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A brilliant and very dedicated new colleague asked me what advice he should give students about how they can do well in his class. That question inspired this blog post. My plan is...
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A brilliant and very dedicated new colleague asked me what advice he should give students about how they can do well in his class. That question inspired this blog post. My plan is...
How to Succeed in Online Classes as a Working Adult Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 07/14/2026 - 16:18 If you're heading back to school while you're already holding down a jo...
The first day of college teaching could be the most stressful moment ever in the teaching history of novice faculty members. Generally, the first day of teaching is intimidating fo...
He was there to learn accounting, not comment on my course design. But midway through a Zoom call in the fall of 2025, one of my online adult learners paused and started talking ab...
It’s hard to believe summer is over, but here we are: the first day of class. Twenty minutes in, by the time the professor reached the late work policy, the words had already start...
According to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2025), the percent of students enrolled in distance education courses in postsecondary inst...
I never expected to begin teaching college biology when I did. At the time, I was teaching secondary science and trying to build a marine science course for my high school student...
My first semester as a faculty member taught me something I wish I had understood on day one: most of the stress did not come from teaching itself. It came from the absence of syst...
As online learning becomes more prevalent in higher education and professional development, User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design have become essential to the effecti...
When Online Education Is Everywhere, It Comes Down to Quality Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/30/2026 - 09:30 In 2000, just eight percent of undergraduates took even one c...
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If you’re in the early years of your career, you might be completing different long-term occasional teaching posts. This usually means if you’re in for a teacher for 10 or more con...
Many nurses enter academia after spending years at the bedside as strong clinicians. Some have served as charge nurses, preceptors, or leaders, and eventually feel called to teachi...
Students should do these three things to ensure they have smooth access to Canvas for fall courses.
Two veteran teachers share advice for connecting with each of your students.
One year ago, I was greeting my 30 third graders. Students came into the classroom with crayon colored artwork, miscellaneous items found outside, and were excited to tell me about...
True Confessions from the Grading Trenches It happened on a Wednesday—the kind of Wednesday that arrives in the middle of a grading cycle and quietly steals your personality. I had...
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