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Association of
International Educators (NAFSA)
"Be a strong advocate for public policies
that promote a better
world through international education and
exchange."
Coalition of
Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL)
"Working to improve higher education
through the collective
achievement of job reliability, livable
wages, academic freedom,
for contingent academic laborers."
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Adjunct Nation
Serving adjuncts with resources including
news, blogs, columns,
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lists.
American
Association of University Professors
The AAUP 'issue' page on 'contingent'
adjunct faculty positions.
New
Faculty Majority
Advancing professional equity for adjunct
and contingent faculty.
Adunct
Study
Adjunct instructors are depressed, stressed and
anxious, says this
research paper published by Frontiers in
Psychology.
ACADEMIC SERVICES
College-Level
Examination Program
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Student Aid
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COURSE MATERIALS
Free-Use Materials
Archive
of teaching materials – free to modify and repurpose.
Marketing,
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Saylor.org
A
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and
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Sample Core Course in Public Relations
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Saylor
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YouTube
Lecture Library
Thousands of video lectures and
clarifications can be found on
YouTube, including these clips covering
topics of marketing
fundamentals, business writing, and more.
Feel free to link to them.
Open
Courseware Consortium
Free worldwide digital library
of quality higher educational course
materials, available in a
number of languages.
Academic
Earth
A comprehensive collection of more than 750 free
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MIT, Harvard,
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edX Platform
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Coursera
Education company offering 400+ free courses from 80+ partners.
Udacity
Free interacftive college classes, heavy on tech and science.
World
Science University
Free resources and courses for 'immersing yourself in the world of
science.'
Open
Culture
Links to 1,000s of free online courses, MOOCs, movies, audio and
e-books, textbooks, language lessons, K-12 education.
REFERENCE LIBRARY
Hopes and
Hazards
of Transculturalism
Methods for using transcultural
tactics in international
classrooms. UNESCO Prospects
article by Steven R. Van Hook.
Isolation of Adjunct Faculty
Researcher Véra Dolan prepared this article on 'The Isolation
of
Adjunct Faculty and its Impact on their Performance';
published by
International Review of Research in Open
&
Distance Learning.
The Adjunct Faculty Handbook
This flier
describes a Sage published manual especially useful
for aspiring
or newly assigned adjuncts.
International Learning: Organization, Visions, and Missions
A research paper examining challenges, objectives, goals,
strategies and tactics facing international education stakeholders.
ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED525287.
New Models in
Transcultural Learning Institutions
A research paper
covering drivers and issues in academic
governance, funding,
faculty, technologies and curricula.
ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED525286.
Virtual Reality
for Actual Learning
The creative and educational
possibilities of virtual world Second
Life through the eyes of
research avatar
lolli Sapphire. University
of Florida master's capstone project
by Christie Tomlin Knoll.
Universal Learning at a Distance
Now in this revolutionary digital
age, we have the technological
means to provide unparalleled
knowledge access to all.
By S. Van Hook in the Journal of Distance
Learning Administration.
Transcending Culture in International Classrooms
A
video summary of a publications, presentations and
seminars on
research and methods to work with multicultural
classrooms.
Dealing with Disruptive Students
A video summary of
presentations and seminars serving instructors
new to possible
classroom challenges.
The Wheels
on the Bus Roll Over Adjuncts
This anonymous adjunct writes that when you're where the rubber
meets you road, you sometimes become road kill.
Theories of Intelligence, Learning, and Motivation
Modes of learning, applied to intentions of self-actualization,
empowered by the sacrament of teaching.
ERIC
Document
Reproduction Service No. ED501698.
MOOCs &
Beyond: The Revolution to Come
A scholary assessment
of massive-open-online-courses; the
players, the pitfalls, the
possibilities.
How-To Teach
Practical free how-to articles written by
professional instructors.
Teaching Videos
YouTube
clips of teachers at work.
Blended Synchronous Learning
Australian study on real-time learning for distributed learners
through
videoconferencing, web conferencing, and 3D virtual worlds;
covered
in a handy Handbook for Educators.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
provides a searchable online library full of resources
useful to
international educators and researchers.
U.S
Department of Education
Facts, figures, research, best practices, evaluation and performance
data provided in a searchable database.
ERIC - Education
Resources Information Center
A comprehensive searchable database of articles including
full-text and peer-reviewed, on most any aspect of learning from
early-childhood to higher education.
EDUCAUSE
A nonprofit association whose mission is
to advance higher
education through the use of information
technology, with a
searchable library on related topics.