{"id":85916,"date":"2023-03-06T17:31:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=85916"},"modified":"2023-03-06T20:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T01:29:03","slug":"where-are-the-quality-concerns-for-face-to-face-courses-the-misuse-of-adjunct-faculty-members-other-higher-education-related-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/03\/06\/where-are-the-quality-concerns-for-face-to-face-courses-the-misuse-of-adjunct-faculty-members-other-higher-education-related-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are the quality concerns for face-to-face courses, the (mis)use of adjunct faculty members, + other higher education-related items"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Colleges Focus on Quality in Online Learning, Advocates Ask: What About In-Person Courses?<\/strong><\/a> — from chronicle.com by Taylor Swaak<\/p>\n

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As colleges\u2019 online catalogs grow, so too has the push to develop standards of quality for those courses. But are in-person classes getting the same attention?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you ask many online-education advocates, the answer is \u201cno.\u201d <\/strong>And the solution, many say, is for colleges to adopt standards and policies that set consistent expectations for quality across all courses, whether they\u2019re remote or in a classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

While decades of research and the pandemic-spurred expansion of online learning have helped demystify it, and build confidence in its efficacy, these advocates say the misconception lingers that remote education is inherently lower in quality than instruction in the classroom. And that stigma, they say, puts a magnifying glass to online ed,\u00a0while largely leaving in-person classes to business as usual.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The focus instead, Simunich said, should be on a\u00a0big-picture question:\u00a0<\/i>Is this a high-quality learning experience for students?<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From DSC:<\/span><\/em>
\nThese are great points. I find them to have been very true.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflections of a College Adjunct After 31 Years<\/strong><\/a> — from insidehighered.com by Stephen Werner
\nWe\u2019ve proven over and over that there\u2019s enough work to give many of us full-time positions, writes Stephen Werner, but things are moving in the opposite direction.<\/em><\/p>\n

Four Pieces of Advice<\/strong> (emphasis DSC)
\n<\/em><\/span>In closing, I offer the following recommendations:<\/p>\n