This article describes the development and impact of a faculty development program on improving the readiness of Indonesian educators to teach online. While online learning is seen as a potential solution to increasing access to higher education in Indonesia, most higher education faculty in Indonesia lack the necessary skills to teach online…

In 2015, nearly 18 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in online courses at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS; UCCS 2016a). Human geography is taught at the UCCS Department of Geography and Environmental Studies in both traditional face-to-face and online settings. Roughly 40 percent of students who take the Introduction to…

To offset the current extreme trend in public school curriculum toward accountability and quantifiable, testable learning objectives, this essay addresses the curricular implications of adopting a perspective of "sympathetic knowing," defined as appreciation, experiencing connectedness, and experiencing social responsibility. (TE)