This is a presentation about the various challenges college faculty are facing 2011 and Beyond.

1. Challenges for College Faculty 2011 and Beyond

2. A Conversation

3. The following challenges were submitted to me when I asked my faculty what their main concerns and obstacles are with online teaching.

6. Industrial Revolution Educational Model Is it still hanging on for dear life on our college campuses? 74% of our courses have online components - should instructor’s still be expected to be on campus 100% of time? Share some examples….

10. Online Attendance Did I hit a nerve here? Is this a hold over from the Industrial Revolution Educational Model? I know it is heresy to ask the question WHY take attendance in the first place?

11. LLO’s PLO’s & CLO’S and Data Collection Do they Just add More Stress or do they really make us better more effective Instructors? I’m just asking???

12. Software and Browser Compatibility Issues with LMS How many e-mails and announcements have you had to send to students addressing this issue and problem solving software and browser incompatibility with Blackboard or Moodle? Faculty are on front lines with students and many times expected to play the role of IT specialist for their students.

13. Learning a New LMS Just when you get comfortable and proficient on one LMS you are told your institution is switching to another more cost effective one or the version you are using is being upgraded and you must learn the new versions interface.

14. Authentication Accrediting agencies like SACS are going to be putting more scrutiny on colleges to take additional steps to prove (authenticate) students who are in our online courses are in fact the students who initially registered for them. How does this impact our teaching? How does this impact your assessment strategy?

16. Creating Community in our Online Classes Studies show that creating a sense of community in online classes is an important factor to successful online teaching. How do we go about this and what are the obstacles that get in the way of faculty developing (nurturing) that sense of community in their online classes?

17. Challenge of Teaching the Digital Generation This is an impatient generation with short attention spans in many cases. Long hours sitting in classrooms reading textbooks are out. This is a technologically savvy generation, unafraid of new technology and therefore very capable of achieving great things, however they learn differently and don’t necessarily embrace traditional teaching methods.

18. How do we train/prepare our students for jobs that don’t exist at this point in time With technology evolving at such a rapid rate how do we as faculty train students for jobs that may not even exist today but will in 5 -10 years?

19. Plagiarism!!! How much time do you deal with this issue???

21. How do we as teacher’s navigate this new terrain and stay positive and still be effective instructor’s?