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All You do to Me is [TED] Talk, Talk

by Larry Burns | Apr 25, 2018 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, critical thinking, higher education, leadership, metrics, training, Uncategorized, UOPX

Not to brag, but I teach at three colleges. It’s a cold hard fact of the college professor lifestyle.  One is a traditional community college where I teach in the classroom.  Another is a non-profit liberal arts college operating mostly online.  My third and...

Will You Be a First Responder to ITT Tech Students?

by Larry Burns | Sep 7, 2016 | classroom management, college teaching, employment, higher education, leadership, training, Uncategorized

Teaching and college administration has been my calling for well over a decade. From 2005-2009, I fulfilled that passion at ITT Technical Institute. When I read the news today, that they were no more, my first thought was, “Good! This is long overdue.” It was quickly...

Full Time or Adjunct? Which one is better for students?

by Larry Burns | Aug 31, 2016 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, employment, higher education, Uncategorized

First, let me confess my bias:  I was hired as a full time faculty member with University of Phoenix back in February of 2015*. Prior to that, I spent the previous decade as a full time college administrator and an adjunct faculty member. I like being fully engaged in...

Great TED Talk for Critical Thinking

by Larry Burns | Oct 21, 2015 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, critical thinking

I like to think of my classroom as a place for solid infotainment, to steal an idea from television news.  Students need new content to dissect and discuss constantly.  Like it or not, we live in a fast paced society, and that lifestyle has found its way into the...

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