About This Blog

Brian C. Steinberg has over 15 years of Academic and Student Affairs experience. He has managed residence halls and apartments, advised Multicultural and International Students, and taught geography, diversity, college orientation, and technology courses at many campus and online colleges and universities.

Brian received his M.A. in Post Secondary Education: Student Affairs and Geography from The University of Northern Iowa. Brian is also a June 2002 graduate of the Social Justice Training Institute and is currently finishing up his PhD in The Leadership for Higher Education Program at Capella University. Brian also received his Diversity Graduate Certificate from Capella University.

Brian currently works for a diversity and multicultural education training and consulting firm and teaches and designs courses for a few online colleges and universities near Buffalo, NY.

Monthly Archive


Monthly Archives: September 2011

Critical Thinking Skills for Online Students

One of the main skills needed to be a successful online student is critical thinking skills. You may ask yourself, what exactly are critical thinking skills and how can I improve my own critical thinking skills? You can’t improve your … Continue reading

Top 5 Grammar Mistakes Online College Students Often Make:

This week for one of the online colleges that I teach for I am facilitating a student workshop on grammar and thought that I would write a blog post on this topic by stating the Top 5 grammar mistakes I … Continue reading

Top 10 Netiquette Rules in Online Education (Part Two: 6-10)

6. Basic Spelling and Grammar- Online students should always remember no one can physically see them and that everything you write and post creates your online reputation. Bad spelling and grammar accounts for poor netiquette so please remember to always … Continue reading

Top 10 Netiquette Rules in Online Education (Part One:1-5)

Please note that this is part one of a two part blog post on online netiquette. Have you ever heard of the term netiquette? It is a newer term used to describe proper etiquette to communicate online which directly applies … Continue reading

What is APA Format?

The previous blog post discussed How to Avoid Plagiarism. By using APA format you can avoid any plagiarism. This blog post will discuss and focus on what APA format exactly is and will give you some great resources to use to master … Continue reading

How to Avoid Plagiarism

It seems that at least once a week I have to confront and turn in at least one online student for committing plagiarism. A recent survey has found that college plagiarism might be at an all time high due to … Continue reading