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…
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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…
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I know that I've complained before about Bb9 (it was frustrating, to say the least, when it first came online). I didn't even know…
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 Kat Kiefer-Newman Here we are. It’s a new year, and we’re returning to classes, after orientation meetings and hopefully contract signings. I have an orientation tonight…
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…
In today's post, I thought I would take a walk down memory lane, exploring some of the teaching platforms I have used, their pros and cons, as…
By Rich Russell Honestly, I don't remember my teachers in high school or college (as an undergraduate) using rubrics, and so if they did, I certainly never…
A new academic year and a new direction for the AdjunctNation.com "Teaching in Pajamas," with new bloggers of whom I am one. I am going to be…