{"id":853,"date":"2014-05-06T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T18:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slneducation.edublogs.org\/?p=853"},"modified":"2020-11-30T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:11:58","slug":"today-i-was-asked-this-question-what-are-some-of-the-reasons-faculty-are-not-interested-in-teaching-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.suny.edu\/onlineteaching\/2014\/05\/06\/today-i-was-asked-this-question-what-are-some-of-the-reasons-faculty-are-not-interested-in-teaching-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Not interested in teaching online?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today i was asked this question…<\/p>\n

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What are some of the reasons faculty are not interested in teaching online?<\/p>\n

As it happens we have looked at this. In studies and focus groups we did on SLN faculty and replicated elsewhere we found that:<\/p>\n

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  1. The top faculty motivator<\/strong> to teach online is a more flexible work schedule.<\/li>\n
  2. The top faculty demotivator<\/strong> to teaching online is inadequate compensation for perceived greater work than for traditionally delivered courses, especially for online course development, revision, and teaching.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In general we have found that:<\/p>\n

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    1. the leading online faculty motivators<\/strong> include the flexibility allowed by being able to teach “anytime\/anywhere;” better\/more personal interaction and community building supported by the medium; the technical and creativity challenges offered by this mode of teaching; being able to reach more (and more diverse) students; and better course management.<\/li>\n
    2. Major sources of dissatisfaction<\/strong> among online faculty are more work, medium limitations, lack of adequate support and policies for teaching online, and the fact that the medium is not a good fit for some students.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Here are the citations and links to the articles. For additional detail,\u00a0 go straight to the results and discussion sections of the papers. They are pretty readable.<\/p>\n

      Shea, P. (2007). Bridges and barriers to teaching online college courses: A study of experienced online faculty at 36 colleges. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(2), 73-128.\u00a0 Preprint<\/a><\/p>\n

      Hiltz, R., Shea, P., & Kim, E. (2007). Using focus groups to study ALN faculty motivation. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(1), 107-124.\u00a0 http:\/\/sloanconsortium.org\/jaln\/v14n1\/using-focus-groups-study-aln-faculty-motivation <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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