The report suggests that if faculty have taught a completely online course, they were more likely to be high on online learning than those who had never taught an online course. If faculty had never taught online, they were more likely to be skeptics if online learning could be as effective as face to face classes.
Lets look at some of the stats:
The orange is all faculty, the light blue middle lines are those faculty that have taught online and the dark blue line on the top is faculty who have never taught online.
The comments at the bottom of the report from readers are even more interesting. We have come a long way in understanding online learning and they are skeptical of the definition of online learning the report used.
The survey just referenced online courses, not what type of online course. We have a new word - live online - a course that is taught with a great deal of interaction with students via web conferencing, discussions and other interactive activities. The comment associates live online with synchronous courses where students and faculty interact together at one time similar if they were in a classroom. However at the UTRGV Brownsville Campus we have excellent examples of asynchronous courses that would be classified as live online.
As we head to UTRGV, we can expect that technology will play an important part to include students who are on campuses 50 miles apart. This appears to be a important survey to administer here.
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