Are Online Learning, Virtual Learning, E-Learning, Distance Learning, and Blended Learning the Same? Learning online is a vast landscape. If asked, most of us would describe learning online in one…

Four More Instructional Strategies for Successful Virtual Lessons In Part 1, we talked about four effective instructional strategies and ways to implement them in virtual settings. In this post, we’ll…

Instructional Strategies for Successful Virtual Lessons Last week, I presented some best practices for facilitating a successful virtual meeting: checking your technology, creating a professional background, having resources available, using…

Five Tips For Promoting Faculty Wellness In Higher Ed I heard once that being a college professor is, objectively, the least stressful job available. Looking through multiple lists from career…

Four Tips for Participating in a Virtual Meeting Last week, I presented some best practices for facilitating a successful virtual meeting: checking your technology, creating a professional background, having resources…

Five Tips for Hosting Effective Virtual Student Meetings Virtual meetings provide a great opportunity to meet with students and diversify the circumstances in which to connect. Meeting in person is…

Five Reasons Why FERPA is Important The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, passed in 1974, is the guiding legislation for what educational bodies can and cannot do…

Six Ways to Know You’re Following FERPA FERPA is a privacy law that protects student information and stipulates that education institutions must protect the confidentiality of student records. It also…

Fostering Long-Term Motivation Part 1: Academic Advisors, Early Enthusiasm, and Goal-Setting This blog is a series on postsecondary students’ long-term motivation during their degree programs and how student service departments…

Summer Loving | The Connection Between Student Onboarding and Support Services I am in the midst of training for my new role as a course instructor in a higher education…

Part 4: Language Learner Students Defining and Adapting to Changing Student Demographics This blog is the fourth in a four-part series about the current demographics of students in postsecondary settings…

Part 3: Low-Income Students This blog is the third in a four-part series about the current demographics of students in postsecondary settings and how to address their specific needs with…

Defining and Adapting to Changing Student Demographics This blog is the second in a four-part series about the current demographics of students in postsecondary settings and how to address their…

Part 1: Yesterday’s Nontraditional Students Are The New Normal This blog is the first in a four-part series about the current demographics of students in postsecondary settings and how to…

Holding Ourselves Accountable: The Value of Standards in Higher Education Last year, I attended a five-day professional development session in Los Angeles with the Standards Institute to learn best practices…