Open Access15: USING SMALL GROUP INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSIS TO IMPROVE ONLINE INSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Herman Jennifer H.,
Langridge Melissa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2012.tb00684.x
Subject(s) - facilitator , medical education , online course , quality (philosophy) , medical diagnosis , psychology , computer science , mathematics education , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
As online education grows, so does the need for professional development for faculty teaching online courses. This chapter explains how a faculty development technique, small group individual diagnosis, was adapted to the online environment. This technique provides faculty with anonymous midsemester feedback from students regarding the quality of the course. The timing and nature of this feedback is the impetus for a teaching consultation with a trained facilitator. In this study, surprising challenges emerged when the technique was adapted to the online environment. Faculty perceptions of the success of the online diagnoses are shared.