Factors Influencing Faculty Use of Technology in Online Instruction: A Case Study

Online education has become a staple of higher education institutions. In the latest survey conducted by the Sloan Foundation, it was found that over two-thirds of higher education institutions were offering a variety of online courses and programs. According to Allen and Seaman (2008), over 20% of all students took at least one online course in 2006 and this is projected to continue to increase over time. However, observations at a specific urban university in the mid-west, shows vast variation in terms of faculty who choose to utilize online instructional technologies and a significant lag in desired online development. With the

[1]  Mary Ann Bowman,et al.  Gender and use of instructional technologies: A study of university faculty , 1997 .

[2]  Jennifer M. Brill,et al.  Perils and promises: University instructors' integration of technology in classroom-based practices , 2007, Br. J. Educ. Technol..

[3]  Joy V. Peluchette,et al.  Technology Use in the Classroom: Preferences of Management Faculty Members , 2005 .

[4]  Soner Yildirim,et al.  Faculty Computer Use and Training: Identifying Distinct Needs for Different Populations , 2000 .

[5]  R. Christensen.  Effects of Technology Integration Education on the Attitudes of Teachers and Students , 2002 .

[6]  I. E. Allen,et al.  Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning. , 2007 .

[7]  R. Kane,et al.  Telling Half the Story: A Critical Review of Research on the Teaching Beliefs and Practices of University Academics , 2002 .

[8]  Peggy A. Ertmer,et al.  Beyond the foundations: The role of vision and belief in teachers’ preparation for integration of technology , 2002 .

[9]  Peggy A. Ertmer.  Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration? , 2005 .

[10]  Elizabeth Reed Osika.  The Concentric Support Model: A Model for the Planning and Evaluation of Distance Learning Programs. , 2006 .

[11]  K. Arrow.  Higher education as a filter , 1973 .

[12]  Barbara Rosenfeld,et al.  Promoting Classroom Technology Use , 2005 .

[13]  Peggy A. Ertmer,et al.  Increasing Preservice Teachers' Capacity for Technology Integration through Use of Electronic Models. , 2001 .

[14]  Andrew T. Lumpe,et al.  Assessing Teachers’ Context Beliefs about Technology Use , 2001 .

[15]  Richard F. Schmid,et al.  Are We Using Technology for Learning? , 2006 .

[16]  A. Grasha,et al.  Integrating Teaching Styles and Learning Styles with Instructional Technology , 2000 .

[17]  Diane M. Dusick.  What Social Cognitive Factors Influence Faculty Members’ Use of Computers for Teaching? A Literature Review , 1998 .

[18]  P. Ferguson.  Faculty Beliefs about Teaching with Technology. , 2004 .

[19]  Marcus Childress,et al.  Explaining and Predicting Resistance to Computer Anxiety Reduction among Teacher Education Students , 2002 .

[20]  J. Cooper,et al.  The digital divide: the special case of gender , 2006, J. Comput. Assist. Learn..