E-learning literature and research strongly suggest that online instructors should build their presence into a successful asynchronous course. Many faculty, however, often assume that replicating in-person presence requires a talking-head…

This article appears in The Best of the 2025 Teaching Professor Conference (Magna Publications, 2025). “How do we know students are earning the degrees we confer?” That question, which a…

Two truths and a lie is a popular social icebreaker game. In case you aren’t familiar with it, this is the way it goes. Each person thinks of three statements…