Monday, January 05, 2009

Shameless Self-Promotion: View at Inside Higher Ed

The Adjuncts’ Mandate, an opinion piece I wrote, just went live at Inside Higher Ed.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Let Bedford Pay Your Way to the Cs!

Bedford/St. Martin’s, the publisher and sponsor of this blog, is giving away up to FOUR $1,000 travel grants.  Go here for more information!  Yes, I keep reposting this!  I want some adjuncts to get to a conference!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Adjunct Advice in Transition: New Temporary Address

Bedford/St. Martin’s is transitioning our content management systems.  The new version of this blog is hosted by WordPress.  Hopefully the transition will go smoothly.  The new, temporary address is: http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/adjunctadvice/

Thank you for your patience and understanding.  As our status shifts, I’ll do my best to keep both sites updated and informed.

Best,
Gregory

Thursday, December 18, 2008

On Mentoring in the Academy

Doug Lederman has an interesting view on mentoring in the academy.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Inviting Participation in Web 2.0

David Lee King presents a five part series on how to effectively and actively invite others to participate in Web 2.0 communities.  David’s column focuses largely on how this applies to libraries, but this discussion could easily and usefully inform other communities—like composition departments or English programs—on how to engage with their students or the public.  If nothing else, the series has a variety of insights to help you reflect on your own uses of technology and how you invite others to engage with you in those arenas.

Monday, December 15, 2008

Developing an Online Community?

Before you commit to any one platform for developing an online community, you might want to go here.  ZDNet has a great presentation and list of various online community platforms.  Even if you feel secure in your choice, it’s good to know what else is out there.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Teaching Loads Impacting Adjuncts

I’m finishing up teaching six sections in one semester.  It’s been an instructive but exhausting run.

Having said that, I take my hat off to all of the adjuncts who are teaching similar loads every semester.  You have my respect.  There is simply no way to describe this kind of intensity without experiencing it firsthand.  The way this impacts your life, your teaching, your students, your finances, and your relationship is overwhelming and occurs in unexpected ways.  I cannot imagine doing this term after term, year after year.