Q&A Series: How Do I Format My Online Learning Experience in my CV?

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In last week’s email, we reminded members of the AdjunctWorld community to highlight any online learning experiences on their resumes, as many schools are listing “online learning experience” as preferred or required in their job descriptions. This is good news for online job-seeking adjuncts who may not have taught online before but who have taken… Read more »

Outlook for International Adjuncts Teaching Online in the US?

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This week, Matt and I received an email from a European adjunct inquiring about the outlook for international adjuncts teaching for US online programs or universities. This particular adjunct had several graduate degrees in popular academic disciplines and many years of college teaching experience. We seek input from our community in helping answer this adjunct’s… Read more »

How Do I Get Online Teaching Experience?

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One of the most common questions we are asked here at AdjunctWorld (indeed, I received two emails with this question this week) is “I would like to gain online teaching experience, any suggestions?” We have two blog articles that provide some answers to this question. In Getting LMS Experience – Where to Start? we list the… Read more »

How Do I Sign up For AdjunctWorld and Does it Cost?

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This week, we got an email from an online job-seeking adjunct asking the following question: I’m looking to begin online teaching to supplement my retirement income. I would like to give your site a try.  How do I register as a new member? Is there a cost for membership? Great questions and ones I can… Read more »

Job Application Problems

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“I’m having trouble applying for a job I found on AdjunctWorld.  Can you help me?” We see this question a lot and the answer is – sort of!  Once you click off of the AdjunctWorld website, you have now entered into the school’s website.  From a direct tech support angle, Matt and I can’t really… Read more »

Need Online Experience to Get Online Experience?

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As I look at the postings for online adjunct positions, they nearly all require experience in online teaching.  Do you have any advice as to how to gain such experience?  Is there one platform more popular than other–Moodle vs. Collaborate vs. ?? Thinking back to the jobs I post (and write 500 character blurbs for)… Read more »

AdjunctWorld’s New Q&A Blog Series

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Matt and I get several really good questions from adjuncts regarding anything from the inner workings of the AdjunctWorld database to the general state of online adjunct teaching these days.  Because these questions are poignant and relevant to our community, we thought we’d start a series of Q&A articles based on the emails we receive…. Read more »