Barriers to and Strategies for Faculty Integration of IT

2011 ◽  
pp. 138-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Brinthaupt ◽  
Maria A. Clayton ◽  
Barbara J. Draude
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Research Service

At most institutions of higher education, faculty members wear many “hats.” Among other responsibilities, they are expected to teach, conduct research, and participate in institutional and public service. Within the teaching realm, faculty members have always had multiple responsibilities. For example, in addition to being content experts, they may need to become course design, assessment, communication, community or interaction experts. Instructors can be described as architects, consultants, resources, reviewers, and role models (Oblinger & Hawkins, 2006). It is primarily (though not exclusively) in the teaching realm where instructional technology (IT) is relevant. The more that faculty utilize IT, the more the non-content aspects of teaching become salient. Depending on level of faculty expertise, asking them to increase the time and effort they put into their teaching might reduce the time and effort they can devote to research, service, and other institutional requirements and responsibilities. Why should they, especially if there is very little acknowledgment or tenure/promotion credit given for incorporating IT into their teaching? This is, in part, why many faculty members may have to be dragged “kicking and screaming” into using these technologies.

Barriers to and Strategies for Faculty Integration of IT

2011 ◽  
pp. 1228-1236
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Brinthaupt ◽  
Maria A. Clayton ◽  
Barbara J. Draude
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Design Assessment ◽  
Research Service

At most institutions of higher education, faculty members wear many “hats.” Among other responsibilities, they are expected to teach, conduct research, and participate in institutional and public service. Within the teaching realm, faculty members have always had multiple responsibilities. For example, in addition to being content experts, they may need to become course design, assessment, communication, community or interaction experts. Instructors can be described as architects, consultants, resources, reviewers, and role models (Oblinger & Hawkins, 2006). It is primarily (though not exclusively) in the teaching realm where instructional technology (IT) is relevant. The more that faculty utilize IT, the more the non-content aspects of teaching become salient. Depending on level of faculty expertise, asking them to increase the time and effort they put into their teaching might reduce the time and effort they can devote to research, service, and other institutional requirements and responsibilities. Why should they, especially if there is very little acknowledgment or tenure/promotion credit given for incorporating IT into their teaching? This is, in part, why many faculty members may have to be dragged “kicking and screaming” into using these technologies.

scholarly journals Higher Education Faculty Staff Members' Attitudes toward Students' Inclusion with High Incidence Disabilities in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Ameen Ali Alhaznawi ◽  
Abdullah Saleh Alanazi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Academic Rank ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
High Incidence Disabilities ◽  
Attitudes Toward Students

The purpose of this study is to explore the attitudes of faculty members at higher education toward inclusion for students with high incidence disabilities in higher education. For the aim of this study, a sample of 247 higher education faculty members were therefore collected. Multiple linear regression was conducted for data analysis. Results have shown that university-type accommodation services, training, academic rank, and university region are statistically significant predictors of higher education faculty members’ attitudes toward the inclusion for students with high incidence disabilities in higher education. Some recommendations are hence provided to help improve the inclusion of students with high incidence disabilities in higher education in Saudi Arabia.

Facilitation of Web-Based Courses Designed for Adult Learners

2011 ◽  
pp. 918-921
Author(s):  
Bonnie McCall Ordonez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Online Course ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
College And University

Web-based courses have currently surpassed all other forms of distance education in the higher education field. One of the main reasons in growth is the demand from adult and professional students looking for a convenient yet quality education (Kearsley, 2000). College and university faculty members are a key component in the development and delivery of online courses. Many studies have been conducted on effective course design, and student achievement and outcomes (Kearsley, 2000, p. 46), but less research is available on the instructional techniques necessary to facilitate an online course.

Service right

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Chernyavskiy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
Municipal Management ◽  
State Educational

The tutorial provides the scientific and theoretical basis of knowledge on civil service in institutions and organizations, information about the official duties and rights of individuals, firms, associations and other structures. The material is based on modern regulatory documents, both Russian and foreign and international human rights, public service system and aspects of its regulation and further reforms. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of higher education of the last generation. For students of educational institutions of higher education studying in areas of training 40.03.01 "Jurisprudence" and 38.03.04 "State and municipal management", as well as occupations involving the study of constitutional, administrative and labour law. Can be useful for teachers, postgraduate students, civil servants, and also for anyone interested in the issues of regulation of the public service.

Perceived Barriers to Promoting Advocacy Research Among Higher Education Faculty Members

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Dan Kaczynski ◽  
Janet Pilcher ◽  
Melissa Kelly ◽  
Marga Ryersbach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Higher Education Faculty

scholarly journals Refusing to Wait: Just-in-Time Teaching

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Ann J. Cahill ◽  
Tom Mould
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Faculty And Staff

Shortly after the presidential election of 2016, a group of faculty and staff at Elon University committed to developing and offering a one-credit course  designed to provide students with intellectual and practical skills that would be useful in facing contemporary social and political challenges. This article describes the process of developing the course, its structure and content, and its effects on the students, faculty, and staff who participated in it. The article also discusses strengths and weaknesses of the course design as a means of helping to ensure the success of any future endeavors. The course, which eventually came to be titled “Refusing to Wait: Intellectual and Practical Resources for Troubled Times,” is an example of how institutions of higher education can respond quickly and effectively to political developments, while keeping student learning at the center of their mission.

scholarly journals Self-Regulation Of Faculty In Higher Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra D. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
State Legislators ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Problematic Behavior ◽  
Tenure System ◽  
Tenure Review ◽  
Guiding Principles

Many of the disciplines in which faculty in institutions of higher education are trained, such as law, accounting or medicine, are characterized by a code of ethics and by the regulation of those guiding principles by the profession. Universally, however, academia, is neither guided by a single code of ethics, nor self-regulated by such a code. The tenure system, while compatible with progressive counseling, is less compatible with progressive discipline because of its limited exceptions for terminating tenure and few options for otherwise correcting problematic behavior. As state legislators seek to implement a system of performance checks through post-tenure review, faculty as a whole should consider implementing a code of ethics, coupled with a system of self-regulation for compliance. This paper will discuss these issues and propose that since all faculty members, not just faculty who are administrators, are potentially affected by the sub-standard performance of a colleague, the collective body of faculty should establish and maintain a disciplinary board for regulating professionalism in institutions of higher education.

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