Being Intentionally Collaborative: Making the First Move
...© Magna Publications. All rights reserved. References: “Collaborate.” Merriam-Webster.com. Accessed December 12, 2017. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collaborate. Felten, Peter, John N. Gardner, Charles C. Schroeder, Leo M. Lambert, and Betsy O. Barefoot. 2016....
Well-Being and Well-Thinking: How to Stay Healthy in Academia
...or management actions. Our energy comes from what psychologists Salvatore Maddie and Suzanne Kobasa call psychological hardiness (McDargh, 2014). Their research states that there are three ways you can practice to improve...
Seven Important Factors in Program Assessment
...exit exam. “With value-added measures, the researcher compares educational achievement at entry with educational achievement at a later time.”(p. 360) If students show good learning gains, that institution ought to...
The Research Process and Its Relevance to the Culture of Assessment
...in completing such tasks. Historically, the process of research is associated with tenure, publications, and the doctoral process. Through the passage of time, research is now a balanced undertaking between...
The Research Process and Its Relevance to the Culture of Assessment
...very foreign to them. Here is where understanding and employing the process of research can very helpful in completing such tasks. Historically, the process of research is associated with tenure,...
The Failing Student and the Adjunct Professor
...elective course including reputation of the instructor, day and time the course is offered, and comments from other students who previously took the course. Candid Comments The adjunct faculty who...
Curt Bonk Talks about Open Education
...differently from the research they create? Faculty are expected to engage in research and publish that research for the benefit of the world in academic journals that rarely provide royalties....
Conversations about Course Ratings: Encouraging Faculty to Make Changes
...make changes to an aspect of teaching, say the exams, or the written assignments, or the way participation is used and assessed in the course. Too often faculty approach change...
Five Tips for Making Tenure
...at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he spent 36 years teaching thousands of students and mentoring dozens of colleagues applying for tenure. Learn more about Senturia at www.stephendsenturia.com....
Online Seminars
...any Magna Online Seminars can be purchased as a download or in CD format. All seminars are presented by highly respected names in higher education. And each comes with a...