Students' Roles in Exposing Growing Pains: Using the "Dean's Concerns" to Refine Hybrid Instruction

Autor/inn/en	Foulger, Teresa S.; Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Toth, Meredith J.
Titel	Students' Roles in Exposing Growing Pains: Using the "Dean's Concerns" to Refine Hybrid Instruction
Quelle	In: International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 23 (2011) 2, S.150-165 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1812-9129
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Online Courses; Educational Innovation; Course Content; Researchers; Deans; Administrators; Teacher Education; Professional Development; Technology Integration; Higher Education; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Electronic Learning; Models; Technology Uses in Education; Academic Achievement; College Faculty; Educational Technology; Accountability; Student Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Kursprogramm; Researcher; Forscher; Dean; Dekan; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Analogiemodell; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schulleistung; Fakultät; Unterrichtsmedien; Verantwortung
Abstract	This study was instigated when 12 teacher education students expressed four concerns about their hybrid courses (part online, part face-to-face) to the college dean. In an effort gain the perspective of the broader population of students so instructors could improve this delivery method in the college, faculty-researchers sought input related to the "Dean's Concerns" from all students enrolled in hybrid courses. A broadly distributed questionnaire revealed that attitudes towards hybrid courses were positive, but that some problems existed related to student abilities to access course content, relevance, social communications, and their instructors' ability to use technology. Faculty-researchers were not able to determine the effect of any pedagogical changes imposed by technology on student perceptions. Researchers conclude that significant innovations in education can create growing pains for students, but these kinds of pains should be anticipated and accounted for, and that students have an important role in exposing growing pains and can support efforts to improve distance learning. (Contains 5 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Web site: http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10