Beyond the early adopters of online instruction: Motivating the reluctant majority

作者：Hixon Emily^*; Buckenmeyer Janet; Barczyk Casimir; Feldman Lori; Zamojski Heather

来源：Internet and Higher Education, 2012, 15(2): 102-107.

DOI：10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.11.005

• Online course development
• Faculty development
• Change theory

Now that most of the innovators and early adopters of online instruction are comfortably teaching online, many institutions are facing challenges as they prepare the next wave of online instructors. This research study examines how faculty in this "next wave" (the majority of adopters) differ from the innovators and early adopters of online instruction. A specific online course development program is described and the experiences of the "majority" in the program are examined in relation to the experiences of previous participants (the innovators and early adopters).

• 出版日期2012-3