{"title":"Building Collaboration With Adjunct Faculty","authors":"Rick Holbeck, Kelly Palese, Monte McKay","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-6758-6.CH004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6758-6.CH004","url":null,"abstract":"Adjunct faculty feel isolated and disconnected from their institution while not having time to build collaborative relationships and connection with the institution and their peers. Community of practice is a theoretical framework for collaborative learning within groups that results in increased performance for all participants. This theory was used as the foundation for a Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) that was formed at a university in the Southwestern United States. Faculty engagement and collaboration was increased through FAB by creating and presenting professional development workshops and academic initiatives for all faculty. When creating FAB, a proportional representation of adjunct and full-time faculty, along with representation from all colleges, is important. A collaborative community of faculty members is created, which benefits both faculty and the university by providing faculty with more opportunities, while giving faculty space to build community with their colleagues.","PeriodicalId":428463,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Inclusive Development for Remote Adjunct Faculty in Higher Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133268604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ted Cross, Gina Delgado, Laura Polk, Michelle Love
{"title":"Lessons From the Field","authors":"Ted Cross, Gina Delgado, Laura Polk, Michelle Love","doi":"10.4018/978-1-7998-6758-6.CH009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6758-6.CH009","url":null,"abstract":"Online education has opened new spaces for faculty development and collaboration. On paper, remote faculty are part of their department's community. Physically, however, they are often removed from course development, faculty governance, obtaining professional growth opportunities, and developing professional relationships. Digital teaching models shift the overall faculty culture. However, there are small and simple interventions that can be implemented to help connect remote faculty to students, other faculty members, and their academic departments. Using intergroup contact theory and ideas from the community of practice theory, the cases highlighted show methods of engaging faculty. The cases also explore simple, yet practical, interventions such as virtual and face-to-face faculty meetings as well as “the micro interview,” which aims to help connect remote faculty to their departments.","PeriodicalId":428463,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Inclusive Development for Remote Adjunct Faculty in Higher Education","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117260792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}