Professional development of higher education teachers, - can distance education make a difference?

dc.creator	Yngve Troye NORDKVELLE,
dc.date	2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:18:07Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:18:07Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c140d8f058e64b4682c0ed35801f1a91
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19297
dc.description	The paper reviews some of the classical indicators of academic professionalism, and illuminates a historical epoche when research and teaching became separate dimensions of professionalism in higher education. The paper argues that this separation has gone too far and that a new sense of professionalism needs to be invoked in the area of teaching in higher education. It is claimed that this area is challenged by the demands that professors must take part in distance education activities involving the use of information technologies. The particular organisation at any given higher education institution for open and distance education activities have a particular responsibility to develop this professional dimension. Therefore, it has to participate in more profound organisational developmental work together with academics and administration to promote reflection on their teaching, and surpass “ad-hocracy” and “loose-couplings” to become part of a learning organisation.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde21/pdf/article_8.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 91-103 (2006)
dc.subject	professionalism
dc.subject	distance education
dc.subject	dual mode institutions
dc.subject	higher education
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	Professional development of higher education teachers, - can distance education make a difference?
dc.type	article