On 3/14/08, ~VP~ wrote:
> I teach between 6-9 classes every semester including summer. I
> make well over 80K a year. The community colleges pay the worst
> and my grad courses pay 3000 per 8 weeks per section. I teach as
> many of those as I can!!
>
> It's not about how many classes, it's about how many students
> you teach at any given time. I teach 150 on average each
> semester.
>
> I do this full time so in 30 hours a week I have plenty of time
> to connect individually with each student at some point during
> the week. I also provide at least 300-500 words to each student
> in feedback on all written assignments.
>
> Check out my bl*g linked below for more info on how to
> effectively teach online and make a great salary teaching full
> time.
> ~VP~
The link didn't work for me. Can you re-post it please?
I will agree it is about the number of students, not the number of
classes. I could never handle 150 students at a time...perhaps 50.
I have taught fully on-line and hybrid courses. My caution to anyone
who is thinking about teaching a lot of courses on-line is to try it
first and make sure it is your "cup of tea."
I have taught quantitative courses on-line which takes a lot of
explaining at times. Note that I did get paid to spend many hours
creating narrated video clips to supplement the course...I would
never agree teach a math-based course purely from the book.
I prefer teaching face-to-face because I love the interaction. When
I retire I plan to keep teaching part time, and hopefully most of
that will be hybrid or face-to-face.
I found I have to get very organized to teach fully on-line. I have
everything at my fingertips, book pages indexed, copies of
solutions, etc...it makes a huge difference. I also respond to
student questions ASAP...probably 95% of the time within 12 hours of
the original message.
When grading written papers or projects on-line, I found that most
of the comments I make are repeated. I make a set of master
responses which I copy and paste, then customize. Everyone gets a
unique response, but the boilerplate saves me a lot of time.
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