Faculty development needs for distance education
Saylor A.
2018
Teacher Training and Professional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
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10.4018/978-1-5225-5631-2.ch079
This report presents the results of a review that looked at what college resources are needed to support an online environment and how a small liberal arts college can prepare faculty for a shift in pedagogy is one of today's major issues, when using a Learning Management System (LMS) to teach. A literature review was done to review the ideas of what college resources are needed to support an online learning environment in Higher Education and the implications for faculty development in a small liberal arts college. The main themes surveyed were faculty and the support needed to move a classroom instructor to an online instructor. The research focused on how constructivist learning could support faculty development. © 2018 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.
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