An Investigation into Motivations of Instructors Teaching Business and Technical Internet-Based Courses at Two-Year Colleges Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title An Investigation into Motivations of Instructors Teaching Business and Technical Internet-Based Courses at Two-Year Colleges

Creator

  • Author: Swartwout, Nansi. A.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Norris, Cathleen
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Poirot, James L., 1939-
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Minor Professor
  • Committee Member: Walker, J. Michelle
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2002-12
  • Digitized: 2007-07-20

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This research was conducted to determine why two-year community college instructors teach over the Internet. By understanding why these instructors teach over the Internet, colleges can recruit more instructors to teach using the Web thus allowing colleges to offer more Internet courses. They can also use the information to keep the instructors who are currently teaching over the Internet satisfied, and motivate them to continue to teach. To gather this information, a questionnaire was created and evaluated for reliability and validity during a pilot study. It was then sent to those instructors who taught over the Internet, and had their e-mails available on their campus Website. A 30.5% response rate (N=100) was achieved. The survey was divided into two sections, a demographics section and a Likert scale dealing with motivation. The Likert scale had six choices ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree and 31 statements. The demographic data were reported and summarized. The Likert items were examined using factor analysis techniques, and a number of components were discovered. Eight components, made up of the 31 variables from the Likert scale were found using the factor analysis. The eight components in order are labeled: Technical and Computer Challenges, School Promotion, Student Preferences, Personal Benefits, Receiving Computerized Assistance, Growth and Knowledge, Textbook Company Assistance, and Pay.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Distance education.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Internet in education.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Motivation (Psychology)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Community college teachers.
  • Keyword: Distance education
  • Keyword: distance learning
  • Keyword: faculty
  • Keyword: motivation
  • Keyword: technology

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Swartwout, Nansi. A.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 52075783
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc3307

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Education
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Applied Technology, Training and Development
  • Academic Department: Department of Technology and Cognition
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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