Teaching in Pajamas

By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. In my June 9, 2011 entry, I began to look at journaling as a tool in the online classroom and how journaling can help students succeed. As we continue to look at journaling from the perspective of a “tool” for…

By Rich Russell In a recent column for The Chronicle of Higher Ed, Rob Jenkins highlights what we need to consider in our zealous pursuit of online education ("the third-rail in American higher education politics"), where retention…

By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. How do online instructors maintain consistent teaching at the doctoral level? Are there tricks, tips, special formulas? There are proven methods that aid instructors in preserving an even balance at the doctoral…

By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. As we are bombarded with Internet access and a multitude of quick “information,” learners often have questions about what constitutes a credible scholarly source. Let’s look at aiding students in searching for…

By Rich Russell (This post for for my fellow AN blogger Kat. Kat, I hope at least some of this is helpful.) The best advice I received when I first started teaching was, of course, from my mom, who taught high school herself for ten…

By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. As technology has changed over the course of the years, so has effective education. In this week’s blog, we will take a look at effective adjunct teaching at the doctoral level. We will look at online…

By Rich Russell I was setting up small group workshops in my online Creative Writing I class last week. Blackboard makes it so easy to do this: In the "Teach" tab, go to "Create Groups" and then "Create Multiple Groups" and "Randomly…

By Rich Russell "Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the Machine? It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has…

By Rich Russell I had a student in a traditional class last semester (let's call him "Anthony") who was a bit of a Holden Caulfield. (I don't think he'd mind my saying that.) He got along well with his peers, but he harbored a healthy…

By Rich Russell "Inside the Machine," in Forster's short story, Kuno's mother Vashti is a lecturer on music history. Here, where every individual is confined to a separate room — where all needs are met by the Machine — Forster writes,…