So you finally decided to go back to school and with your very busy schedule figured you would try this online thing everyone is talking about. But once you start your first classes, what should you first do to make … Continue reading
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.
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5 Best Ways To Communication in an Online Class
Many students are used to only communicating in the traditional classroom by face to face interaction and more recently outside the classroom by cell phone and E-mail. With online classes becoming more and more popular, there are so many other … Continue reading
Wiki What? The 5 Best Wikis for Online Students
You may have heard of the term “Wiki” but have no idea what it is. What exactly is a Wiki, how can you use a Wiki in your online classes, and what are the 5 best ones? A Wiki is … Continue reading
5 Reasons You Can’t Afford to NOT Get Your Degree
In the past, people might have gotten a decent job with just a high school diploma, but let’s face it, the times have changed and keep changing faster and faster as the college degree today has become the high school … Continue reading
3 Things To Do After You Earn Your Associate Degree Online
Hopefully, just before you earn your associates degree online, you will already have many job offers and or have already accepted a job. But, let’s be honest, these are hard economic times and very few college students have jobs before … Continue reading
5 Ways to make a Positive and Lasting Impression With Your Online Professor(s)
Starting off on the right foot in any professional or personal event should always be positive. The same can be said for your online academic classes. You can do this by always making a positive and lasting impression with your … Continue reading
Online Class Discussions
In being an online student working on my PhD and teaching online classes over the past few years, I have noticed that most of the learning occurs in the online class discussions. More specifically, critical thinking skills are mostly developed … Continue reading
Online Student Writing Skills
This week I facilitated a faculty workshop on “Evaluating Student Writing” which teaches online faculty how to more effectively grade online student writing and how to help online students improve their overall writing skills. This gave me the idea to … Continue reading
Holidays/Vacations and Online Classes?
Most students work on online degrees and classes due to the great flexibility of not having to go to a set class at a set time and place. But, what about on holidays and when a student wants to take … Continue reading
Online Teamwork?
Many online colleges and universities require their online students to work in some type or form of online team during their classes to complete an assignment or course project. Many accreditation agencies require this of online institutions. In some of … Continue reading
