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Distance Education: Facing the Faculty Challenge

PublisherUniversity of West Georgia
Format HTMLDate added21 Apr 2005
Topics Online - Distance Education
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For a variety of reasons, faculty resist efforts to force them into distance learning. They resist individually or as a whole, often seeking the guidance of union representatives. While individual faculty members may have individual reasons to resist participating in the latest wave of distance education, there are several reasons why faculty in general resist distance education. Faculty have specifically expressed concern for the adequacy of institutional support, the change in interpersonal relations, and quality.

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