In Effective Classroom Management
September 30, 2019 Heather Van Mullem, PhD
Creating a successful learning experience is at the heart of instructional design and delivery. “In addition to academic instruction, one of a classroom’s teachers most important roles is to…
September 27, 2019 Miriam Bowers-Abbott
One of the most popular guides for academic writing standards across the curriculum is scheduled for some changes. It’s been a decade since The American Psychological Association (APA) last…
September 25, 2019 Lisa Borrero, PhD, and Amanda Jayne Miller, PhD
Engaging students through a computer screen requires a unique approach to pedagogy and innovative course design. The feeling of “getting it right” typically involves a good deal of testing…
In Effective Classroom Management
September 23, 2019 Laura Schisler, PhD
As a new faculty member, late work was the cause of many headaches. I wanted a policy that would recognize there may be valid reasons why a student might…
September 20, 2019 Jennie M. Carr, PhD
I am not going to lie…. I’m completely obsessed with email. For several years, email has been deemed the most preferred channel of professional communication (Tanase, 2018). Like many…
September 18, 2019 Megan Pietruszewski
You wait with anticipation. You receive the email: Course assignments are posted. You click on your Course Assignment. And—you’re assigned to teach a course that you have never taught…
When students enroll in online classes, they are often wary and a bit intimidated by the experience. There are a multitude of concerns such as assignment quality/rigor, technology and…
In Effective Teaching Strategies
September 13, 2019 Jörg Waltje, PhD, and Aubree Evans, MA
Regardless of whether you’ve been teaching for 15 years or 15 minutes, how to act and what to do on the first day of class seems to be something…
September 12, 2019 Faculty Focus
The Focus is You will now occur just once a month. We have other exciting things to share with you on Thursdays, like our new, free special reports, so…
September 11, 2019 Dom Caristi, PhD
A bunch of guys had a late afternoon game of touch football in a field. As it started getting dark and the players moved toward their cars, one realized…
