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…
Teaching in Pajamas
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:…
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…
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…
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…
By Rich Russell My mom said to me recently, "In twenty-five years, none of this [waving arms about to indicate college building] will exist." We were sitting…
By Rich Russell It is that time, just before the new semester begins, when the online professor must again go diving into the wreck. Well— but it…
By Rich Russell The answer to the question I get asked "all" the time is, yes — I do actually sometimes wear pajamas while teaching online. I'm an…
By P.D. Lesko The new E-Zine content went up and there are a couple of pieces that deal directly with the question of whether higher education will…
By Rich Russell It is upon us, colleagues!! THE END [of the semester] IS NIGH!!! I declared to a colleague this week: "If you do not hear…
