Content tagged: online teaching
Does Teaching Online Really Take More Time?
Article: Friday, March 5th, 2010
There are certain widely held ideas about how time is used in distance education. One is that distance education “takes more time” than face-to-face teaching. This is one of those ... Read full story »
Instructor or Professor, It's Not Your Title but What You Do That's Important
Article: Thursday, January 28th, 2010
In a recent conversation, an online teaching colleague complained that her school had wrongly listed her as “adjunct instructor,” rather than “adjunct professor,” in its faculty roster. “That term ‘professor’—it ... Read full story »
Primed for Learning: Maximizing Teachable Moments When Students are Ready and Willing to Learn
Article: Monday, December 7th, 2009
Teachable moments, those special times when students are most ready and willing to learn, are traditionally considered unplanned opportunities. But should teachable moments be treated like unexpected gifts or can ... Read full story »
Understanding the Instructor’s Role in Facilitating Online Discussions
Article: Monday, October 19th, 2009
In my classroom-based courses I have always valued discussion as a powerful learning tool that provides students with opportunities to explain their reasoning and understanding, learn different perspectives and points ... Read full story »
Reaching Online Students with Learning Disabilities
Article: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Students with disabilities are drawn to online courses for many of the same reasons as everyone else, but it’s often the anonymity that makes learning online particularly attractive to someone ... Read full story »
Using Rubrics to Improve Online Teaching, Learning, and Retention
Article: Monday, August 31st, 2009
I have always enjoyed teaching in the classroom environment. There is something special about watching a student’s eyes light up as a new concept changes perceptions. When I first taught ... Read full story »
Helping Your Online Faculty Succeed: Q&A with Kaye Shelton
Article: Monday, August 10th, 2009
While many online programs struggle with student retention issues, Dallas Baptist University has achieved an impressive 92% student course completion rate across its 34 fully online degree programs. Kaye Shelton, ... Read full story »
Online Instructor Success: What’s It Take?
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Faculty Development for your Online Instructors Online Instructor Success: What’s It Take? It’s rare that an instructor can make the leap to the online classroom without a few missteps. Some ... Learn more »
10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education
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An insider’s guide to teaching and learning in the online classroom 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education Teaching online for the first time is ... Learn more »
How to Retain Online Instructors
Article: Friday, March 13th, 2009
There are many benefits of employing part-time instructors to teach online: they can relieve the instructional workload of full-time faculty; they can provide expertise that is not available within a ... Read full story »
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