A sense of community is central to student engagement and satisfaction. However, many
students struggle with developing connections in online programs. Drawing on interviews …

Academic staff in Higher Education (HE) need to transform their teaching practices to
support more future-orientated, digital, student-centered learning. Promoting, enabling and …

In this qualitative case study, the researcher draws on interviews with 13 faculty in an online
doctoral program to find out how professional development offerings strengthened distance …

The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to understand the
experiences of online adjunct faculty who have a high sense of community within their …

This study examines how prior experiences as online learners prepare instructors for being
online instructors through incidental learning. The study is driven by four research questions …

This study investigated the existing training practices for online instructors in the Illinois
community college system. As online learning continues to alter the educational landscape …

A general trend towards increased use of technology in education has led universities to
take steps to train their faculty in online teaching. However, most of the times, standard …

In an era of increasing demand for a limited budget, more universities are turning to adjunct
faculty to fill the need and to address the student load. Adjunct faculty members are hired for …

This study aimed to develop and psychometrically test the Faculty Online Teaching
Effectiveness Scale (FOTES) based upon both student and faculty perspectives of online …

The purpose of this chapter is to further understand faculty and student attitudes about
distance education by exploring the psychological processes through which these attitudes …