Faculty Support for Online Teaching: Instructional Design Issues and Beyond
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When a faculty member decides to use online technology for teaching, the campus' faculty development center usually becomes one of the sources of support. This presents a great opportunity for the faculty development center to address instructional design issues. However, if faculty members who have done online teaching were the source of support, what issues will they address and what advice would they provide? This presentation summarizes survey responses given by faculty members who used online features for teaching between 19992001 at a four-year comprehensive university.
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