to me that the new buzzword in online education is "Critical Thinking." I just completed a Webinar about the topic last month, have plenty of messages about how to increase critical thinking with my students,…
More Classes More Money! When is Enough….Enough?
by Robert Borger
I have always had more than one job, ever since I started working. This all started before high school, when I started the typical lawn mowing service for friends and neighbors for fun money. I actually remember the…
Promoting Collaborative Learning in The Online Environment: How Can Faculty Overcome Challenges?
By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. How do adult students benefit from a collaborative learning environment? As an online facilitator/faculty member, we are to foster and support collaboration between students. Needless to say, there are always…
Promoting Collaborative Learning in The Online Environment: How Can Faculty Overcome Challenges?
By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D.
How do adult students benefit from a collaborative learning environment? As an online facilitator/faculty member, we are to foster and support collaboration between students. Needless to say, there are always…
