Comparing student and faculty perceptions of online and traditional courses

This paper describes the conversion of an introductory computing course to the blended learning model at a small, public liberal arts college. Blended learning significantly reduces face-to-face instruction by incorporating rich, online learning experiences. To assess the impact of blended learning on students, survey data was collected at the midpoint and end of semester, and student performance on the final exam was compared in traditional and blended learning sections. To capture faculty perspectives on teaching blended learning courses, written reflections and discussions from faculty teaching blended learning sections were analyzed. Results indicate that student performance in the traditional and blended learning sections of the course were comparable and that students reported high levels of interaction with their instructor. Faculty teaching the course share insights on transitioning to the blended learning format.

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An Investigation of Faculty Members' Engagement in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region ◽

10.31578/jebs.v3i2.149 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 114-136

Author(s):

Eman I AHMED

Keyword(s):

Employee Engagement ◽

Faculty Perceptions ◽

Cognitive Engagement ◽

Faculty Members ◽

University Administrators ◽

Point Scale ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship

Faculty engagement has been proved to be a critical driver of the universities’ efficiency and effectiveness. The first step towards building an engaged workforce is to get a measure of faculty perceptions of their engagement level to their universities. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the faculty members' engagement in the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University. It examines the relationship between the faculty professional variablesand their level of engagement to their institutions. William Kahn's (1990) three-component model of employee engagement was partially adapted as a framework to measure the faculty members' engagement. A questionnaire was used to better address the objective of this study. The data were obtained from the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam University) through an internet-based survey. The validity and the reliability of the questionnaire has been evaluated and reported. Results of the analyses show that cognitive engagement is reported to be higher than both the emotional and physical engagement, with a mean rating of 4.040 and a standard deviation of .487, based on the five-point scale. Given the engagement level of the faculty members in this study, the university administrators should develop policies, and strategies that encourage and support engagement among faculty members at the University in order to maximize their engagement. Policy makers must also take into consideration the needs of the faculty members

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Faculty Perceptions and Readership Patterns of Accounting Journals: A Global View

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.319226 ◽

2002 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Apostolos A. Ballas ◽

Vasilis Theoharakis

Keyword(s):

Faculty Perceptions ◽

Global View

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Teaching and Learning in Survival Mode: Students and Faculty Perceptions of Distance Education during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13148053 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 8053

Author(s):

Maram Meccawy ◽

Zilal Meccawy ◽

Aisha Alsobhi

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Student Satisfaction ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Success Factors ◽

Faculty Perceptions ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Negative Perception ◽

E Learning ◽

Online Distance Learning ◽

Online Distance

(1) This study demonstrates how a Saudi university has responded to the COVID-19 lockdown in order to examine the success factors and highlight any challenges. The main purpose was to determine the perceptions of students and faculty towards emergency online distance learning from a teaching and learning perspective; (2) A cross-faculty study was conducted: two different self-administered questionnaires were developed for students and faculty, respectively. In addition, data was collected from official reports; (3) The results show that students had a more positive perception of e-Learning despite the difficulties that they may have faced, while faculty results leaned slightly towards a negative perception. However, there was not a definite positive or negative perception, depending on the aspect of teaching that was being evaluated. The study also indicated that faculty and students’ gender had no significant effect on their perceptions. Overall results showed that the university performed well in accordance with three of the five pillars of online learning quality framework in terms of student satisfaction, access and scalability. On the other, improvements are needed to achieve better results for faculty satisfaction and learning effectiveness; (4) The findings present a number of suggestions for increasing satisfaction to improve the online learning experience post COVID-19.

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Students’ Use of Resources in a Challenge-Based Learning Context Involving Mathematics

International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education ◽

10.1007/s40753-021-00136-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Birgit Pepin ◽

Zeger-jan Kock

Keyword(s):

Linear Algebra ◽

Complex Environments ◽

Learning Context ◽

University Teachers ◽

Study Approach ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

Challenge Based Learning ◽

Traditional Courses ◽

Education Of Students

AbstractIn this study we use a case study approach to investigate what kinds of resources were self-reported to have been selected by students working on their Challenge-Based bachelor end projects, and how they used and orchestrated these resources. In a previous study, we had explored students’ use of resources and their Actual Student Study Paths in Calculus and Linear Algebra courses (Pepin and Kock 2019); in this study we turned to students working on their Challenge-Based bachelor end projects. Results show that the students working on Challenge-Based projects used resources outside the realm of curriculum resources offered to them in traditional courses, and the Actual Student Study Paths were iterative. We contend that ‘linear’ study paths (found e.g. in traditionally taught Linear Algebra courses) appeared to have been beneficial for students for studying particular mathematical content, which they needed for solving open challenges. In the Challenge-Based projects, the crucial resource emerged to be the tutor. We claim that this has implications for the introduction of a more Challenge-Based curriculum, where such projects would be the norm, both in terms of the professionalization of university teachers (who coach students through such projects), and for the education of students who opt for such projects: teachers have to be supported to develop as appropriate coaches in such complex environments; students have to become self-directed learners, and need to be supported with challenged-based trained coaches and teachers, in addition to be provided with suitable curricular, technological, and social resources.

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