In an age where a school’s web page is its most important information tool, most websites now include faculty biographies. But what do you find
Adult students in particular want instructors to show their humanity, because they view instructors more as colleagues and coinvestigators than as the “sage on the
For the past 100 years, folks in higher education have assumed that feedback must be written. Even when the assignment itself was not in text
While the limitations of online teaching preclude on-site meetings with students, the fact remains that seeing a face adds essential elements to a message that
The University of Wisconsin’s Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning is a good place to keep abreast of current trends in distance education. This
We’ve heard a lot about the “flipped classroom” lately. The premise makes perfect sense. The traditional classroom devotes class time to pushing content to the
Most online faculty know that discussion is one of the biggest advantages of online education. The increased think-time afforded by the asynchronous environment, coupled with
The most important lesson we can teach our students is that college is just part of their lifelong learning journey, and most of their intellectual
A teacher must grab the student’s attention right away to motivate the learning, and nothing grabs interest as quickly and easily as animation. It may
Differences in content and teaching style can lead two instructors to take different approaches to blended course design, said Thomas Cavanagh, associate vice president of
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