Five Things I Wish I Knew My First Semester
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
Peter Szawranskyj
July 20, 2026
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A Professor’s Framework for Meaningful, Joyful, and Sustainable Work
One of the unexpected gifts of the pandemic was the clarity it brought. We need to care for ourselves in more substantial and intentional ways if
Julie Sochacki, JD
December 15, 2025
Building Your Teaching Mind Budget
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Regan A. R. Gurung
December 5, 2025
Overcoming Challenges in Online Learning: Retention Factors and Prime Persistence Practices
Online learning continues to grow and evolve. In fact, in the fall of 2022, there were 18,580,026 adult learners participating in distance education (National Center
Amy Winger, MEd
July 22, 2024
Helping Online Students Succeed
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John Orlando, PhD
November 27, 2020
Time Management Strategies for the Flipped Classroom
In a flipped learning model of teaching, students get first contact with new ideas not during class time but in structured independent activities done prior to class time. This frees up class time to be used for more active work, digging more deeply into advanced ideas. This inversion of the use of time is a key difference between the flipped and traditional models of instruction—and when instructors flip, it brings up issues about time management for both instructors and students that require special attention.
Robert Talbert, PhD
March 25, 2019
Time Management Reminders that Boost Efficiency, Peace of Mind
Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of laziness—lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. … Being selective—doing less—is
Roben Torosyan PhD
October 5, 2011
Time Management Strategies for Student Writers
Is it me or do students often seem surprised by just how long the writing process takes? When I first started teaching, I never thought to address the issue of time management with my students. Over the course of my next several classes, however, I started to notice a pattern in students’ comments, such as: The work in this class is really, really time consuming; I’ve never spent this much time writing before; and I didn’t realize it would take SO much time but I am really happy with the end results.
Lauren Shapiro
March 30, 2011
Applying Learning Agreements in the Classroom
As a former editor in the business profession and now educator, I see connections between business and classroom best practices, especially applying professional development plans and performance reflection exercises as academic learning agreements in order to promote student leadership and engagement.
Loren Kleinman
July 13, 2009
Seven Ways to Improve Student Satisfaction in Online Courses
Preparing students for the online learning experience and managing expectations are critical to student satisfaction, says Marie Gould, assistant professor and program manager of Business
Rob Kelly
February 26, 2009
