The Impact of Online Teaching on Faculty Load: Computing the Ideal Class Size for Online Courses

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  • LAWRENCE A. TOMEI
  • Robert Morris
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This study examined the impact of substituting didactic instruction, face-to-face advisement, and conventional evaluation with distance-based delivery of content, electronic counseling, and online assessment. It analyzed the impact of distance learning demands on faculty teaching loads and computed the ideal class size for an online course. Specifically, this article sought answers to the following questions.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006