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You've Got Mail … ! Using Email Interviews to Gather Academics' Narratives of Their Working Lives
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James, Nalita – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
The paper explores how computer-mediated communication offers space for academics to think and make sense of their experiences in the qualitative research encounter. It draws on a research study that used email interviewing to generate online narratives to understand academic lives and identities through research encounters in virtual space. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Interviews, Data Collection, College Faculty
Professors' Perceptions of Distance Education in Virtual Environments: The Case of the Education Faculty of University of Al-Yarmouk (Jordan)
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Oassim-Al-shboul, Oassim Mahmoud; Sabiote, Clemente Rodriguez; Álvarez-Rodríguez, José – Digital Education Review, 2015
The goal of this study is to determine the perceptions that the teaching staff of the Faculty of Education at University of Al-Yarmouk (Jordan) have of the implementation of distance learning in virtual environments, more specifically, the professors' opinion of the potential and limitations of this educational strategy. To fulfil this goal, we…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Virtual Classrooms, College Faculty, Higher Education
Recruiting and Mentoring Minority Faculty Members
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Vega, William; Yglesias, Kenneth; Murray, John P. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
For the foreseeable future, community colleges must seriously address hiring, retaining, and facilitating upward mobility for faculty members. Moreover, they should recruit a faculty corps that is more reflective of both the students they serve and the demographics of their college service area. It is critical for community colleges to employ and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Recruitment
Reported Usage and Perceived Value of Various Teaching Strategies by Community College and University Faculty in Arkansas
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Coleman, Janice – ProQuest LLC, 2008
A study was conducted to investigate the teaching methods valued and used by faculty in Arkansas public higher education institutions at the freshman and sophomore levels. The participants were 336 teachers who responded to a 21 item survey distributed to college teachers in Arkansas. The study sought to collect relevant demographic data and to…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Professional Preparation and Experience of Instructors in Community Junior Colleges and Technical Institutions.
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Day, C. William – 1974
To determine the professional preparation and experience of instructors hired by community junior colleges and technical institutions during the 1972 to 1974 academic years, questionnaires were sent to 100 junior colleges and technical institutions representing all 50 states. A total of 83 colleges and institutions from 43 states responded, of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Data Collection, National Surveys
Teaching Methods and Technologies: Aggregated Faculty Analysis, Conclusions and Recommendations Phase IV
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Payette, Dennis L.; Verreault, Daniel – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
This paper culminates three years of research on the use of various teaching technologies and methods by the faculty of Adelphi University School of Business in Garden City, New York. Previously, papers on this research were published on the development of the research instrument, the administration and data analysis for full time faculty (Part…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Teaching Experience, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty