Obviously, I'm not a person who likes to say "no" or I wouldn't be teaching for four colleges in four Michigan counties this semester. And no, this…
My first experience with online learning was in July 2003 as a student. This was before the emergence of online social networking as we know it today.…
This past week, there was an article in InsideHigherEd about a professor who found herself yanked from her biology classroom at Louisiana State University after students complained…
Over the years I have given a great deal of thought to grading, incentives, and fairness. One anecdote will illustrate what started me on the road to…
As I've said before, critical thinking is important, but if the students can't figure out how to put their ideas down on the page in a readable…
I am one of those people, I use a Mac. My schools and online students do not know this, as I am mainstream about most things loaded…
The fact that there is a primetime TV show about community colleges is another sign that these institutions are now part of our mainstream life and popular…
[private]Pedagogy is the art of getting people to learn. As college professors, teaching people how to learn is at the heart of our profession. The activities we…
This week is Spring Break. Well, sort of. No, it is, but not necessarily for me. It's break for some schools, some instructors, some kids, but not…
Piss Poor Prof, also known as Burnt-Out Adjunct, describes the adjunct as being "the academic equivalent of a fry cook." http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/06/15/adjunct Then there is Dr. Burton Fletcher,…
