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 definitely answer. I’ll answer the second question first.

No, there is no cost to sign up as a Basic Member of AdjunctWorld. As a Basic Member you have full use of our website, including a searchable database of available online jobs and the home page which lists the most recently added online jobs. As a Basic Member you will also have access to our AdjunctWorld blog, which provides resources helpful to the online teacher.  We send out a weekly summary email to all of our members as well, informing you of all the jobs added to our database that week. We offer additional resources in our weekly emails as well.

However, if you’d like to upgrade to a Premium Membership there is a small fee per month. With Premium Membership you will receive automated email alerts whenever we upload a job in your discipline. So, you are immediately and automatically informed of the new jobs in your specific discipline being added to our database without having to come to our site and check yourself. You are able to sign up for three disciplines, which we strongly encourage you do because it increases the number of relevant alerts you will get. Right now, the email alerts are perhaps the biggest perk of premium membership. There are other benefits of Premium Membership with new benefits being added soon. See our full description of Premium Benefits and how to sign up for them here.

Right now, when you sign up as a Basic Member, you get a free trial of Premium Membership. You will not be charged any money when your Premium Trial ends, you will have to self-select to continue if you’d like.

Now on to your second question! To sign up for Basic Membership (and your free Premium trial), do the following:

1)  Go to AdjunctWorld.com.

2)  Scroll down to where you see “Adjuncts: Free Membership”

3)  Click on the “Sign Up” button under the “Adjuncts: Free Membership” title.

4)  Enter your email address and a password you will use to access our database. Make sure the email address is one you check, so that your free trial Premium Alerts go to a working email address.

5)  Continue the process and begin enjoying our site!

Best of luck to you as you search for online teaching work. Please free free to comment below with any questions or email me. Thanks for the questions! Keep ’em comin’!

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 02/21/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 26 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 13 different schools. Currently there are a total of 1,952 Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

5 Online positions – Patrick Henry College

5 Online positions – Western Governors University

2 Online positions – AIU Online

 

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at Ashford University, Colorado Community College, Franklin University, Great Basin College, Herzing University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Southern New Hampshire University, Study.com, Tarrant County College, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

Happy Valentines Day from AdjunctWorld!

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Happy Valentines Day fellow Adjuncts!

Hope everyone is enjoying peaceful day with those you love.  Its cold and snowy here in Kentucky, so today finds my family and I snuggled around the fireplace (its electric, but hey, it works) drinking coffee and cocoa.

Love is on my mind as I sit down to write this blog post and I got to wondering what all of you love about online teaching (or the prospect of online teaching). Its something we are all looking for, but why are we pursuing it? Ideally because there is something we find appealing or dare I say “attractive” about it, huh? I’ll list a few of the things I love about online teaching here and I welcome you to share yours in the comment section below!

What I Love About Online Teaching

  1. Obviously, the flexibility. Working from home on a self-paced schedule is perhaps the biggest allure of a career in online teaching. I’ve worked from the beach, while camping, in various pairs of comfy pjs, and in just about every Starbucks and Panera in the city of Louisville, Ky. While working on vacation doesn’t necessarily sound like a perk, the fact that I was able to schedule a vacation when I wanted to without having to find a sub or working around the semester schedule is certainly nice.
  2. Its something I choose to do. I’ve worked with a lot of instructors who feel “forced” by their universities to teach online. There seems to be resentment there. I try to help them find the silver lining, but at the end of the conversation I’m more appreciative of my choice in the matter.
  3. Adult Distance Learners are hungry for knowledge. Most online learners are adults who’ve already had varied careers and have had a life experience that has inspired them to return to school and pursue a degree in psychology. These students are interesting, interested, motivated, and ever-willing to engage in sidebar conversations. It’s an inspiring population to work with.
  4. It helps keep my career varied and interesting. In addition to teaching online, I’m also a licensed clinical psychologist with a small psychotherapy practice, community manager for AdjunctWorld, and a professional development trainer. I also do subject matter expert work. No day is ever the same as the next and, after working as a full time clinician for several years, the variety is welcome and keeps me energized. Sitting for 8 hours a day in one chair, even though I love doing psychotherapy, is something I’d like not to do again.
  5. I’m part of a community of distance educators. We are an interesting crew, right? I’d also go as far as to say that, as an online instructor, you are a part of a community of remote employees in a more general sense.
  6. It gives me one more thing in common with my husband. I’m a clinical psychologist and he’s an information technology exec. You wouldn’t think our careers would overlap too much, would you? But because I am an online teacher and he works for a higher education start up, we share an industry and I’m thankful for that.

What about you? What do you love about online teaching? Or, if you haven’t taught online yet, what about the idea of online teaching pulls you toward it? Please comment below! I’d love to hear from you.

And, as always, best of luck in your job search.

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 02/14/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 25 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 13 different schools. Currently there are a total of 1,950  Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

6 Online positions – Geneva College

4 Online positions – Walden University

3 Online positions – Career Education Corporation

 

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at Antioch University, Argosy University, Colorado Technical University, Delta College, Eastern Kentucky University, Education Futures Management, Herzing College, La Roche College, Nevada State College, and Study.com.

