Existing distance learning research falls into several main areas. Some lend themselves to future research to expand the knowledge base, but others do not need to be revisited. Here…
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December 2008
Campus tragedies, like those at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University, served as a wake-up call for the need to refocus efforts and attention to campus safety issues, and…
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In Academic Leadership, Faculty Development
More Time Teaching Correlates with Less Pay
December 23, 2008 Rob Kelly
The number of hours spent in the classroom per week was significantly, negatively related to salaries at research, doctoral-granting, and comprehensive colleges both in 1992-93 and in 1998-99.
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In Academic Leadership, Online Education
How to Create Appropriate Online Faculty Incentive Policies
December 22, 2008 Mary Bart
Has the rapid expansion of online education put your institution on a collision course with faculty incentive policies? Although more and more faculty are teaching online, few colleges and…
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In Academic Leadership, Faculty Development
Student Evaluations of Instructors: A Bad Thing?
December 18, 2008 John N. McDaniel PhD
In yesterday’s post, it was argued that perhaps student evaluations were not, in Martha Stewart’s famous phrase, “a good thing,” given doubts about the qualifications of students to judge…
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In Academic Leadership, Faculty Development
Student Evaluations of Instructors: A Good Thing?
December 17, 2008 Thomas R. McDaniel PhD
These student evaluations are so much a part of our system and have become so routine for our students and faculty that I have seldom questioned their value or…
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In Effective Teaching Strategies, Faculty Development
Effective Teaching Strategies: The Importance of Marrying Content and Process
December 16, 2008 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
When teachers think the best way to improve their teaching is by developing their content knowledge, they end up with sophisticated levels of knowledge, but they have only simplistic…
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Student Learning Assessment in Higher Education: Understanding Where to Begin
December 15, 2008 Mary Bart
For some educators, student learning assessment is a little like exercise. Yes, we know it’s important, we feel better when we do it, and we can even see the…
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In Free Reports, Free Reports: Online Course Design
Online Course Design: 13 Strategies for Teaching in a Web-based Distance Learning Environment
December 12, 2008 Faculty Focus
Good online course design begins with a clear understanding of specific learning outcomes and ways to engage students, while creating activities that allow students to take some control of…
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Student Learning and Course Content: How Fast Do They Forget?
December 11, 2008 Maryellen Weimer, PhD
Although faculty would like to think optimistically, most know that when it comes to student learning and how much content students take with them from a course, even one…