…Judy Colwell, vice president for academic affairs at Northern Oklahoma College, compared the perceptions of adjuncts and administrators as to the importance of various types of support for part-time faculty….
…particular academic program (e.g. Doctor of Business Administration students or doctoral students with research interests related to criminal justice). As an online instructor, I have joined groups that relate to…
…leadership positions, including Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Director for the General Education Program. A certified UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) Reviewer and Fellow of the Higher…
…of research that confirms numerous academic benefits for a mindful classroom. Interestingly—and I love this—it is also associated with increased patience, kindness, compassion, and overall improved classroom climate. Many teachers…
…their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Instead, it is…
…Abdollah Shahrokni is an instructional designer with the Center for Academic Innovation at Western Oregon University. His scholarly interests include technology-enhanced instruction and task engagement. Michael Reis is currently the…
…unexpected directions. Swerves are risky, unsettling experiences. Poetry rarely appears in academic writing, even informal writing like a column on teaching and learning. We decided to delete the poetic ending….
…recommends that learning be made visible—in fact, he wrote a book about it (Hattie 2008). While learning observations can certainly be used to verify academic learning, learning observations can also…
