Role of faculty development forums in virtual teaching environment: A case study of marketing research and case group

The online learning has broadened the teaching spectrum from Face-to-Face to virtual environment, and this move has brought traditional teacher-centered instruction to learner-centered instruction. This paradigm shift appears to place demands on faculty to modify faculty's instruction roles tha...

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Published inOpen praxis Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 325 - 335
Main Authors Sandhu, Rizwan Saleem, Hussain, Sajid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Council for Open and Distance Education 01.10.2016
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
Subjects
Capacity Building
Case Studies
College Faculty
Computer Simulation
Content Analysis
Data processing
Education
Environmental aspects
Evaluation
Faculty Development
Foreign Countries
Holistic Approach
Internet in education
Interviews
Management Development
Marketing
Marketing research
Online Courses
Open Universities
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Program Descriptions
Role
Study and teaching
Teacher Role
Teaching
Teaching Skills
Virtual Learning
Pakistan
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Summary:The online learning has broadened the teaching spectrum from Face-to-Face to virtual environment, and this move has brought traditional teacher-centered instruction to learner-centered instruction. This paradigm shift appears to place demands on faculty to modify faculty's instruction roles that are different from those encountered in Face-to-Face teaching. This study explores the role of faculty development forum in improving the virtual teaching skills of academic staff members in an online university. The study has used single holistic case study approach, and the data from nine respondents have been collected through an interview schedule divided into four sections of 1) Basic Information, 2) Presentation Skills, 3) Subject Knowledge and 4) Research Orientation as per the objectives of the study. It can be theorized from the findings of the study that in virtual environments where faculty members lack the learning opportunities and exposure available in the conventional environments such forums prove to be very effective in capacity building of the faculty.
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Open Praxis, Vol. 8, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2016: 325-335
ISSN:2304-070X
1369-9997
2304-070X
DOI:10.5944/openpraxis.8.4.314