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Memoir Monday: If I Had a Hammer 5 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Danielle Miller is an online educator with a passion for educational technology. In this guest post, she shares how she overcame initial frustrations with edtech and how she helps her virtual students...
How to Know If You Should Earn a Graduate Degree 2 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
If you’re thinking about pursuing online education, chances are good you are considering a graduate degree. In fact, more than one-third of online college students earn master’s degrees and more than ...
5 Reasons Teacherpreneurs Should Not Feel Guilty 26 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Two of the reasons educators often give for why they became teachers are “helping students” and “learning new things” (Vaux. R. 1999-2013). In fact, research has shown that professors really do care a...
4 Reasons to Avoid Letting Learning Be Just about the Grade 19 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Recently I had the opportunity to visit the campus of a large, Midwestern university. As I sat in a snack area, some students entered who were on break from a Spanish class, and a typical conversation...
5 Ways Administrators Can Turn Discouragement into Encouragement 12 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
Some of the key helpers on a student’s educational journey are the administrators who assist academic progress largely behind the scenes. Administrators participate in developing a vision for a school...
Empathy: The Key to Online Faculty Success 5 Jul 2013 | 04:30 pm
One of the most delicate balancing acts a good educator performs is between supporting students and letting go when learners seem ready to take off on their own. There is often debate, especially at t...
5 Things Cave People Want You to Know about E-Learning 27 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Who can forget the poor cavemen struggling for recognition of their intelligence in the Geico commercials? When I have taught courses in art history (prehistoric through the proto-Renaissance), Class...
Getting Students Excited About an Online Education 24 Jun 2013 | 09:26 pm
Students are enrolling in online classes in droves — in 2011 more than 30 percent, or six million U.S. students, took at least one online course. Higher education is adapting by steadily increasing on...
Educators: How to Be the Effective Communicator You Think You Are 20 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Often, there is something of a disconnect between well-intentioned educators and their students’ perceptions. Adult learners do not seem to express quite as high a level of confidence in the caring of...
Ten Years of Online Education: The Bumpy Road to Better Days 18 Jun 2013 | 02:46 am
Over the past decade the world has experienced a massive shift in the way we consume information. The advent of online education has proven access to quality education is now possible for anyone with ...
