Unbundling Faculty Roles in Online Distance Education Programs

dc.creator	Patricia W. Neely
dc.creator	Jan P. Tucker
dc.date	2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:40Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:40Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e3bf3f90c32144c7b0bc73e9f8927385
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13810
dc.description	Many colleges and universities are expanding their current online offerings and creating new programs to address growing enrollment. Institutions often utilize online education as a method to serve more students while lowering instructional costs. While online education may be more cost effective in some situations, college decision makers need to consider the full range of cost implications associated with these online offerings. The unbundling of faculty roles in online distance education programs is one cost consideration that is often overlooked. As the faculty role has become more distributed, so have the costs associated with providing instruction and instructional support. This paper reviews the hidden costs associated with the unbundling of the faculty role and presents a framework for calculating the true costs of the unbundled faculty role.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/798/1543
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2010)
dc.subject	Faculty roles
dc.subject	unbundling
dc.subject	higher education
dc.subject	online education
dc.subject	faculty costs
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	Unbundling Faculty Roles in Online Distance Education Programs
dc.type	article