Posts Tagged ‘supporting online adjuncts’
July 29 - The Underbelly of Online Teaching
By: Errol Craig Sull in Online Education
No matter how much we embrace and enjoy online teaching, the human frailties of mistakes, disappointment, anger, frustration, and oversights will come calling each time we teach a class. And when any of these happen we can respond with an emotional and unchecked action—never good—or we can accept that these negatives will always be part of our online teaching efforts and learn how to deal with them in a sensible, appropriate manner. What follows are the most common of the negative issues one will find when teaching online.
March 7 - Tackling Online Faculty Retention and Support
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration
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.
October 20 - More on Working With Part-Time Faculty to Enhance Teaching and the Curriculum: A Top 10 List
By: Richard Leblanc and Sandra Scott in Faculty Development
Editor’s Note: In yesterday’s article, the authors introduced steps for overcoming some of the administrative challenges when working with part-time faculty. Here, in part two of the article, they outline strategies for overcoming some of the pedagogical challenges.
October 19 - Working With Part-Time Faculty to Enhance Teaching and the Curriculum: A Top 10 List
By: Richard Leblanc and Sandra Scott in Faculty Development
Part-time faculty make essential contributions to our programs. Their part-time status often limits their contact with other faculty and their knowledge about the program in which they are teaching. Program coordinators and directors often provide the only contact between the two, and so play a critical but challenging leadership role. However, coordinators may also tend to work in isolation from one another and may lack opportunities to share experiences and learn from one another.
May 17 - How to Screen, Train, and Keep Quality Adjuncts
By: Mary Bart in Faculty Development
Adjunct faculty make up approximately half of all instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions (National Center for Education Statistics, 2008). Some teach online and some in a traditional classroom-based setting. Some work at private colleges, others for large public universities, and still others at community colleges. Adjuncts represent a diverse group professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds, but they do have at least one thing in common: they’re under increased scrutiny to demonstrate their effectiveness.
February 24 - Best Practices for Keeping Online Adjuncts Engaged
By: Mary Bart in Distance Learning Administration
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.
December 15 - Engagement Strategies for Online Adjuncts
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
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.
April 8 - High-level Online Faculty Support for Low-level Cost
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
If your online program is like most, you have more courses, more students, and more teachers moving online – and a budget that isn’t keeping up. The demand for strong online support is outstripping the funds available for it. So how do you provide top-notch faculty support when you’re dealing with a shrinking budget?
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.
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.
Dr. Kimberly Hardy serves as the dean of Instruction and Student Success for the Open Campus of Florida Community College at Jacksonville. In addition to teaching online courses in education and technology, Dr. Hardy works with distance learning, military, and accelerated programs. She has an extensive background in distance education and technology, and previously worked as a consultant and senior analyst for a national higher education consulting firm, as well as for the statewide Florida Distance Learning Consortium. Dr. Hardy earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education with a specialty in Instructional Systems from Florida State University, a Master of Arts degree in Student Affairs Administration from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Boston College.