A Pilot Persistence Project
Recently, the sentiment has continued to ring true about the nursing shortage or the need of more nurses—we need more Registered Nurses (RNs) to take care of patients at all…
Student Development of Human Agency in an Online Course: Strategies for Instructors
Mechanisms of human agency, namely, self-regulation, self-direction, and online learning self-efficacy, are situated in the literature as fundamental to student persistence in an online course (Rovai, 2003; Stephen et al.,…
What is Experiential Education?
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 21, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. For many years, I have tried to explain what experiential education (EE) is to…
The Two Best Practices for Successful Online Teaching and Learning
Since the onset of COVID-19 several years ago, the popularity of online learning has rapidly increased. Due to the flexibility, many students prefer pursuing their college degrees from home at…
Module Coordinators Supporting Each Other: The Value of Collaborative Reflection for Middle Managers
Collegial support through collaboration Collegial support may be challenging to foster, especially since higher education institutions have become more competitive with rewards reserved for productive individuals (e.g., Amutuhaire, 2022). Besides…
Websites as Digital Portfolios
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on August 1, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. English Composition I at New Jersey City University (NJCU) is designed to prepare students…
Cultivating Connection in a Course Setting
An important lesson I learned over the years while teaching in academia is that kindness and connection matter in a course. Showing up for students with kindness, compassion, and encouragement…
Cameras On or Off? It Depends! What We’ve Learned from Students about Teaching and Learning on Zoom
Like it or not, video conferencing platforms have become an integral tool for synchronous online teaching and learning. However, when the use of these tools increased due to emergency remote…
Empowering Learners through Online Discussion Self-Grading
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on October 26, 2017. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Have you ever thought, “There has to be a better way!” while grading your…
How Many Focus Groups are Enough: Focus Groups for Dissertation Research
The purpose of this article is to present an overview of the use of focus groups as a source of data in higher education, especially in doctoral programs. The need…