Reading Time: < 1 minuteRachel Treinen is a Senior Manager, Marketing Content at Cengage. Rachel is a lover of storytelling, part-time photographer and full-time corgi mom. Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Shifting student expectations. Uncertainty surrounding course modalities. These are concerns we’ve been hearing about for a while now when it comes to faculty well-being. It’s no secret that the […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesResearch into the demand for and effectiveness of online learning in higher education has been happening for nearly two decades. In the fall of 2012, for example, some 6.7 million out of 20.6 million students had enrolled in an online course. The online learning industry continued to grow at a steady pace for several years […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDiantha Ellis is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Stafford School of Business, at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) It’s the worst-kept secret of the summer—a trip to the grocery store and gas station costs a lot more these days. On top of that, the price of keeping a roof over our […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Ashley Hall is an adjunct instructor at Abilene Christian University There are a variety of reasons you may find yourself teaching multiple modalities of a course. Maybe your school adopted the HyFlex model during COVID, giving students the option to pick how they wanted to attend class. Maybe your department is experiencing a […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesCourtney Pham is a Senior Instructor in the College of Business at Missouri State University Picture this: you go out of town for a conference or vacation. You meet so many people vital to your professional and personal growth, but once you get home you can’t seem to reach out or stay connected with […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesBeth Ryan is an Associate Professor of Instruction for Columbia College Chicago in the Business and Entrepreneurship department Human Development During College Years Human development is about the “whole person” learning and growing, not just cognitive learning. According to Psychology Today, adolescence should extend into the mid-20s. The periodical claims that 25 could be […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Jeff Seaman, Director of Bay View Analytics, has been conducting research in higher education for nearly two decades. The future of education materials has always been digital. The only question has been, “how soon?” To answer that question, we need to understand the factors driving this change. The Digital Learning Pulse Survey (DLPS) […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs you begin your semester, you may be wondering how to merge your class policies with the variety of settings and capabilities in WebAssign. Here are some tips to help you design a syllabus for your WebAssign course that includes access instructions, assignment due dates and extension policies. Clearly Communicate the Required Materials When […]
