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Faculty Integration Of Technology In Undergraduate Courses At Private Colleges And Universities, Evelyn G. Smith
Faculty Integration Of Technology In Undergraduate Courses At Private Colleges And Universities, Evelyn G. Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the integration of technology in undergraduate courses by faculty at private colleges and universities. Integration of technology is using technology as an instructional tool to improve teaching and learning (Clayton-Pedersen & O’Neill, 2005; Wilson & Hayes, 2000; Woodbridge, 2004). Chickering and Gamson’s (1987) 7 principles for good practice in undergraduate education provided the theoretical framework for this research. The researcher conducted a survey of full-time faculty at 21 private colleges and universities in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The results of the study indicated that faculty use …
Strategies For Effective Online Course Development, Carol L. Considine, Michael W. Seek, Jon Lester
Strategies For Effective Online Course Development, Carol L. Considine, Michael W. Seek, Jon Lester
Engineering Technology Faculty Publications
Old Dominion University's Civil Engineering Technology (CET) program has a successful history of distance education, with more than half of the student population comprised of distance learners. Distance learning delivery has traditionally been via satellite and videostreaming with students having the choice of asynchronous or synchronous options. The university is in the process of updating their distance learning technologies and has encouraged programs to migrate to an online modality of distance learning. Developing and delivering online courses requires different competencies and facilitation skills than video streamed synchronous delivery or face to face instruction. A course delivered online changes the teaching …