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Should Online Students Get to Choose Their Instructor(s)?
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
When students enroll in online classes, they often do not get to choose their instructors for and may not find out who the instructor for a particular class will be until the class starts. The question to…
What Does Your Online Image Say About You?
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
As an online instructor do you consider the virtual or perceptual image you have established with your students? Do you consider the image you portray and how this image is developed throughout the course?…
Helping Students Become Self-Directed Learners
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
The phrase self-directed learning is associated with the adult education theory of andragogy, which makes a distinction between teaching adults and children. A child needs to be taught how to learn and…
A Hybrid Instructional Approach that Facilitates Learning
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
Do you have an option to utilize an online classroom shell? Many institutions are offering adjunct instructors an ability to implement this feature. Some adjuncts believe that it is an effective method of…
Effective Classroom Evaluations are Purpose Driven
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
Have you considered the effectiveness of your classroom evaluations? Most evaluations involve a formalized process of testing or examination and are built into the process of traditional learning. An…
Meet Maslow: He Can Help With Student Motivation. Big Time.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
Student motivation is often addressed and explained by internal and external factors that are specific to every individual student. For example, some students may be motivated by an internal, perceived…
The Mentor is In: Developing a Lecture that Matters to Your Students
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
A classroom lecture can be stimulating and interesting or it can be dry and boring. A lecture is expected for the traditional classroom environment and adapted as a strategy in the online environment…
Student Evals: How To Understand What Students Are Telling You
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
When you receive the results of student evaluations after your course has concluded, do you read the results? If so, do you reflect upon what they’ve written and what this means for your facilitation…
The Mentor Is In: At All Times, Be Consistent In the Classroom
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA What does consistency mean to you or your work as an adjunct instructor? Is this a measurable quality that should be considered or is it in action state that you can occasionally monitor? These questions can…
Rewarding Students Who Go Above and Beyond Takes Creativity
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA
If you have students who have done exceptionally well on a class assignment or they have exceeded all expectations for participation in class discussions, how do you reward their performance? Those…