title: Online Adjunct Faculty Support: An Innovative Use of a Learning Management System.
abstract: Adjunct faculty are being used more frequently to meet the instructional and practice experience needs of growing nursing program cohorts. While most adjunct faculty tend to have clinical expertise, many lack formal training in online instruction. This article describes how faculty used technology to develop and implement a faculty support site to provide ongoing orientation and encourage informal mentoring relationships for online adjunct faculty.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professors (Drs Slade, Robb, and Sherrod), Associate Professor (Dr Hunker), Nursing Department, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Julie D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Slade
authors.forename: Meigan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sherrod
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hunker
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008611:Mentors; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D000078329:Workforce