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Creating an Evaluation Process for Online Faculty Members
Online teaching creates unique challenges and requires a distinct skill set – and that’s left many colleges and universities struggling to create a meaningful evaluation process for faculty. In this two-part workshop, Ginger Durham, manager of faculty development for the Georgia Board of Regents, will help you develop an evaluation process suited to the unique needs of your institution and its distance-learning program.
Adjunct by Choice: Getting Past the Stereotypes of Online Instructors
We all are familiar with the stereotype of the professional adjunct: a harried and underpaid soul cobbling together a marginal income by racing from campus to campus, teaching a class here and a couple of classes there, using their car as a mobile office, and hoping for the day that someone offers them a “real” tenure-track job on a single campus.
Tackling Online Faculty Retention and Support
Retention is a big challenge for online programs, but it’s not just a matter of student retention. Faculty retention is just as important. Because geography doesn’t dictate where online instructors can work, they can cast a wide net when looking for a job and don’t necessarily need to stay loyal to their current employer.
Best Practices for Keeping Online Adjuncts Engaged
The number of adjunct faculty teaching at colleges and universities continues to rise dramatically. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 44 percent of faculty and instructional staff at all institutions in fall 2003 were part-time employees compared with 33 percent in 1987, the first year of data collection.
Recent Seminars
Engagement Strategies for Online Adjuncts
The use of adjuncts has enabled distance education programs to grow, but it does present challenges in terms of engagement, communication and community. Make sure your online adjuncts have the support and guidance they need to contribute to your institution’s success.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Training and Supporting Online Adjuncts: Q&A with Kimberly Hardy
Training and retaining online adjuncts is a challenge faced by practically every higher education institution that offers coursework over the Internet. In an interview, Dr. Kimberly Hardy, dean of instruction and student success at Florida Community College at Jacksonville, shares strategies for making sure adjuncts feel as much a part of the team as regular, full-time faculty.
Training and Supporting Online Adjuncts: Practical Ideas
As the number of online courses continues to grow at a steady pace, quality online adjuncts are in short supply. Even if you’re lucky enough to find them, and get them properly trained to deliver what your institution requires, you’re still not out of the woods. Defections are common as online adjuncts report feeling disconnected from the campus community they serve, and there’s always competition from others schools who may offer a better pay rate.
audio Online Seminar • Recorded on Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Four Ways to Support and Retain Your Online Adjuncts
If your institution offers online courses, you know that finding quality adjuncts is only half of the staffing battle. Keeping them is sometimes even more difficult. Defections are common as adjuncts report feeling disconnected from the campus community they serve, and there’s always competition from others schools who may offer a better pay rate.
