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Adjusting to Emergency Online Instruction Poses Extra Challenges For Adjunct Faculty

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And it stresses that staff should be protected against “the punitive use of negative teaching evaluations during the period of the disruption.” That’s a serious concern, Hardy explains, because "for many adjuncts, they are judged solely on student course evaluations.” She thinks it went pretty well.)

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform. Online videos (e.g.

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How to Demonstrate Confidence in Your Teaching

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As I began my first night of teaching in a university setting, I asked the students to take out their textbooks for the class and turn to a particular page. He said that otherwise I ran the risk of having people lose confidence in my capacity to guide them through the day of learning a new software program.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

Faculty Focus

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

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Using the LMS Effectively to Reduce Logistical Challenges for Students 

Faculty Focus

Textbooks and course materials to review, syllabi to update, lessons to plan, lectures to prepare. Since the pandemic, which necessitated the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Canvas or Blackboard, there is now an additional component to consider in developing our courses.

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Thinking about What Happened.

Faculty Focus

Most them default to blame—the teacher, the textbook, fellow classmates, the course, the department, the school—almost anybody or anything but not themselves. A few teachers have been known to do the same—blame the students, the department, course evaluations, research requirements, low pay, large classes, online courses.

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Thinking about What Happened.

Faculty Focus

Most them default to blame—the teacher, the textbook, fellow classmates, the course, the department, the school—almost anybody or anything but not themselves. A few teachers have been known to do the same—blame the students, the department, course evaluations, research requirements, low pay, large classes, online courses.