Online/Hybrid Course Research for Franklin Pierce College Rindge Campus

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Online/Hybrid Course Research for Franklin Pierce
College Rindge Campus

• Matt Cormier
• Elizabeth Cozzolina
• Jen Gudzinowicz
• Greg Gosselin
• Matthew Herman
• Angie Norton

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INTRODUCTION

• The purpose of our research was to determine
  whether or not faculty members at Franklin Pierce
  College, Rindge Campus are currently using an
  online educational portal. If they are using
  educational portals what factors appealed to them
  about that portal. If they were not, then what
  factors would motivate faculty members to engage
  in distance learning.
• Research was also needed to determine what
  faculty members attitudes are toward the idea of
  a percentage of online classes being integrated
  into the educational system.

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

        Research is necessary to determine if
faculty members are currently using an online
educational portal to support their course work. 
Additional research is needed to determine why
some faculty members are not using an online
educational portal and what human resource
development interventions might be helpful for
them in adopting.
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RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
 

• Determine what educational portals are being used
  by faculty members.
• 2)  Determine why some faculty members are not
  using an educational portal and/or online
  teaching technologies.
• 3)  Determine what Human Resource Development
  Interventions would be helpful for faculty
  members in adopting online teaching technologies.

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THE SURVEY

• Are you currently using an online portal to teach
  a class or classes?
• If you are currently using an online portal,
  which one do you use most frequently?
• Which human resource development interventions,
  if any, would encourage you to use a web-based
  delivery format?
• Do you feel as though you would have enough time
  to prepare a web-based course?
• What percentage of your program curriculum do you
  think would be appropriate for web-based
  education?
• Do you feel training would be helpful with
  respect to using web-based technologies?
• What is your biggest concern, if any, regarding
  teaching course(s) online?
• My teaching appointment is

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METHODOLOGY

• There is a total of 111 faculty members at the
  Franklin Pierce College Rindge Campus
• We surveyed 64 faculty members both full and part
  time using a non-probability sampling method and
  a convenience method
• Out of the 64 faculty members surveyed 48 were
  full-time and 16 were part-time

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LIMITATIONS

• Money
• Time
• Lack of knowledge with SPSS software
• and its functions
• Respondents willingness to participate
• Limited number of faculty members and their
• conflicting schedules

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Recommendations

•   Provide training for faculty members willing
  to conduct and online course
•   Lighten the course load for faculty members
  willing to conduct a full class (75 or greater)
  online, providing them more time to prepare the
  course work for their hybrid class
•   Provide faculty members who conduct a full
  class (75 or greater) online a financial stipend
  for the extra time and effort spent
•   Conduct an on-campus forum for students and
  faculty members to voice their recommendations
  and concerns for the birth of hybrid courses at
  Franklin Pierce College, Rindge Campus

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Conclusion
Online/hybrid courses would be successful at
Franklin Pierce College with the right kind of
aid to the faculty. We recommend the FPC Faculty
members, Staff, and Administration at the Rindge
Campus take an active role to facilitate the
birth of Online/hybrid courses at the Franklin
Pierce College Rindge Campus.
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Thank you for yourattention
Are there any questions?