Author Archives: Julie Dodd
When tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa: How ‘new media’ impacts the way we learn about and experience news events
The morning after the tornadoes hit Tuscaloosa, my college email was filled with news updates of how the tornadoes had impacted colleagues and former students at the University of Alabama. One colleague sent a link to a video that a friend’s son shot from a building on the University of Alabama campus. That video — […]
Five tips for having successful multiple-choice exams
This is the time of year for sharpened #2 pencils and Scantrons — exam time for big auditorium classes. Here are x tips for having your multiple-choice exams be a good measurement of student learning and go smoothly during the test time. 1. Write exam questions as the course progresses. By writing questions as the […]
How to help students practice their job interviewing skills
The semester in Writing for Mass Communication is coming full circle. In the second lab, the students had to create a resume and write a cover letter that would be appropriate for applying for a media-related opportunity — volunteering to help with an event, applying for a summer internship, or asking to job-shadow someone in […]
5 tips to help you improve your teaching
How can we improve as teachers/presenters, and do we really want to improve? Those questions are important for us to consider as teachers. I’m reading Timothy J. Koegel’s The Exceptional Presenter Goes Virtual (2010). His book is targeted to individuals who are interested in conducting meetings online, hosting webinars, etc. I decided to read the […]
Be prepared to negotiate the job offer as part of the faculty job process
An important part of what your faculty position will be happens between when you are offered the position and when you accept the offer (if you do, in fact, accept the offer). If you are going to make any improvements in the offer (i.e., starting salary, course load, etc.), now is the time to negotiate […]
Faculty job positions: Five reasons why a long delay between the campus visit and a job offer
This is an active time of year for the college faculty job process. Search committees are contacting candidate references. Candidates are making campus visits. Faculty and college administrators are making offers. A candidate may wonder, “If my campus visit was three weeks ago, should I be concerned if I haven’t heard anything from the search […]
Tips for a successful phone interview for a faculty teaching position
A part of the job application process for faculty positions in higher education — and for many other kinds of professional jobs — is a phone interview. Here are some tips for having a successful phone interview. This post is in response to a former graduate student of mine who is a candidate for a […]
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