Rigor: How to do it Right
I recently finished reading a blog post by my friend Kelly Elmore on rigor. Perfectly timed, this post shined a light on a dilemma facing me. How can I entice high standards of learning...
Category: Teaching
Why Learning Objectives Fail
Academics are guilty of a terrible sin. This is not meant to disparage the many wonderful faculty at many universities who work hard teaching students. We strive to learn and apply appropriate pedagogical techniques...
Textbook published
After four years of work, I’m pleased to announce to publication of my textbook, eCommerce: A Stakeholder Approach. The long and arduous process pushed me to my limits, helping me develop as a writer. ...
Value Added in Teaching
As I was working on my lesson plans this morning, I asked myself “how best can I add value to the classroom experience?” You see, students have the capability to read books and watch lecture...
Helping Businesses Succeed Online
For the past three years, our MIS students have been working with local businesses and organizations succeed with their online presence. In a web development class I teach, students learn how to develop their...
Year in Review – The Best is Yet to Come
2015 has shaped up to be a stressful, yet fulfilling year. 2016 looks to be even more so. Sometimes it seems like life is standing still when viewed in the moment, but when taking...
All in with Lynda.com
I’m doing it. Next semester, I’m going all in with Lynda.com. For those of you have not heard of lynda.com, it is a website that hosts thousands of training videos on hundreds of topics. ...
How to Develop Engaging Online Classes
A couple of months ago, I was asked how I engage online students to make an online class experience as rich and fruitful as a face-to-face class. It’s difficult, to say the least. Over...
Motivation in Education
A few nights ago, my friend Jamin Carson, a professor of education at ECU, lamented to me that some of his teachers-in-training were so obsessed with motivating their students that they failed to help...
4 Views of Website Success
In the Spring of this year, one of my students was offered an internship with Waveborn based on a report she wrote in my class. Another student was asked to present his report to...