TY - JOUR
T1 - An examination of the relationship between technology problems and teaching evaluation of online instruction
AU - Lan, William
AU - Tallent-Runnels, Mary K.
AU - Fryer, Wes
AU - Thomas, Julie
AU - Cooper, Sandi
AU - Wang, Kun
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - To address faculty members' concern that teaching evaluation in the online environment might be lowered because of technology problems students experience in online courses, a sample of 202 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory statistics course in a college of business administration was surveyed. Students' evaluation of their instructors and the course and their experiences with technology problems when taking the course were measured. As expected, a negative correlation between teaching evaluation and experience of technology problems was observed. Based on the finding, it is suggested that, to encourage faculty members to teach online, universities need to examine the relationship between teaching evaluation and technology problems experienced by students in the online environment and adjust the evaluation skewed by problems that are out of instructors' control. Measurement instruments used in the study and a suggested formula for adjusting teaching evaluation are provided.
AB - To address faculty members' concern that teaching evaluation in the online environment might be lowered because of technology problems students experience in online courses, a sample of 202 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory statistics course in a college of business administration was surveyed. Students' evaluation of their instructors and the course and their experiences with technology problems when taking the course were measured. As expected, a negative correlation between teaching evaluation and experience of technology problems was observed. Based on the finding, it is suggested that, to encourage faculty members to teach online, universities need to examine the relationship between teaching evaluation and technology problems experienced by students in the online environment and adjust the evaluation skewed by problems that are out of instructors' control. Measurement instruments used in the study and a suggested formula for adjusting teaching evaluation are provided.
KW - College students
KW - Online instruction
KW - Teaching evaluation
KW - Technology difficulties
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2942546167&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.iheduc.2003.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.iheduc.2003.07.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2942546167
SN - 1096-7516
VL - 6
SP - 365
EP - 375
JO - Internet and Higher Education
JF - Internet and Higher Education
IS - 4
ER -