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Peer reviewedSmith, Glenn Gordon; Ferguson, David; Caris, Mieke – T.H.E. Journal, 2001
Examines the differences faculty experience in teaching online courses versus traditional courses. Discusses distance education; results of faculty interviews; reliance on text-based communication and a lack of visual cues with online courses; advantages of online classes; threaded discussions in Web-based classes; and differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Distance Education
Download full textSmith, Glenn Gordon; Caris, Mieke; Ferguson, David – 2001
This qualitative study investigated differences, from the point of view of instructors, between teaching college courses over the Web versus in more traditional face-to-face formats. Twenty-one college instructors who had taught in both formats were interviewed. Four of the interviews were by telephone and 17 by e-mail. Interview fragments were…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction
Peer reviewedSmith, Glenn Gordon; Ferguson, David; Caris, Mieke – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2002
Investigates and describes the current instructor experience of teaching college courses over the Web versus in face-to-face formats in terms of teaching strategies, social issues, and media effects. Discusses communication styles, relationship between students and instructors, instructor workload, and discussion patterns, and proposes a model…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
