Why Faculty Still Don't Want to Teach Online
This article, written by Robert Ubell was originally posted by Inside Higher Ed on December 13, 2016.
- Robert Ubell for Sagence Learning December 13th, 2016
- Source: http://www.sagencelearning.com/insights/why-faculty-still-dont-want-to-teach-online
At nearly all colleges and universities, online education is almost never mentioned in academic rules that judge faculty members and determine if they advance. If you teach online, you may do it for extra compensation -- called "overload," pay above your basic salary -- or for the personal satisfaction of participating in what some believe is the next stage in the evolution of higher education. But teaching online may not be a wise move to further your academic career.
Teaching online can even be a dangerous career move, departing from the comfortable respectability of conventional classrooms for the exotic, suspicious digital world.
