Creating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation

Quality and accountability mandates require institutions to monitor online instruction in a uniform and complete manner. In many institutions, instructor training is sparse and faculty evaluation occurs only through end-of-course student evaluations that may or may not yield adequate information on...

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Autores principales:	Marthann Schulte, Kay Dennis, Michael Eskey, Cathy Taylor, Heather Zeng
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2012
Materias:	distance education online learning faculty instructor training mentoring Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80da66f1f2e245e0a990318efa863c642021-12-02T19:26:10ZCreating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation10.19173/irrodl.v13i3.11351492-3831https://doaj.org/article/80da66f1f2e245e0a990318efa863c642012-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1135https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Quality and accountability mandates require institutions to monitor online instruction in a uniform and complete manner. In many institutions, instructor training is sparse and faculty evaluation occurs only through end-of-course student evaluations that may or may not yield adequate information on how the instructor performs online. Consequently, the online instructor evaluation system (OIES) was developed to ensure the finest quality educational experience for online students via a systematic approach to faculty training, mentoring, and evaluation. Research has shown that combining mentoring and evaluation is not feasible, and therefore another approach is warranted. Marthann SchulteKay DennisMichael EskeyCathy TaylorHeather ZengAthabasca University Pressarticledistance educationonline learningfacultyinstructortrainingmentoringSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 13, Iss 3 (2012)
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description	Quality and accountability mandates require institutions to monitor online instruction in a uniform and complete manner. In many institutions, instructor training is sparse and faculty evaluation occurs only through end-of-course student evaluations that may or may not yield adequate information on how the instructor performs online. Consequently, the online instructor evaluation system (OIES) was developed to ensure the finest quality educational experience for online students via a systematic approach to faculty training, mentoring, and evaluation. Research has shown that combining mentoring and evaluation is not feasible, and therefore another approach is warranted.
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title	Creating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation
title_short	Creating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation
title_full	Creating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation
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publisher	Athabasca University Press
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Creating a sustainable online instructor observation system: A case study highlighting flaws when blending mentoring and evaluation

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