| An article "Internet
Teaching By Style: Profiling the On-line Professor,"
written by Dorothy Fuller, Rena Faye Norby, and Kristi
Pearce of the College of Education and Sharon Strand of
the College of Arts and Sciences, has been recently
published in Educational Technology & Society.
This publication, the refereed journal of the
International Forum of Educational Technology &
Society and IEEE Learning Technology Task Force, is
published at Massey University in New Zealand. The full
text of the article can be accessed at http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/
The article presents the results of a pilot study that
examined the personality type and teaching style
preferences of faculty who elected to teach an on-line
course. The researchers administered two personality
assessments, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
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and Anthony Gregorc's
Transaction Ability Inventory to determine teaching
tendencies and styles. In addition, a structured written
questionnaire developed by the researchers was used to
assess teacher satisfaction with worldwide web-based
instruction. Utilizing the results of these psychological
assessments, a preliminary analysis of the personal
characteristics of college professors who chose to teach
on line is presented. This pilot study found that some
preferred teaching styles may be more compatible with the
dynamics of distance learning formats. By determining
successful teaching styles for on-line courses, Fuller,
Norby, Pearce, and Strand offer suggestions for faculty
development programs to assist others in successfully
transitioning into the cyber-teaching and learning
environment.
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