MarylandOnline’s Inter-Institutional Project to Train Higher Education Adjunct Faculty to Teach Online

dc.creator	Julie Shattuck
dc.creator	Bobbi Dubins
dc.creator	Diana Zilberman
dc.date	2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:08:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:08:51Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ed92bd2433d8404dbc759ab43146f04d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/12332
dc.description	This article reports on an inter-institutional project to design, develop, pilot, and evaluate a state-wide online training course for higher education adjunct faculty who are preparing to teach their first online course. We begin with a brief literature review to contextualize the stated problem the project sought to address: the need for quality, accessible training for online adjunct faculty. We then give background information to describe the environment in which the project was situated before detailing the process of designing and piloting the first iteration of the Certificate for Online Adjunct Teaching (COAT) course. Using a mixed-methods approach (surveys and reflection journals), data were collected from the adjunct faculty who took the COAT course, the COAT instructor, and the COAT design team. The results indicate that the pilot COAT course did meet the perceived needs and expectations of the course participants. We finish by discussing our plans for the next phase of this project.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/933/1669
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2011)
dc.subject	Adjunct faculty
dc.subject	online teaching
dc.subject	professional development
dc.subject	online learning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	MarylandOnline’s Inter-Institutional Project to Train Higher Education Adjunct Faculty to Teach Online
dc.type	article