Student and Faculty Issues in Distance Education
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Occupational safety and health faculty and occupational safety and health professionals were surveyed to determine the considerations for a distance education-based graduate occupational safety and health program from the perspective of faculty and occupational safety and health professionals. Adequate time is the largest issue for potential students. Faculty need to be sufficiently trained in pedagogy, technology, and communications so that they have the same comfort level with this method of instruction as they do for the more familiar classroom. Additionally, technical and instructional support personnel need to be readily available to work with the faculty and support course development.
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