Rate My Professor Rodney Robbins

Previously, as Manager for Distance Learning Student Services in University College, Rodney Robbins advanced online student preparation and retention strategies. In 2013, he co-presented 'Helping Students Prepare for Online Courses' with Dianna Z. Rust at the Association for Continuing Higher Education annual conference. The presentation highlighted MTSU's tools including pre-semester welcome emails with learning management system tutorials and sample courses, an Online Readiness Quiz offering feedback on distance education suitability, mandatory orientations covering time management, study skills, academic policies, and technical requirements, online registration permits, social media contests on Facebook and Twitter, periodic support emails, outreach to non-engaged students, Academic Progress Reports triggering advisor follow-ups, registration holds for at-risk individuals, and the Probation Advising for Academic Success program. Robbins co-authored the article 'Starting Off Right: Institutional Resources for Online Student Success,' published in 2015 in The Journal of Continuing Higher Education with Dianna Z. Rust and Thomas M. Brinthaupt. He instructs courses in the Professional Studies department, including PRST 3995: Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activity in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018 semesters. Robbins represents University College as a permanent member on multiple University Standing Committees from 2013 through 2025.