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Faculty Development Needs for Distance Education

Faculty Development Needs for Distance Education
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Author(s): Anne Saylor (York College of Pennsylvania, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 15
Source title: Identification, Evaluation, and Perceptions of Distance Education Experts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gulsun Kurubacak (Anadolu University, Turkey)and T. Volkan Yuzer (Anadolu University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8119-4.ch015

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Abstract

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.

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