Share Paper: Online Instructor Voices: A Qualitative Study on Perceptions of Practice

  1. Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, National University, United States
  2. Michael Myers, National University, Private Non-Profit University Sanford College of Education, United States
Thursday, November 7 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Balcony L

Abstract: This study presents a qualitative analysis of data to help understand online teacher presence, self-perceptions, and experiences of faculty who are teaching online at a large adult learner University. Historically, online programs have been designed to facilitate high quality teaching to an adult learner population by combining elements of both synchronous to an asynchronous instruction. Decades of work on online learning has shown significant learning gains when students learn online. In this study, instructors were asked to describe their online teacher presence and experiences. A total of four focus groups were conducted with 19 faculty participants online using a web ...