Scheduling Courses for Flexibility and Student Success
With the growth of distance education and changes in student demographics, the traditional class schedule, when a class meets two or three times a week, may no longer be what…
Leadership Not Just for Administrators
Colleges and universities need leadership at every level, but often faculty are reluctant to lend their leadership abilities because the notion of them as leaders is often at odds with…
Active Online Learning Prepares Students for the Workplace, Reflects Changing Learning Styles Preferences
Changing workplace demands and student learning style preferences require that instructors rethink their courses. No longer can students passively absorb knowledge. They must become active learners -- interacting with peers…
Changes in the Academic Profession
As college teachers, most of us know that the profession is changing, but we aren't always as up on the details as we should be. The changes occurring today have…
The Student as College Customer
A recent informal poll conducted by Magna Publications' electronic newsletters Faculty Focus and Eye on Students asked, "Would you like to see student affairs work more closely with academic affairs…
A Viable Literature for College Teaching and Learning
I am just finishing up a book on pedagogical scholarship, more specifically a review of previously published work on teaching and learning authored by faculty in disciplines other than education…
The Teaching-Learning Trinity
By Steve J. Thien, Kansas State University sjthien@ksu.edu I have found it significant to visualize teaching and learning not as a duality but as a trinity, a grouping of three…
Look to Midcareer Faculty for Learning Communities
Studies on faculty careers show that faculty research publication productivity plateaus or drops at midcareer. However, this one measure of faculty productivity should not be mistaken as stagnation, says Shari…
Creating Trust in Online Education
In order to have a productive learning environment, the instructor needs to develop and maintain a sense of trust between and among the students and the instructor through good course…
Teaching to the Learning Styles Across Generations
Instructors need to take steps to make the online classroom a comfortable and supportive learning environment regardless of students' online learning experience or learning style preferences-a particularly important consideration when…