University of the People Experiences

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I started with UofPeople last year and its a lot of work for little reward, with that being said I want to be an undergrad professor at a local university. So while I am finishing my DBA, I figured this experience would boost my chances.

Hello Kidneysmasher, 

I am courious about teaching at UOP. I am in my third year of a doctoral program and gained a doctoral candidacy two weeks ago. I will begin writing chapter two of the dissertation. I have a Master's in Education and am certified to teach in Art, Gifted K12, and PreK-3rd in Missouri. I would like to begin getting more online university teaching to add to my resume although I am also grading high school work for a K12 Online private school. Do you feel that having this experience is valid on a resume and will show the needed H.E. online experience asked on many job applications? 

Thank you for responding. If other educators would like to chime in, please do. 

ALD 

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Hello all. What is your experience as an instructor or student for University of the People?

I'll be starting there as an instructor on January 6th.

HI Askir, I have been an instructor at University of the People since 2013, I am one of the "veterans." I currently am an instructor for the business and IT schools. My experience has been great so far, except for a blip this year, which was resolved quickly. 

My main gripes is the fact that the content is outdated, but they have recently redeveloped two courses I teach, with less emphasis on the peer grading. In fact in those two courses, peer grading only takes place in week 5. So it is more work as an instructor to assess all of the work, but less complaints.  The university has worked hard to improve the faculty experience, we now have regular faculty meetings and professional development, plus we have department chairs and course leads, something the university did not have until around 2 years ago.

The university has taken some strides to improve, they do have student centers, they are just hard to find with the cumbersome set up. The faculty department uses many automatic reports that are not alwasy accurate, so you may get an email that you did not grade all of your assignments that week, when in fact you have. Most of the staff are in India now, so it can be hard to get assistance in your time frame, but email generally works. Welcome to the university!

Hello,

I am curious about teaching at UOP. I am in my third year of a doctoral program and gained a doctoral candidacy two weeks ago. I will begin writing chapter two of the dissertation. I have a Master's in Education and am certified to teach in Art, Gifted K12, and PreK-3rd in Missouri. I would like to begin getting more online university teaching to add to my resume although I am also grading high school work for a K12 Online private school. Do you feel that having this experience is valid on a resume and will show the needed H.E. online experience asked on many job applications? 

Thank you for responding. If other educators would like to chime in, please do. 

ALD