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Students Study More Efficiently, Faculty Researchers See Increased Productivity
White Papers Students and faculty members at Northeastern University's College of Business Administration are revolutionizing their research, study, and classroom habits thanks to the Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 digital note-taking program.
[September 20, 2008, 0:00]
Faculty Recruitment Strategies For Online Programs
White Papers This paper addresses faculty recruitment for online programs. Related issues are faculty perceptions, program processes, and administrative supports. At traditional academic institutions, it is a challenge for program administrators to recruit...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Faculty Philosophical Position Towards Distance Education: Competency, Value, And Educational Technology Support
White Papers As higher education attempts to meet the growing demand for courses delivered at a distance, identification of potential barriers to faculty acceptance and adoption are needed. The purpose of the study presented in this paper was to describe...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Literature Review - Faculty Participation In Online Distance Education: Barriers And Motivators
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to examine the overall attitude of higher education faculty toward teaching via distance education. This paper will also note factors that motivate and deter faculty participation in distance education, specifically in...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Faculty Attitudes Toward Distance Education At The State University Of West Georgia
White Papers The purpose of the study presented in this paper was to identify possible factors that affect faculty attitudes toward distance education. The primary factors inhibiting faculty participation in distance teaching were concern for course quality and...
[April 17, 2005, 0:00]
Motivation And Incentives For Distance Faculty
White Papers Whether faculty see distance education as a positive pedagogical venue or not, they tend to recognize the fiscal value of distance delivery in higher education. At the millennium, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges...
[July 18, 2008, 1:18]
Prepared To Teach Online? Perspectives Of Faculty In The University Of North Carolina System
White Papers The prevalence of online distance education courses requires university faculty to face new challenges and make new decisions in the areas of course management and design, delivery method, student communication media, creation of an engaging...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Distance Education: Facing The Faculty Challenge
White Papers For a variety of reasons, faculty resist efforts to force them into distance learning. While individual faculty members may have individual reasons to resist participating in the latest wave of distance education, there are several reasons why...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Novell Case Study: The Faculty Of Engineering Of The University Of Porto (FEUP)
White Papers The challenge for Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) was to deliver enterprise-level availability and performance, within the tight budgetary constraints of an educational institution.
[April 5, 2007, 1:00]
Palm Handhelds Keep Medical Students, School Faculty Connected
White Papers It is essential that faculty keep in close contact with medical students in order to track their progress and ensure that they are seeing the right procedures, going on the correct rotations, and learning essential material.
[September 20, 2003, 2:29]
Dealing With Problem Students And Faculty
White Papers Following closely behind this issue is a related one: dealing with faculty members who are either inconsiderate to their students or are unsupportive of their student's learning needs. This paper offers some appropriate policies to enact before...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Attracting Students And Faculty To Western Kentucky With Intelligent Multi-Campus Voice, IM, Video And Mobility Applications
White Papers Western Kentucky University wanted to increase the productivity and quality of faculty, staff and student interactions, including flexible methods of remote instruction and remote "Virtual" office hours across seven campuses.
[June 11, 2008, 1:01]
What Academic Administrators Should Know To Attract Senior Level Faculty Members To Online Learning Environments
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to present findings of a focus group study used to design a survey instrument for applications in future studies to determine factors of influence that inspire senior faculty members to participate in course delivery...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Time Will Tell On Issues Concerning Faculty And Distance Education
White Papers The study presented in this paper examined the differences in the concerns expressed by instructional faculty of three comparable universities that differ primarily in their stages of implementing distance education.
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Broward Community College Uses VMware ESX Server To Meet The Needs Of Faculty, Students And Staff
White Papers To meet the needs of its students, faculty and staff, the college had accumulated 70 servers. With about 700,000 students, Broward is the sixth largest community college in the United States. Systems engineers wanted to consolidate the servers to...
[October 26, 2006, 11:03]
Best Practices: A Triangulated Support Approach In Transitioning Faculty To Online Teaching
White Papers Recognizing that numerous barriers, including unresolved administrative issues, faculty resistance, and lack of training could impede this process, administrators and faculty members collaborated to ensure that appropriate resources, peer support...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
Staff, Students, Faculty Embrace E-Learning At University Of Houston
White Papers With the appointment of a new president in 2003 and a growing need within the information technology organization for improved, expanded and more formalized training and professional development opportunities, the university's IT training staff...
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Transitioning From Brick And Mortar To Online: A Faculty Perspective
White Papers As an institution of higher learning in healthcare, the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) has turned to distance education as an opportunity to increase enrollment and deliver high-tech education to its students.
[August 6, 2008, 1:18]
Cal State University Uses WebDemo To Remotely 'Show And Tell' Tech Support Solutions To Faculty And Staff
White Papers California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is the sole public regional university serving the Riverside and San Bernardino counties of Southern California. The university realized that help desk personnel are often called on to explain the...
[December 14, 2005, 23:00]
Best Practices For Administrative Evaluation Of Online Faculty
White Papers This paper demonstrates how to evaluate the materials and teaching in online courses. Topics covered include similarities with evaluation of on-ground teaching, factors unique to online courses, technological considerations, helping administrators...
[April 20, 2005, 0:00]
