Posts Tagged ‘online instructors’
June 29 - Student Engagement Strategies for the Online Classroom
By: Rob Kelly in Online Education
Cognitive engagement is important to student success in any learning environment. However, cognitive engagement takes on more significance in the online learning environment, where students learn in a physically isolated environment and often lack elements that typically engage students in the face-to-face classroom.
June 25 - Five Tips for Designing an Online Faculty Workshop
By: Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti in Distance Learning Administration
What is the best way to train and support a beginning online faculty member? At some colleges, the only option is on site training held on the campus over a day, a weekend, or a period of days during the summer. These on-site workshops, while potentially very effective, commit the faculty members to time, travel, and often inflexible scheduling. However, Berkeley College, with campuses in New York and New Jersey, has designed an online faculty workshop and set of training and support tools to complement its other professional development offerings.
June 12 - Establishing Online Instructor Performance Best Practices and Expectations
By: Lawrence Ragan, PhD. in Distance Learning Administration
Helping faculty learn to survive and even thrive online is critical if we are to realize the potential of this new learning space. During a Magna online seminar awhile back, I made reference to a strategy that an institution can employ to help faculty save time online. I referred to a document created at Penn
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.
January 8 - How to Select the Right Textbook for an Online Course
By: Guy Lochiatto in Distance Learning Administration, Online Education
A good textbook is crucial to an online course. Because so much of an online instructor’s interaction is based largely on e-mail, chat, or online discussion boards and groups, the textbook must provide structure and deliver the course content. Here are some things to consider when evaluating an online course textbook:
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.
