Conflicted: Faculty and Online Education 2012 is a fascinating new report from Inside Higher Ed concerning attitudes toward online education held by faculty and technology administrators. Not surprisingly, faculty members are considerably less sanguine about the possibilities of online education than their administrators. The results seem to point to a cautious concern among faculty about quality of outcomes — but they also reveal a wide enthusiasm for online learning, with nearly half of the respondents expressing “excitement” for its possibilities.
The report itself should be approached with a bit of caution, as it is based on survey questions like “On balance, does the growth of online education excite or frighten you?”, which don’t allow for much gradation of emotional response.
Read more at: Inside Higher Ed
