Teaching

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Teaching

Exploring Burnout among University Online Instructors: An Initial Investigation

October 11, 2007

Burnout has been identified as a significant issue among those in instructional positions. The purpose of the present research was to identify and describe the status of burnout among higher educ…

Office Hours: Coming to a Computer Near You

September 18, 2007

Harvard University has begun experimenting with virtual office hours this semester. TAs will begin holding real-time, online help sessions for students this week. Using free, Java-based software,…

Strategies to Engage Online Students and Reduce Attrition Rates

July 18, 2007

Attrition continues to be a major issue in higher education. Attrition rates for classes taught through distance education are 10 - 20% higher than classes taught in a face-to-face setting. Educa…

Online Training for Online Faculty

August 8, 2007

A checklist of the best strategies for designing and delivering online courses to train online faculty. A checklist of the best strategies for de…

Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world

February 21, 2007

The author provides a long and comprehensive list of resources concerning teaching and learning with technology. The author provides a long and c…

Mobile Learning

June 15, 2007

This entire issue of The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning , Vol 8, No 2 (2007), is focused on mobile learning. This special issue addresses some of the issues and…

Five Questions...For Tom Carey

August 16, 2007

Instructors in higher education get e-learning support from two distinct sources: their own institutions, through colleagues and faculty teaching centers, and their disciplines, through subject a…

A Teaching with Technology White Paper: Podcasting

July 9, 2007

This paper will explore educational podcasting in three realms: the creation and distribution of lecture archives for review, the delivery of supplemental educational materials and content, and a…

Faculty Center for Teaching and e-Learning

January 1, 2004

During the summer of 2001, the Faculty Center for Teaching at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte was charged with developing an instructional technology plan. A new CIO was hired wh…

How Many Students Are Just Right in a Web Course?

January 1, 2007

" The Web is still a relatively new environment for teaching and learning at a distance. Faculty are still learning from their experiences with various faculty—student ratios, and not unlike…