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Helen Beaven

Motivators and Inhibitors for University Faculty in Distance and E-Learning - 0 views

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  • Helen Beaven on 31 Jan 11
     
    Cook, R., Ley, K., Crawford, C., & Warner, A. (2009). Motivators and Inhibitors for University Faculty in Distance and E-Learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 40(1), 149-163. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. This article reports on four United States studies of how rewards systems, extrinsic and intrinsic, could play an important role in providing incentives for university faculty to teach (or remain teaching) electronic and distance education courses. The first three studies conducted prior to 2003 reported faculty were inherently motivated to teach e-learning and distance education. The fourth study in 2003 reported key findings that differed from the earlier studies. Using a principal components analysis, the researchers found nine indicators of motivation to participate or not participate in electronic or distance education. The implications from the fourth study indicated that, while faculty members were inherently committed to helping students, faculty members wanted their basic physiological needs met by university administration through extrinsic motivators, such as salary increases and course releases..
Nancy Lumpkin

The Open, Social, Participatory Future of Online Learning - Wired Campus - The Chronicl... - 0 views

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  • Most faculty teach the way they were taught, but most weren't taught with technology. To learn how to do so requires time, incentives and support to go back to being a student of one's craft (teaching), preferably in an environment one will be asked to teach in.
  • Also, the joint Educause and Gates Foundation "Next Generation Learning Challenges" identifies "Learning Analytics" as one of four key challenges will receive funding consideration:http://www.nextgenlearning.com/the-challenges/learning-analyticsHere at UMBC, we've been pursuing academic analytics by looking at how strong and weak students using the LMS. We've been very much influenced by the fine work being done at Purdue University, the University of Georgia, and others.
Helen Beaven

EDTECH: Focus On Higher Education - Small Wonders - 0 views

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  • The institutions whose notebook initiatives have proved to be the most enduring “have a clear and compelling curricular vision” for the role of computers inside and outside the classroom
  • Start with professors. “You’re going to have to invest in the faculty,” says Michael Zastrocky, vice president and education industry research director at Gartner. “Let them have the machines a year before you give them out to the students, and provide them with training. It gets them comfortable, and gives them time to learn how they are going to use them in the classroom.”
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      Helen Beaven on 31 Jan 11
       
      This is absolutely important for any kind of incentive program. You must allow your faculty to train and learn any new technology before it can be applied in an effective manner.
  • Small colleges that have thriving one-to-one computing programs say success hinges not on the machines’ technical details but on understanding how to use them.
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      Helen Beaven on 31 Jan 11
       
      Though this article discusses on-to-one computing programs, this success of understanding how to use a technology will be essential regardless of the device, software, etc. Faculty will need to understand how a new technology functions before they can implement it .
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