The Productive Online and Offline Professor

"Stachowiak has written a book on productivity like none other I've read. Productivity, within her framework, is grounded in priorities and purpose and allows us to demonstrate care for the people in our lives and for the relationships that matter. Even the technology-timid will find heaps of ideas to put into practice."

Isabeau Iqbal, Senior Educational Developer, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology - The University of British Columbia

"We all have a lot coming at us each day, and it can become overwhelming. The Productive Online and Offline Professor provides approaches that help us manage all those inputs, reach our most significant goals, and build balance in our lives. One of my favorite aspects of this book is that the end of each section offers steps to take action. Bonni Stachowiak even structured it to maximize productivity as you're reading it."

Sandra Morgan, PhD, RN, Director, Global Center for Women and Justice - Vanguard University of Southern California

"This accessible and engaging book offers clear suggestions and solutions for many of the challenges faculty face today: overflowing email inboxes, conflicting deadlines and   responsibilities, and information management for research and teaching. Stachowiak deftly addresses productivity issues particular to teaching in an online environment, but much of this book will be relevant to anyone working in a college or university setting. She explains cornerstone productivity principles drawn from Stephen Covey and David Allen in relation to the particular contexts of academic work and provides actionable steps in each chapter. Whether you consider yourself already fairly well organized or in need of a full overhaul, this book will provide insight and encouragement as you develop your own individualized system for personal productivity."

Natalie M. Houston, Associate Professor - University of Massachusetts; Lowell and Personal Productivity Coach

"Bonni Stachowiak's The Productive Online and Offline Professor offers clear, actionable guidance on managing the demands of teaching in higher education today. Stachowiak moves easily between high-level strategies for crafting clear, achievable goals and specific techniques for getting the most out of an astonishing variety of tools. Further, Stachowiak never presumes to dictate technical choices her audience--or indeed to insist on technical solutions at all. Instead, she explains with empathy and good humor the particular pressures that might drive one's use of, say, a task manager, and then explains various ways to address them. By combining strategies from productivity systems such as David Allen's Getting Things Done with the practice of personal knowledge management, Stachowiak leaves her readers feeling confident about their ability to meet their careers' demands. The Productive Online and Offline Professor will interest many in higher education, especially those who are either new to, or still adjusting to the pace of, online teaching."

Jason B. Jones, Director of Research, Instruction, Technology - Trinity College (Hartford)

"I recommend it for anyone teaching online—whether novice or veteran, those who feel overwhelmed by teaching online (or offline), and those who are looking to improve their organizational approaches. Stachowiak addresses a practical aspect of online teaching that is mentioned but not often addressed in the literature: how to best organize to avoid information and screen overload when you incorporate technology into teaching."

- Teachers College Record

Series Foreword—Kathryn E. Linder
Foreword—Robert Talbert
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Translating Intention Into Action
Part Two: Facilitating Communication
Part Three: Finding, Curating, and Sharing Knowledge
Part Four: Leveraging Technology Toward Greater Productivity
Part Five: Keeping Current

Conclusion
Appendix: Productivity Tools
References
About the Author
Index

Bonni Stachowiak

Bonni Stachowiak is the host of the long-running podcast, Teaching in Higher Ed. She is also dean of teaching and learning at Vanguard University of Southern California.

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