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Exploring and Removing Faculty Barriers to Developing Online
Courses
Dr. Alysia Starkey Lisa Craft
Kansas State University Salina
Theoretical FrameworkChism, 2004
Theoretical FrameworkChism, 2004
Survey Questions
Results• Faculty Development
Results
• Barriers to Online Instruction
Faculty Development New stipend program was Introduced spring of 2012 to
address barriers to developing online courses. To be considered faculty had to submit a proposal that
included: Intended audience Statement about how their academic program would
benefit Projected timeline for planning course development
strategy Course description Student learning outcomes and assessment strategies Pedagogical approach for the use of technology in the
course Plan for use of multimedia List of specific resources required for their course
development
Faculty DevelopmentIf selected, each faculty member received a $2000 stipend if the following criteria were met:
Participate in a six-Week hybrid course held in the summer of 2012 that focused on pedagogy, technology and application in teaching online. The course required a face-to-face meeting two hours a week for hands on technology training.
The course had to be ready to teach by the spring of 2013 semester.
The course had to pass an eLearning Course Readiness Checklist
CourseSix week hybrid course focused on the following content
Reflection Face-to-face course time should be
increased in order for faculty to become more comfortable with technology being taught.
A tremendous benefit of the face-to-face time was the learning community that was created.
Encouraging faculty to participate in online discussions boards was more difficult that expected.