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 02/07/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 24 new Online and 10 new On-Ground Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 12 different schools. Currently there are a total of 2,025  Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

7 Online positions – The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

4 Online positions – Kaplan University

3 Online positions – St. Thomas University

 

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at American Public University System, CK-12 Foundation, College of William and Mary, Concordia College of New York, Kaplan Test Prep, Northcentral University, Study.com, Washington State University, and Western Governors University.

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 01/31/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 20 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 11 different schools. Currently there are a total of 2,047 Online Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

3 Online positions – Walden University

3 Online positions – Western Governors University

3 Online positions – Liberty University

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at Brandeis University, BYU-Idaho, Castleton University, Denver School of Nursing, DeVry University, Herzing University, West Coast University, and Zenith Education Group.

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 01/24/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 24 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 16 different schools. Currently there are a total of 2,033 Online Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

3 Online positions – Anaheim University

3 Online positions – Western Governors University

2 Online position – Liberty University

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at A.T. Still University, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Columbia Southern University, Eastern Oregon University, Franklin University, Mercy Health, Northcentral University, Sanford Brown College, Stephens College, The Art Institutes, The College of St. Scholastica, Transparent Language, and Walden University.

 

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 01/17/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 32 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 12 different schools. Currently there are a total of 2,011 Online Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

9 Online positions – Rasmussen College

5 Online positions – University of Maryland University College

5 Online position – Western Governors University

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at Bellevue University, Coker College, Colorado Technical University, Grand Canyon University, Judson College, Study.com, Tiffin College, Walden University, and Zenith Education Group.

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.

Getting LMS Experience – Where to Start?

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When listing what they are looking for in a job candidate, most schools either require or “strongly prefer” adjunct instructors with Learning Management System (LMS) experience.  Some schools specify which LMS they want their candidates to have experience in, others don’t, simply wanting their adjuncts to be savvy across the board.

Because this requirement is so ubiquitous, it points to the need to fill this hole if there is one on your CV/resume.  But if you are going to invest time and money in LMS training, where should you start?

Providing an answer to this question, ELearningIndustry.com lists the three most popular LMSs used in academia today:

  1. Moodle – 73.8 Million Users
  2. Edmodo – 20 Million Users
  3. Blackboard – 20 Million Users

ELearningIndustry.com also ranks LMSs by number of customers, which they describe as a better statistic since it suggests good customer loyalty and and better business practices:

  1. Edmodo – 120,000 customers
  2. Moodle – 87,000 customers
  3. Collaborize Classroom – 48,000 customers

In my anecdotal experience as a finder and post-er of online job opportunities, I find that Moodle and Blackboard top the list of LMSs that schools are requiring experience in.

So, when looking to strengthen your resume for the online teaching market, it makes sense to acquire experience in one or more of these popular LMSs.  My advice to adjuncts wanting to gain LMS experience is to do one or all of three things:

  • Take online classes yourself that use various LMS technology.
  • Find online trainings for specific LMSs (there are a lot of these available. Moodle, an open-source platform, even offers a lot of free online trainings!).
  • Make a connection (via LinkedIn or our AdjunctWorld community) with an instructor who uses the LMS you are interested in learning more about and pick his/her brain about the software and how to learn more about it.

I also like to tell adjuncts that having been an online student is often considered online or “LMS” experience as well. Some of the schools I review will write, “Online teaching experience or experience as an online learner preferred/required.” Being an online student is in some ways as valuable or close to as valuable as having been an online teacher before. Additionally, most all face-to-face classrooms these days have some LMS component, whether it’s for turning in papers or posting grades. This counts as some experience even if the class wasn’t completely online.

Have you specifically sought LMS training?  How have you gotten LMS experience to include in your online teaching resume?  Please share and comment below!

This Week’s AdjunctWorld Job Listings – 01/10/2016

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Each week we will summarize all the adjunct jobs we’ve added to AdjunctWorld during the week for easy reference.  If you’d like to be notified moments after we post new jobs, please LIKE our facebook page or follow us on twitter.

So, without further ado, this week we posted 42 new Online Adjunct jobs on AdjunctWorld from 13 different schools. Currently there are a total of 1,981 Online Adjunct jobs listed there.  Click below to see a selection of these recently posted jobs:

 

11 Online positions – Mojave Community College

9 Online positions – American Journal Experts

5 Online position – New York Institute of Technology

AdjunctWorld’s latest 10 Online Adjunct positions

 

…as well as online adjunct positions at American Institutes for Research, Ashford University, Coker College, Colorado Christian University, Concordia College of New York, Freed-Hardeman University, Liberty University, Oklahoma State University, Walden University, and Western Governors University.

 

Personalized Daily Job Alerts

Would you like to be alerted to the jobs in your discipline(s) right after they are posted on AdjunctWorld, rather than waiting for this weekly summary, or watching for our facebook & twitter posts?  Over the past week we’ve sent out hundreds of daily job alert emails to Premium AdjunctWorld Members.  Click here for a description of all of the Premium Membership benefits and how to subscribe.

 

Thanks! for being a part of the AdjunctWorld Community.