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Investigating The Factors Affecting Faculty Members' Decision To Teach Or Not To Teach Online In Higher Education, Yurui Zhen

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This study investiaged the important factors influencing faculty members' decision to use or not to use any form of online course management applications (OCMA) in higher education. Today, with the rapid growth of the internet, many higher educational institutions are using technology in courses or offering online courses and programs. With training and support, many faculty members use some form of OCMA in their teaching, but some faculty members choose not to. Administrators may benefit from understanding faculty use of general technology in teaching in higher education by exploring how faculty members make their decisions in the use of specific …