| Type of Document |
Dissertation |
| Author |
Joy, Donna E.
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| Author's Email Address |
aumpeace@msn.com |
| URN |
etd-09232004-172606 |
| Title |
Instructors Transitioning to Online Education |
| Degree |
PhD |
| Department |
Educational Research |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Lichtman, Marilyn V. |
Committee Chair |
| Burge, Penny L. |
Committee Member |
| Farahani, Gohar |
Committee Member |
| Gatewood, Thomas E. |
Committee Member |
| Weinstein, Stuart H. |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- Phenomenological Research
- Distance Education
- Online Education
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| Date of Defense |
2004-09-02 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The motivation and importance of this study was influenced by my own experience of transitioning from traditional face-to-face to online instruction. For this study, I conducted telephone interviews with 12 instructors meeting the specified qualifications. I also conducted email interviews with participants for 5 weeks. Transcripts of all interviews are located in the appendices. I used a combination of first person, hermeneutic and existential phenomenological approaches to investigate the lived experiences of college and university instructors who have transitioned from traditional face-to-face to online instruction. Several minor themes were revealed. The overall theme is that the online classroom system is an emerging culture with some unique advantages. The paper ends with a major question to be further examined: Would the results be different if less experienced instructors were interviewed?
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