Eleven Ways to Shine Online
It was a Friday evening when I saw a little ad on the bottom of my screen looking for online English instructors. I was in
Noura Badawi, EdD
March 3, 2025
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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education
The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals.
Thomas D. Dyer, PhD, and Rebekah D. Dyer, EdD
December 6, 2024
Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning
Instructors who use a Lightboard to teach difficult concepts to asynchronous online students also bring resident faculty expertise to the online space, non-dependent on the course facilitator.
Jeff Puhala, EdD
August 5, 2024
From Barely There to Fully Present: Three Ways to Improve Your Instructor Presence
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on February 12, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. I recently received a frantic phone call from a distraught
Diane Monsivais, PhD
June 10, 2022
From Virtual Spectator to Participant: Engaging Students in Synchronous Online Learning Activities
Keeping students engaged in online courses takes careful consideration. Technology options are available to help create a virtual learning environment that promotes social interaction. Occasionally,
Meigan Robb, PhD, RN
June 18, 2021
Behind the “Mic” During a Pandemic: Making Virtual Instruction More Engaging for Students
The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous disruptions to the normal routine. The most serious impact from the student perspective is the absolute disarray of their
Rajesh Nagarathnam
January 15, 2021
Embracing Change Without Breaking Stride: Seven Strategies to be an Adaptive Instructor
The pandemic took us all by surprise, and it completely turned our education world upside down. Without many options, instructors had to make extreme adaptations
Jessica Evans
November 11, 2020
Preventing Students from Ghosting Your Class
The first few weeks of class are over, the newness has worn off and now the reality of a new semester, or the first semester,
Alicia Pennington
October 30, 2020
What is ‘Swift Trust,’ and Why Do I Want it in My Classes?
Due to the shift to performance-based funding in many states, colleges and universities have sharpened their focus on student retention. Because of this, I have sought out information about best practices in retaining students, in particular online students, to help do my fair share in this effort for the schools where I teach. While I found many articles about the importance of social presence, one of the more interesting discoveries was from a chapter in Trust in Organizations on the concept called “swift trust.” Although it is mostly put into practice and studied in workplace settings, it certainly applies to education, too.
Wren Mills, PhD
April 3, 2019
Using Bridge Questions to Teach Technical Content Online
Courses with a great deal of technical content for application in practice such as law, business, or STEM courses are oftentimes designed in what amounts to an information delivery method. The professor provides the necessary information for students to memorize and repeat back in the course assessments.
Stefan A. Perun, PhD, and Edward A. Liva
March 20, 2019