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Faculty Involvement in Internet Based Learning: Why Would They Ever Do That?
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E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Washington, DC, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-54-9 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

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Colleges and universities are continually expanding the number of Internet-Based Leaning (IBL) environments as part of their educational programs. This article focuses on the motivating and demotivating factors that lead faculty members to participate or not participate in IBL. Included in the article are discussions of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivating factors found in faculty member's perceptions of the IBL arena. Also discussed are the concepts of incentives and disincentives, which play a major role in IBL engagement. Finally, the article closes with a conversation of the needs that must be provided to faculty to ease their transition into IBL.

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Deaton, B. & Singleton, E. (2004). Faculty Involvement in Internet Based Learning: Why Would They Ever Do That?. In J. Nall & R. Robson (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2004--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 566-571). Washington, DC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved December 13, 2019 from .

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