eco_cat
New member
Posts: 1
|
 |
« on: April 12, 2008, 02:59:34 PM » |
|
I'm new to this and trying to find out where job calls are posted.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
zharkov
|
|
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2008, 01:58:22 PM » |
|
Home page of online schools, Phoenix, Kaplan, etc.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
__________ Zharkov's Razor: Adapting Zharkov a bit to this situation, ignorance and confusion can explain a lot.
|
|
|
|
bluesocks
|
|
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 07:48:19 PM » |
|
How much does an online course usually pay?
blue
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
the_myth
|
|
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2008, 08:02:57 PM » |
|
How much does an online course usually pay?
blue
It varies, but usually not much. Apparently, it takes time to build up the rep to get a full enough load to make it worth doing. |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: June 08, 2008, 08:04:32 PM by the_myth »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
zharkov
|
|
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2008, 06:32:41 AM » |
|
How much does an online course usually pay?
blue
The BIG ONE paid something like 1000 for a 6 or 8 week course. Most of the big online schools have a small core of full timers who have a lot of course development work in addition to teaching. I think the BIG ONE has something like 200 or 300 full timers, and 15,000+ adjuncts. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
__________ Zharkov's Razor: Adapting Zharkov a bit to this situation, ignorance and confusion can explain a lot.
|
|
|
ypyean
New member
Posts: 1
|
|
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2008, 10:50:12 PM » |
|
How much does an online course usually pay?
blue
It varies, but usually not much. Apparently, it takes time to build up the rep to get a full enough load to make it worth doing. Hmm... I agree with you, it takes time to build up your reputation of you and your courses. In beginning, it may not much, but once you build up your reputation, it can be increased day by day. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
voxprincipalis
Foxaliciously Cinnamon-Scented (and Most Poetic)
Member-Moderator
Distinguished Senior Member
Posts: 17,442
Has potentially infinite removable wallets
|
|
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2008, 10:53:21 PM » |
|
How much does an online course usually pay?
blue
It varies, but usually not much. Apparently, it takes time to build up the rep to get a full enough load to make it worth doing. Hmm... I agree with you, it takes time to build up your reputation of you and your courses. In beginning, it may not much, but once you build up your reputation, it can be increased day by day. It rubs the spam on its skin. VP |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
If you need me, I'll be hiding under a rock until mid-August. Try not to need me, unless you come bearing Chinese food.
|
|
|
|
|
|
mfaer
|
|
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 06:57:53 PM » |
|
I have a related question that I'll just post here...
My field is English...I have a lot of experience in composition...will I be able to apply for many summer online comp gigs?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
inexile
New member
Posts: 19
|
|
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 06:56:35 PM » |
|
Be prepared that at least some for-profit schools seem less interested in teaching students than in making money (yeah, I know, not a big shocker, but I guess I'm naive). I just got let go from a "university" presumably because I actually graded the students' work according to the rubric in their syllabus and wound up failing half the students (I followed all of their rules and actually got "above average" on my mid-term evaluation, so my failure rate is the most likely reason to me).
What they seem to want (and what I saw in other instructor's classes and heard from students) was basically not reading what students write, give out praise for bad work, give students full points for any effort, no deadlines or late penalties if the student says they can't get something in on time for any reason (I asked about getting some sort of documentation, and was told "Well, we just figure any lying is between the student and their conscience"), and for the love of all that's holy don't check for plagiarism, and if you do find it give them lots of chances to re-do the assignment.
I'm better off unemployed. And, yes, bitter, but that'll get better with time and Pepsi.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
bald_cypress
|
|
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2009, 10:23:37 PM » |
|
I don't know which university you taught at, but the BIG ONE provides the plagiarism checker in its online library for students and faculty to both use. Faculty regularly require turnitin reports be attached along with assignments, and plagiarism workshops are offered to faculty on a regular basis. There is also a university wide late assignment policy (with point deduction).
I was dinged early in my online teaching experience for not having a good point spread----too many As & Bs and not enough Cs, Ds and Fs. They're not into grade inflation,at least not in my English courses. I've failed students---and I still work there. If half the class fails, in my nineteen years of teaching experience (not all online, obviously), you either got 50% unprepared students, or your requirements were unrealistic for the course. What ever happened to the bell curve?
The BIG ONE actually has 25,000 online instructors (or so I've heard). The quality of student preparedeness varies just like in face-to-face universities: some students are wonderful, like the challenge, and actually want to learn, and others are there because .......?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
inexile
New member
Posts: 19
|
|
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 11:51:34 AM » |
|
This class wasn't for The Big One, but for the one that is trying hard to be The Big One. They just added Turnitin, and I used it on all the papers and found that about half of the papers that were turned in (only about half the people in the class turned in papers) were plagiarized, most from the text.
I was given a syllabus, with all the assignments and topics for papers already developed (professors there are less professors than "facilitators" and graders), as well as rubrics, and graded according to the rubrics I was given. The students who failed either plagiarized their paper(s) or didn't turn some/all of them in. Granted, the deadlines were there mostly for show, since at any time a student could say "I can't get this in on time" and we were to take their word that it couldn't be done and let them turn them in late without penalty, but they still didn't manage to turn them in. I also gave students the opportunities to turn in a rough draft ahead of time that I would correct and give back without penalty, and nobody did so. My guess is they all expected that they'd either not be found plagiarizing (many I found copying were really unhappy with me, since they'd written papers like this before and done fine) or that they'd be given the opportunity to redo the paper.
I've been teaching online and off-line for 14 years now; I have some ideas of what students should be able to do. I currently teach at a community college, and my online-college students performed just as poorly as my first-year students here, even though many were juniors and seniors. If that's an online college, I'll stick with my community college.
I did try to get a job with The Big One, and either I misunderstood what they were going to pay me to teach a course or the pay scale was ridiculously low (I don't teach classes for less than $1000, even as an adjunct). I should try again and see what they offer. And see if the students there are any better.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
queenofstarwars
New member
Posts: 34
|
|
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2009, 11:45:46 AM » |
|
Not worth the $$$ if under $1,000. I've taught for three different universities.
It definitely varies, but I usually get paid at least $2,000 for my work. In my own university, I used to teach adjunct. I once taught for three different departments in the same semester. $2,000 in the computing dept, $2,500 in the business dept, and $2,800 in the fresman retention class. Those are all undergrad.
For the grad classes, I've gotten somewhere in the $2000 range (cant remember exact numbers) for one college and about $3,100 in another.
I think you should try the private colleges. They seem to pay the best for me (at least in my experience).
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
