Faculty Practices in Asynchronous Online Distance Education

ISBN-13: 9783639050738 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 268 str.

Richard Fuller

Opis

This monograph examines the best interactive practices of effective faculty to ascertain the deliberate processes that they employ. How do successful online Distance Education, approach the fostering and development of interactivity in an asynchronous learning environment?" What do successful online Distance Education faculties do to make their teaching more interactive? Are there different approaches to generate interactivity in different courses? Effective faculties deploy certain methodologies, practices to generate interactivity in preactive phases and active teaching phases. Program directors identified twelve faculty for interview who facilitate effective interaction. Thirty faculty were identified for participation in a Delphi study to identify and prioritize additional practices. The result is a list of 23 practice priorities that serve as an understanding of the interactivity that is generated by effective online faculty. These practices can maximize the learning and the online experience for students and teachers.

O autorze

Dr. Richard Fuller is Assistant Professor of Education at Robert
Morris University. He has served as Dean for a career college
and as Program Director for Leadership studies at Drexel
University. He serves as an educational consultant working on
projects for education,corporate and government
entities in education and leadership.