Title
Reversing the Tyranny of Distance Education: Using Research About Threshold Concepts in Online Teaching to Humanize Online Course Design
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
11-2016
Book
Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience pp. 232-255
ISBN
9781522509684 (hardcover)
Embargo Period
12-6-2016
ANZSRC / FoR Code
130103 Higher Education| 130306 Educational Technology and Computing| 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Reportable Items (HERDC/ERA)
B1
Peer Review
Before publication
Abstract
In today’s higher education environment, online education has become a rich and nuanced medium characterized by a dynamic and progressive use of technology. These technological advancements require research-informed guidelines and practices to facilitate understanding of how they can be used to foster positive outcomes in distance education contexts. By employing a mixed-methods multiphase design case study at Avondale College of Higher Education, the authors examine the challenges, self-confidence and threshold concepts, or transformative, conceptual understandings that academic faculty staff experience while engaging in distance education course design. The authors examine how these threshold concepts, attitudes and skills can be used to inform the design of professional development programs for academic staff who teach in online contexts. The results and associated recommendations of the six-year investigation are presented to inform professional development programs that aim to improve the quality of online teaching, course design and learning experiences of students.
Recommended Citation
Northcote, M., Gosselin, K. P., Reynaud, D., Kilgour, P., Anderson, M., & Boddey, C. (2017). Reversing the tyranny of distance education: Using research about threshold concepts in online teaching to humanize online course design. In M. Northcote & K. P. Gosselin (Eds.), Handbook of research on humanizing the distance learning experience (pp. 232-255). Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Associated Research Project
https://research.avondale.edu.au/research_documentation/13/
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