A Longitudinal Study of Information Technology Impact on Business Faculty in Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Jensen, J.; Alexander, Melody W.; Perrreault, Heidi; Waldman, Lila
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Information Technology Impact on Business Faculty in Distance Education
Quelle	In: Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 49 (2007) 3, S.55-68 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-8052
Schlagwörter	Electronic Mail; Distance Education; Discussion Groups; Educational Technology; Information Technology; Internet; Longitudinal Studies; Business Administration Education; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Productivity; Comparative Analysis; Television; Teaching Methods; Assignments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elektronischer Briefkasten; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Informationstechnologie; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Produktivität; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung
Abstract	This longitudinal study compared business faculty's use of information technology in distance education as well as their perception of the technology's impact on their productivity and technology preferences between 2000 and 2006. Data were collected from 81 professors in 2000 and 140 professors in 2006 at AACSB-accredited business colleges across the nation. The findings indicate that (a) faculty in 2006 used Internet-related technologies more frequently but used traditional mail, fax, telephone and voice mail significantly less as compared with those in 2000; (b) while both the 2000 and 2006 groups rated email and Internet lecture notes and assignments as primary tools in enhancing their productivity, significantly more faculty in 2006 also rated Internet/Web-based discussion groups as a productivity enhancer; and (c) compared with the 2000 faculty, significantly more faculty in 2006 ranked Internet/TV-related technologies as preferred tools in distance education. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10