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Book Going the Distance

Download or read book Going the Distance written by Jacqueline H. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between selected demographics and community college faculty attitudes toward distance learning. Other interest included faculty development in distance learning. The population for this study was faculty members from three Maryland community colleges, one rural, one suburban and one urban. This descriptive study utilized both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. A survey instrument and semi-structured interviews were used as a means for collecting data. The survey and interview data were used to compare perceptions among varying levels of faculty based on age, gender, educational level, and years of service. The findings provided insight into faculty views about distance learning training at their own institutions. The research study was designed utilizing Gaff's (1975) conceptual framework for staff development in education, which included motivational and attitudinal variables that affected faculty effectiveness. Attitude theory as discussed by several theorists including Eagly, Chaiken, Rokeach, and Maultsby, were theoretical perspectives used to explain and interpret the fact that attitudes made actions as well as ideas instantly feel right or wrong without conscious analysis. The major finding from this study suggested that male faculty had more positive attitudes toward distance learning than female faculty. The three key factors for faculty participation in distance learning were found to be training, extra pay and extra time. Implications for faculty development were identified as a result of the study's findings. -- Abstract.

Book Going Online

    Going Online

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert Ubell
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2016-12-08
  • ISBN : 1317686659
  • Pages : 123 pages

Download or read book Going Online written by Robert Ubell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Going Online, one of our most respected online learning leaders offers insights into virtual education—what it is, how it works, where it came from, and where it may be headed. Robert Ubell reaches back to the days when distance learning was practiced by mail in correspondence schools and then leads us on a tour behind the screen, touching on a wide array of topics along the way, including what it takes to teach online and the virtual student experience. You’ll learn about: how to build a sustainable online program; how to create an active learning online course; why so many faculty resist teaching online; how virtual teamwork enhances digital instruction; how to manage online course ownership; how learning analytics improves online instruction. Ubell says that it is not technology alone, but rather unconventional pedagogies, supported by technological innovations, that truly activate today's classrooms. He argues that innovations introduced online—principally peer-to-peer and collaborative learning—offer significantly increased creative learning options across all age groups and educational sectors. This impressive collection, drawn from Ubell's decades of experience as a digital education pioneer, presents a powerful case for embracing online learning for its transformational potential.

Book What Motivates Faculty to Teach in Distance Education

Download or read book What Motivates Faculty to Teach in Distance Education written by Ruth Gannon-Cook and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Motivates Faculty to Teach in Distance Education? provides seminal data on what has been found to best motivate faculty to teach online. This information is critical to most universities because, in order to stay competitive, many will increase their online course offerings. Faculty will be needed to design and teach these programs.

Book A Classroom of One

    A Classroom of One

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gene I. Maeroff
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2015-01-27
  • ISBN : 1466890258
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book A Classroom of One written by Gene I. Maeroff and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Classroom of One is Gene Maeroff's "report from the front" on the short history and status of online learning in the United States and around the world. Maeroff is a reporter who takes you to the schools from Penn State's World Campus to the Florida Virtual School to the newly emerging online learning initiatives in Afghanistan. His journey ultimately provides a snapshot of the way in which technology is changing the minds of people with regard to the nature of higher education. He looks at the method of electronic delivery, the quality of the information being delivered and quality of interaction it engenders. He looks at the way learners are adapting to this new technology and how much responsibility is put on the student's shoulders. Finally, and maybe tellingly, he looks at the business of online learning.

Book Issues in Distance Education

Download or read book Issues in Distance Education written by Maureen Snow Andrade and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this environment of disruptive technological change, higher education institutions must determine whether they will develop and offer technology-supported, hybrid, or online courses and degrees, which courses and degrees, how many, for whom, and for what purpose. They must make decisions about development models and design, processes, costs, and student and faculty support. In this volume, the authors explore the current and future practice of distance education in higher education institutions, including: developing an initial infrastructure to support course design and development, revitalizing existing structures and processes for distance education, and cutting-edge practices that innovate and lead the field. These topics help guide decision makers as they determine appropriate responses to distance learning opportunities. This is the 173rd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education. Addressed to presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher education decision makers on all kinds of campuses, it provides timely information and authoritative advice about major issues and administrative problems confronting every institution.

Book Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Utilizing Interactive Television

Download or read book Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Utilizing Interactive Television written by Cheryl Gilchrist and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Faculty Attitudes Toward Computer mediated Distance Education

Download or read book Faculty Attitudes Toward Computer mediated Distance Education written by Martha Betty Tena Iken and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Teacher Training and Professional Development Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications

Download or read book Teacher Training and Professional Development Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 2283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regardless of the field or discipline, technology is rapidly advancing, and individuals are faced with the challenge of adapting to these new innovations. To remain up-to-date on the current practices, teachers and administrators alike must constantly stay informed of the latest advances in their fields. Teacher Training and Professional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications contains a compendium of the latest academic material on the methods, skills, and techniques that are essential to lifelong learning and professional advancement. Including innovative studies on teaching quality, pre-service teacher preparation, and faculty enrichment, this multi-volume book is an ideal source for academics, professionals, students, practitioners, and researchers.