If you’ve been looking at media reports of the life of an adjunct college instructor, you’ve no doubt been made privy to all the, well, controversy. And a lot of people will say that being an adjunct—let alone an online adjunct—just isn’t worth it. But you ought to know up front: there’s a difference with… Read more »
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OnRamp: A Practical Guide to Landing an Online Teaching Job – Course Description and FAQs
In the spring of 2018, we successfully launched our first course – Fundamentals of Online Teaching (OT 101), our instructor-led online teaching certificate course. After spending four weeks covering current the best practices in online teaching in an engaging, collaborative environment, OT 101 takers are excited to use the skills they’ve acquired in their online classrooms…. Read more »
A “Book Club” Approach to Online Course Delivery
There are myriad ways to effectively deliver one’s course online. So many technologies, options, platforms, and methods exist that give instructors options for engaging and assessing their students virtually. With time and experience, we eventually figure out which one works best for us, our subject area, our school, and our students. Today, I thought I’d share… Read more »
AdjunctWorld’s Online Teaching Certificate Course – OT 101 – Course Description and FAQs
Fundamentals of Online Teaching (or, as we call it, OT 101) has something for everyone. Whether you have a ton of online experience, have just started online teaching, or hope to teach online one day, our 4-week, instructor-led, fully immersive and interactive online teacher training course will provide you with information and practice that will… Read more »
OT 101 Reviews and Testimonials
If you are thinking of enrolling in one of our upcoming sessions of OT 101 – our instructor-led online teaching certificate course – consider some of the very kind things our previous students have said about their experience. It is our goal to provide you with a rich, dynamic experience of an online classroom in… Read more »
Components of Online Teaching Presence: Facilitating and Direct Instruction
Hello! Here on the AdjunctWorld blog, we seem to ping pong back and forth between brief articles about finding online teaching work and those regarding honing one’s craft as an online instructor. This week, we will focus on the latter. Even if you aren’t teaching online yet, when you do land an interview ideas such… Read more »
Knowing Your Audience: Online Student Demographics
“Know your audience.” The advice is ubiquitous—given to salespeople, public speakers, marketers, teachers, and interviewees. Its no less applicable to the online instructor. Seeking to know one’s students is a best practice for online educators hoping to have an important impact on their students’ lives and careers. You can’t give people what they need if… Read more »
6 Strengths of Effective Online Educators
Welcome to the last in our series of articles on the “Effective Online Teacher.” So far, we’ve discussed some of the skills, knowledge, and characteristics of great online teachers. In this article, we will conclude with a few additional strengths associated with quality online teaching. These points can be thought of as places to begin… Read more »
5 Things Effective Online Instructors Know
So far in this series of articles, we’ve covered some of the personal characteristics and the interpersonal skills associated with great online teaching. Some of these skills/characteristics might be considered natural elements of an online instructor’s personality, but many can be studied, learned, and practiced over time to build competencies necessary to effectively reach online… Read more »
7 Characteristics of Effective Online Teachers
Adjunct instructors who have excellent teaching skills and engaging personalities in the traditional classroom environment already have many of the characteristics necessary to be effective online instructors. They know their subject area, love teaching, and are invested in their students. However, the two delivery modalities are different and there are some additional qualities that make… Read more »
