Posts Tagged ‘online adjuncts’
March 11 - Adjunct by Choice: Getting Past the Stereotypes of Online Instructors
By: Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti in Online Education
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.
March 13 - How to Retain Online Instructors
By: Christopher Hill in Distance Learning Administration
When an online learning program relies heavily on part-time instructors, a high turnover rate could negatively affect course quality and increase faculty development costs. This is why retaining good part-time online instructors is a priority at Humber College’s Open Learning Centre in Toronto, where 90 percent of online courses are taught by part-time instructors.
March 13 - Best Practices for Training and Retaining Online Adjunct Faculty
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Online Education
As colleges and universities continue to expand their online course offerings, increasingly they’re turning to adjuncts to teach the courses. This report features proven strategies for ensuring your distance education faculty have the necessary training and support to succeed.
February 16 - Experts Debate Whether Administrators Have the Right to Monitor Online Courses
By: Christopher Hill in Academic Leadership, Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
Last Friday, Dr. Michael Catchpole, a faculty member at North Island College on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Dr. James Olliver, provost of St. Petersburg College’s high technology Seminole Campus, debated in a live online seminar whether administrators have the right to monitor online classes. Below is an excerpt of an interview Distance Education Report
November 24 - Training and Supporting Online Adjuncts: Practical Ideas
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
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.
November 24 - Four Ways to Support and Retain Your Online Adjuncts
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration, Faculty Development, Online Education
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.
