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ERIC Number: EJ657820
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2395
Teaching On-Line versus Face-to-Face.
Smith, Glenn Gordon; Ferguson, David; Caris, Mieke
Journal of Educational Technology Systems, v30 n4 p337-64 2001-2002
Investigates and describes the current instructor experience of teaching college courses over the Web versus in face-to-face formats in terms of teaching strategies, social issues, and media effects. Discusses communication styles, relationship between students and instructors, instructor workload, and discussion patterns, and proposes a model that includes isolation effects versus community effects. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Intermode Differences, Models, Social Influences, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Web Based Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Educational Media Role; Face to Face Communication; Isolation Effect