As an instructor, what does it mean to be a good listener? Is it about the actions taken when responding to a learner’s message? When an adult…
You know how the dialogue goes when trying to explain your career path to people outside academia. Oftentimes the thought of working online from the comfort of…
After working for twenty-five years in the financial services industry I started on my quest to change careers and entered into the teaching field during the fall…
This first week of the semester in my online classes, students are required to post an introduction of themselves. Some students write lyric, Dickensian accounts of their…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do you remember writing those horrible gradeschool essays "What I did for my summer vacation"? I always hated those because we rarely did anything…
I have mentioned in a past blog the amount of time I spend writing and answering email on an average day (one hour for four or five…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Welcome back, Adjuncts! Does it feel welcome at your institution(s) of higher learning? My classes began this week at both schools - that's never…
I watched my youngest graduate from high school and, while I was extremely proud of her, it was a bittersweet moment for me. Proud, because of her…
by Daniel deVise For the first time, more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees last year, the culmination of decades of change in…
by Shai Reshef In an effort to earn a college education, students around the world find themselves facing mounting debt. According to data recently released by the…