Share Paper: Orientation, Preparation, and Support of Online Adjunct Faculty for Online Course Delivery: Developing, Conducting and Financing a Weekend Workshop

  1. Annette Hux, Ark State Univ Educational Leadership, Curriculum, & Special Education, United States
  2. Cindy Nichols, Arkansas State University, United States
  3. Joe Nichols, Arkansas State University, United States
  4. Joan Henley, Arkansas State University, United States
  5. Jackie McBride, Arkansas State University, United States
  6. Mary Jane Bradley, Arkansas State University, United States
  7. Rick Hux, Arkansas State University, United States
Wednesday, March 28 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Edison Ballroom D

Abstract: We will be discussing how to implement a training model for adjunct online educators, respective of how we plan to address these topics with our adjuncts: delivery platform, academic and student policies, technical and other support service, teaching procedure, course syllabus, rubric and grading, meeting standards, efficacy issues cheating, and evaluation. This paper will introduce participants to our training model, where the courses are written by our full-time professors, and approved within established guidelines of the University. We will discuss and investigate how (if) detailed course syllabi should be written and your ideas on how stringently course syllabi should be ...