Rob Kelly
Editor, Magna Publications
Robert Kelly has been an editor and writer for Magna Publications since 2000, when he assumed responsibility for Academic Leader. Rob is the founding editor of Online Classroom and assists with The Teaching Professor. Before joining Magna, he held various editorial positions in the field of tax law, community newspapers and a university hospital public relations office. Rob has a B.A. in political science/liberal arts from the College of New Jersey and studied journalism at West Virginia University.
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Blog Posts By Rob Kelly
Academic Administration Blog 
- A Strategic, Integrative, Goal-Driven Approach to Teaching Evaluation
- Supporters and Critics: Both Are Essential to Change
- The Process Approach to Blended Learning: Learning Beyond the Classroom
- Preparing for and Managing Academic Scandals
- Motivational Interviewing: A Communication Strategy for Addressing Faculty Performance Issues
- Changing a Department’s Culture
Teaching & Learning Blog 
- Reciprocal Feedback in the Online Classroom
- How Does Temperament Affect Online Learner Success and Retention?
- Ideas for Active Online Learning
- Using Student Facilitators in the Online Classroom
- Recommendations for Blended Learning Course Design
- Brain-Based Online Learning Design
- Practical Advice for Going from Face to Face to Online
- Simplifying Online Course Design
- Building Learning Communities beyond the Online Classroom
- Group Work, Discussion Strategies to Manage Online Instructor Workload







