Faculty Perceptions of Teaching Distance Education Courses. Research Report 2002-02.

Autor/inn/en	Belcheir, Marcia J.; Cucek, Mira
Institution	Boise State Univ., ID. Office of Institutional Assessment.
Titel	Faculty Perceptions of Teaching Distance Education Courses. Research Report 2002-02.
Quelle	(2002), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Distance Education; Higher Education; Incentives; Satisfaction; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Anreiz; Zufriedenheit; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Distance education (DE) is a growing enterprise at Boise State University, Idaho. This study sought to learn more about faculty who taught DE courses, including their reasons for teaching DE classes, rewards and disincentives for DE courses, satisfaction, pedagogical issues, and levels of effort required. Questions were addressed through a survey distributed to all full-time faculty and some randomly selected adjunct faculty. Responses were received from 254 faculty members, about 30% of the faculty. Faculty had multiple reasons for teaching DE courses, with the most common being that they enjoyed trying new things and they believed the classes benefited the students. Faculty members reported both rewards and disincentives to teaching DE courses. Increased flexibility of scheduling and opportunities to learn and apply new and upcoming technologies and teaching approaches were the most commonly reported rewards. The most frequently reported disincentive was that teaching DE courses took significantly more time and error than teaching traditional courses, and faculty reported lack or recognition or financial compensation for the extra effort and instructional challenges of the delivery method. Overall, however, faculty were generally satisfied with teaching DE, and were satisfied with the training they had received. The major stumbling block to DE at Boise State appeared to be the preparation time for DE courses. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC