Teaching and Learning
To match the changes in higher education’s student demographic, methods of instruction must transform as well. Today’s students have constraints on their time and bring more experience to the classroom than ever before. Instruction must adapt to ensure the needs and expectations of students are being met.
Changing With the Times: Faculty’s Role in Delivering a Great Student Experience
Gerardo M. González | Professor of Psychology, California State University San MarcosNo matter what institution you’re talking about, faculty play a massive role in the delivery of a world-class student experience. However, with so many priorities competing for their time—and so…
Affirming Online Faculty
Alexis Morton | Program Manager of Faculty Training and Development in the College of Online and Continuing Education, Southern New Hampshire University“I want to be part of your mission.” These are quite possibly the eight best words I’ve heard in a long time. Arguably, they are the most coveted words in…
Engaging Non-Traditional Students with (Mobile-Compatible) Microlearning
Peggy Semingson | Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at ArlingtonI teach entirely online at a university, The University of Texas at Arlington, which is in the process of expanding online learning opportunities for students, including non-traditional, diverse learners. One…
What’s My Grade: Why Students Need to Understand Learning and Assessment
Thomas Leary | Manager of Instructional Design Quality at the College of Online and Continuing Education, Southern New Hampshire UniversityFor those with any experience teaching, the question of “what’s my grade?” is a ubiquitous one. For students, grades are the measure of success in the classroom. This norm persists…
Enhancing Student Experience and Success through Technology
Monique Snowden | Vice President for Institutional Planning and Effectiveness, Fielding Graduate UniversityAs an organizational enabler and disruptor, technology neither resides wholly in physical nor virtual realms. Moreover, data is omnipresent between, on and beyond analog and digital borders. In Wanda Orlikowski’s…
Getting to Know Your Students: Five Best Practices for Developing and Managing an Arts-Based or Liberal Arts MOOC
Leah Waldo | Curriculum Manager for Berklee Online, Berklee College of MusicMany have said that the MOOC is dead and many more have listed a myriad of disappointments with the outcome of MOOCs—specifically that they did not live up to the…
Creating Clarity to Enhance Understanding
Jeffrey Czarnec | Associate Dean of Criminal Justice and the Social Sciences in the College of Online and Continuing Education, Southern New Hampshire UniversityIn the text-based learning arena, a consistent emphasis on clarity in communication is an absolute. If we assume that those charged with reading the litany of words sculpted into sentences…