The Retention of Experienced Faculty in Online Distance Education Programs: Understanding Factors that Impact their Involvement

The study sought to determine factors that affect faculty decisions regarding their involvement in teaching online distance education courses. A survey was administered to online distance education faculty across the United States to determine those factors that encourage or discourage them from con...

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Autores principales:	Tim Green, Jeffery Alejandro, Abbie H. Brown
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2009
Materias:	Online distance education administration faculty retention strategies for retaining faculty Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/3aded2f9733d4c5b9b871858e2412483
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3aded2f9733d4c5b9b871858e24124832021-12-02T19:26:05ZThe Retention of Experienced Faculty in Online Distance Education Programs: Understanding Factors that Impact their Involvement10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.6831492-3831https://doaj.org/article/3aded2f9733d4c5b9b871858e24124832009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/683https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The study sought to determine factors that affect faculty decisions regarding their involvement in teaching online distance education courses. A survey was administered to online distance education faculty across the United States to determine those factors that encourage or discourage them from continuing to teach online courses. The factors were examined and reported from the standpoint of each of four faculty groups: (1) tenured, (2) tenure-track, (3) full-time non-tenured/fixed term, and (4) part-time/adjunct. From the survey responses (N = 135), a list of retention strategies that university administrators may use for retention of online distance education faculty are offered.Tim GreenJeffery AlejandroAbbie H. BrownAthabasca University PressarticleOnline distance education administrationfaculty retentionstrategies for retaining facultySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2009)
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description	The study sought to determine factors that affect faculty decisions regarding their involvement in teaching online distance education courses. A survey was administered to online distance education faculty across the United States to determine those factors that encourage or discourage them from continuing to teach online courses. The factors were examined and reported from the standpoint of each of four faculty groups: (1) tenured, (2) tenure-track, (3) full-time non-tenured/fixed term, and (4) part-time/adjunct. From the survey responses (N = 135), a list of retention strategies that university administrators may use for retention of online distance education faculty are offered.
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The Retention of Experienced Faculty in Online Distance Education Programs: Understanding Factors that Impact their Involvement

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