Faculty Views on Technology

According to findings from a Gallup survey, all faculty members and technology administrators say meaningful student-teacher interaction is a hallmark of a quality online education, and that it is missing from most online courses. A majority of faculty members with online teaching experience still say those courses produce results inferior to in-person courses.

Highlights include:

-        Virtually all faculty members and technology administrators say meaningful student-teacher interaction is a hallmark of a quality online education, and that it is missing from most online courses.

-        A majority of faculty members with online teaching experience still say those courses produce results inferior to in-person courses.

-        Faculty members are overwhelmingly opposed to their institutions hiring outside "enablers" to manage any part of online course operation, even for marketing purposes.

-        Humanities instructors are most likely to say they have benefited from the digital humanities -- but also that those digital techniques have been oversold.

Straumsheim, C. (2014). Online ed skepticism and self-sufficiency: Survey of faculty views on technology. Washington, D.C.: Gallup. https://www.insidehighered.com/booklet/survey-faculty-attitudes-technology-0