Expectations and Demands in Online Teaching: Practical Experiences

Download or read book Expectations and Demands in Online Teaching: Practical Experiences written by Walter Gudea, Sorin and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2008-05-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the considerable, growing interest in online education, most studies have focused only on the students' perspective. Merely a handful of studies have attempted to address the teachers' perspectives and little has been published on the online teaching experience itself. Expectations and Demands in Online Teaching: Practical Experiences offers a better understanding of how teachers experience the online environment by exploring various dimensions of online teaching, including class preparation, process effectiveness and quality, and technology utilization. The book assists educational institution administrators supporting online education improve their understanding of how teachers experience online teaching, and of the issues these teachers face in their teaching.