Abstract
Online learning opportunities have greatly increased in past years. Various studies have examined online courses and instructor practices but have not examined students’ perceptions of their online courses and online instructors who were offered a voluntary online certification program. Students who took online courses at a Midwestern university completed a survey related to their perceptions of their individual online course and instructor. Results showed that instructors who were certified received higher, positive ratings than instructors who were not certified. The certification program utilizes a “faculty as student’ model, where faculty take courses from a student learner perspective, to provide experiential learning about the pedagogy needed for successful online learning and effective teaching.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26077/qa4m-bz54
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Bowne, Mary; Wuellner, Melissa; Madsen, Lisa; Meendering, Jessica R.; and Howard, John
(2018)
"The Relative Influence of Instructor Training on Student Perceptions of Online Courses and Instruction,"
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26077/qa4m-bz54
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https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/jete/vol2/iss2/7
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