Online Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS)

The rapid growth of online learning has led to the development of faculty inservice evaluation models that are geared towards the demands of quality improvement of degree programs. Based on the best practices of student online assessment, the Online Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS)...

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Autores principales: Luis M. Villar, Olga M. Alegre
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Publicado: Athabasca University Press 2006
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ae9edfbc158648dd881e4ce77a4bd1192021-12-02T17:16:08ZOnline Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS)10.19173/irrodl.v7i3.3671492-3831https://doaj.org/article/ae9edfbc158648dd881e4ce77a4bd1192006-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/367https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The rapid growth of online learning has led to the development of faculty inservice evaluation models that are geared towards the demands of quality improvement of degree programs. Based on the best practices of student online assessment, the Online Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS) created at the Canary Islands was designed to serve the dual purpose of faculty development and classroom learning environment assessment. Results of analyses showed that OFDAS maximized the potential of online faculty development to encourage staff to reflect on teaching professional skills. Implications were discussed in terms of emphasizing the process of online teaching knowledge learning and incorporating perspectives to capture a comprehensive view of faculty teaching attitudes and their association with student classroom learning perceptions.Luis M. VillarOlga M. AlegreAthabasca University PressarticleFaculty developmentteaching professional skillsonline student learning environment assessmentonline professional developmentSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2006)
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topic Faculty development
teaching professional skills
online student learning environment assessment
online professional development
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
spellingShingle Faculty development
teaching professional skills
online student learning environment assessment
online professional development
Special aspects of education
LC8-6691
Luis M. Villar
Olga M. Alegre
Online Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS)
description The rapid growth of online learning has led to the development of faculty inservice evaluation models that are geared towards the demands of quality improvement of degree programs. Based on the best practices of student online assessment, the Online Faculty Development and Assessment System (OFDAS) created at the Canary Islands was designed to serve the dual purpose of faculty development and classroom learning environment assessment. Results of analyses showed that OFDAS maximized the potential of online faculty development to encourage staff to reflect on teaching professional skills. Implications were discussed in terms of emphasizing the process of online teaching knowledge learning and incorporating perspectives to capture a comprehensive view of faculty teaching attitudes and their association with student classroom learning perceptions.
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