Teaching at a distance: The online faculty work environment.
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Title
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Teaching at a distance: The online faculty work environment.
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Identifier
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AAI3127906
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identifier
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3127906
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Creator
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Oliver, Carol.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Leanne G. Rivlin
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Date
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2004
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Industrial | Education, Technology of | Education, Curriculum and Instruction
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Abstract
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This dissertation research critically examined the everyday work experiences of college teachers who teach online courses. The faculty members who have participated in this study worked at a State University of New York (SUNY) community college. This research focused on their work responsibilities as online faculty within the larger university system and on the workplace issues that affected them in their personal experiences in and outside their workplace. Environment-behavior studies and socio-technical approaches represent the theoretical frameworks used to interpret the results of this qualitative study. Some data collected were amenable to quantitative analysis.;Online college teachers reported that teaching online has transformed the way they teach and has led them to pedagogically reconceptualize their work in the online and the face-to-face classroom. Faculty reported that longer hours of work, when teaching online, has had an effect on their personal lives in and out of work. The college teachers have admitted to needing time management strategies for coping with the longer hours of work spent in the online classroom and indicated that the online class size was too large. The results are discussed using spatial themes to explain the online teaching environment and the workplace issues of faculty who teach online.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
