More tips on faculty development for a competency-free profession

Young, J. (2010) Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom Chronicle of Higher Education, July 24

An interview with Chris Dede, one of the authors of the U.S. National Educational Technology Plan issued in draft form in March.

Although Chris Dede gives some useful tips, there is [...]

Useful tips on faculty development for teaching with technology

Fusch, D. (2010) Supporting Faculty in Adopting Emerging Learning Technologies Academic Impressions, July 22

An interview with Jerome Waldron, Salisbury University, on how to engage and support faculty in using emerging technologies.

See also:

McGhee, P. (2009) Tips for training faculty on teaching with technology Academic Impressions, November 12 (Patricia McGhee is at the [...]

Another perspective on quality

I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that would inform the development of a new Ontario Online Institute. Within that paper, he made some interesting comments on [...]

Dispelling myths

I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.

Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’

Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June

Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]

Preparing faculty for online teaching

Dziuban, C. and Fusch, D. (2010) Training and Preparing Your Faculty for Teaching Online Academic Impressions, June 24

In this interview, Chuck Dziuban of the University of Central Florida provides excellent advice on selecting and preparing faculty for online teaching. For old hands at online learning, the advice may seem obvious, but in my [...]