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[–] conundrumbombs ago
When I first read the question, I thought you were asking as a potential student in an online course. So that is what I was responding to. Upon re-reading, it seems you are asking as a potential instructor. There's a lot that's still pertinent, but probably some stuff that isn't. Regardless, whatever you want me to talk about, just ask.
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[–] conundrumbombs 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Congratulations on the Master's degree. I don't know how your experience was, but most people I talk to can relate to the extreme level of difficulty that I had experienced. I come from an impoverished background (welfare, food stamps, that kind of thing). So, it was a big deal, and I was the first in my family to accomplish such a feat.
I'm honestly relatively new to the adjunct scene, but not necessarily to teaching. I had a teaching assistantship as an undergrad, and then I was a graduate instructor during my Master's program, where I prepared and gave four lectures a week on top of my course load. It was almost entirely brick-and-mortar, with some online integration (but it was very minimal). I'm sort of like you in terms of getting picked up for handling intro courses online. I was lucky enough to basically be handed a curriculum to teach, instead of developing it myself. So, that has lessened the work load a significant amount. But I'm still putting in a lot of hours, just because I really want to make a good impression and get positive evals from my students. Being adjunct is kind of tricky, since I'm basically contracted from semester to semester, and there is little job security. I have a significant fear of them not wanting to keep me around. Especially since I really enjoy what I do.