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Kumar, Swapna; Ritzhaupt, Albert; Pedro, Neuza Sofia – Online Learning, 2022
Online instructors play a critical role in online student success and need various forms of institutional support to succeed in online teaching. This article describes the creation, validation, and results of the Online Instructor Support Survey (OISS) based on seven areas identified in the literature: (a) technology infrastructure; (b) technical…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Online Courses, Teacher Student Relationship
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Martin, Florence; Kumar, Swapna; She, Liane – Online Learning, 2021
Online instructors adopt various roles and perform various competencies in the design and delivery of online courses. In this study, online instructor roles are categorized into eight types including Subject Matter Expert, Course Designer and Developer, Course Facilitator, Course Manager, Advisor/Mentor, Assessor/Evaluator, Technology Expert, and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teacher Role, Teacher Competencies, College Faculty
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Pedro, Neuza Sofia; Kumar, Swapna – Online Learning, 2020
The widespread growth of online education at higher education institutions necessitates institutional support for the development, implementation, and sustenance of online education. Faculty who teach online are at the forefront of implementation and play a critical role in online student success. In this scoping review, 13 online education…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Kumar, Swapna; Martin, Florence; Budhrani, Kiran; Ritzhaupt, Albert – Online Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore award-winning instructors' insights on elements of their course design that were award-winning and the differences between expert and novice online instructors. Interviews were conducted with eight award-winning online faculty members from across the United States who had received online teaching awards…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Professional Recognition, Teaching Methods, Awards
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Martin, Florence; Budhrani, Kiran; Kumar, Swapna; Ritzhaupt, Albert – Online Learning, 2019
The explosive growth of online learning in institutions of higher education has created a dire need for guidelines that instruct new and continuing online instructors about how best to teach in online spaces. The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify the roles of the online instructor and categorize critical competencies for online…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Online Courses, Teacher Role, Teacher Competencies
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Dorner, Helga; Kumar, Swapna – Online Learning, 2017
This study examines Hungarian pre-service and inservice teachers' satisfaction (n = 154) with the Mentored Innovation Model (MIM), an online collaborative mentoring model focused on technology integration. The Kano model was applied to results from two surveys to identify conditions in the MIM that most contribute to overall satisfaction with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Computer Mediated Communication, Mentors