Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Recent Surveys Regarding Online Ed & Campus Technology



Here, for your perusal, are a few pieces discussing relevant survey results:

“Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology” by Doug Lederman and Scott Jaschik (8/27/13)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/survey-faculty-attitudes-technology

 (The next two articles both report on the same Gallup survey)
“Traditional Education Beats Online in Key Areas, Opinion Poll Finds” by Scott Carlson (10/15/13)
From The Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/traditional-education-beats-online-in-key-areas-many-say-in-gallup-survey/47363?cid=cc

“Americans’ View of Online Courses” by Doug Lederman (10/15/13)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/15/american-adults-see-online-courses-least-equivalent-most-ways

“Helping Professors Use Technology Is Top Concern in Computing Survey” by Hannah Winston (10/17/13)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Helping-Faculty-Members-Use/142377/?cid=cc&utm_source=cc&utm_medium=en

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Articles on Teaching Students

Below are a few relevant articles on teaching and working with students. Enjoy, and as always, feel free to comment in the CCCOnline Community.

“Everyone Should Teach ‘Freshman Comp’” by John Warner (9/16/13)
From Inside Higher Ed’s “Just Visiting” blog:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/everyone-should-teach-freshman-comp

“Structuring Discussions: Online and Face-to-Face” by Maryellen Weimer (9/25/13)
From Faculty Focus “The Teaching Professor Blog”:
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/structuring-discussions-online-and-face-to-face/

“How We Respond to Students” by Andrew Joseph Pegoda (10/9/13)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/10/09/essay-communicating-students

“TMI From Professors” by Scott Jaschik (10/9/13)

“The Messy and Unpredictable Classroom” by Melissa Hudler (10/14/13)
From Faculty Focus:
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/the-messy-and-unpredictable-classroom/

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

CONNECT Conference is Friday!

We look forward to seeing you on Friday at Arapahoe Community College for the 2013 CONNECT conference!
For the day's schedule, directions, and information on sessions and speakers, please visit our website: CONNECT.