Gearing Up for Online Teaching: Faculty Development Challenges

Jane Kenney

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 2732–2735

What do universities or individual faculty members do to prepare for transitioning from face-to-face to teaching students online? Are most faculty self-taught or do they engage in organized professional development? What kind of preparation is...

Adopting a Blended Learning Approach: Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned in an Action Research Study

Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 15, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 45–57

Adopting a new teaching approach is often a daunting task especially if one is an early adopter in a limited-resource environment. This article describes the challenges encountered and the strategies used in pilot testing a blended instructional...

Adopting a Blended Learning Approach: Challenges Encountered and Lessons Learned in an Action Research Study

Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

Online Learning Journal Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb 18, 2011)

Adopting a new teaching approach is often a daunting task especially if one is an early adopter in a limited-resource environment. This article describes the challenges encountered and the strategies used in pilot testing a blended instructional...

Helping Students become Successful Online Learners: Lessons Learned from Eight Semesters of an Action Research Study

Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 298–303

This paper is based on the results of eight semesters of an action research study about student perceptions of a blended, flipped instructional strategy used in an undergraduate education course. Learner characteristics that were found to be major...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Exemplary Projects

Changing From Traditional to Blended, Flipped Instruction: Guidelines for Taking the Journey

Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 1209–1214

The journey instructors take when adopting a new instructional method can be challenging. Blended, flipped instruction is a new way of teaching and a new style of learning for many faculty and students, and change can often be a difficult process. ...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies

Investigating the Impact of Embedded Questions in Online Presentations in a Hybrid Undergraduate Educational Psychology Course

Jane Kenney; Michelle Fisher

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2017 (Jun 20, 2017) pp. 850–853

The authors conducted a pilot study to investigate the impact of embedded questions in order to focus student attention and improve engagement when viewing online pre-recorded PowerPoint presentations. The study was conducted in a hybrid...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies

The Evolution of a Blended Learning Instructional Approach in an Undergraduate Education Course: Findings from an Action Research Study

Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 621–626

This paper describes the author’s adoption of a blended or hybrid learning approach in her undergraduate introductory educational psychology course. Blended learning uses a combination of online learning and face-to-face instruction. The author...

Exploring Graduate Students' Perceptual Differences of Face-to-Face and Online Learning

Vicki McGinley; Jeffrey Osgood; Jane Kenney

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 13, No. 3 (2012) pp. 177–182

More than one in four students now take at least one course online. The most common factors cited as affecting distance education decisions are meeting student demand for flexible schedules (68%), providing access for students who would not have...

Keep the Ball Rolling: Ways to Sustain the Positive Changes from an Innovative Faculty Technology Training Initiative

Jane Kenney; Padmini Banerjee; Ellen Newcombe

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1227–1232

Abstract: Working insights will be shared from a five-year follow-up of a faculty technology-training initiative at West Chester University. This campus-wide faculty development program included “hands-on” cooperative learning during a week-long,...

BluePrint for Transformation:A Model for Enhancing Human Capital Through Professional Development

Nina Banerjee; Marlene Goss; Jane Kenney; Ellen Newcombe

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 482–487

BluePrint for Transformation is a conceptual model underlying a one-year long study called eTeaching and eLearning at West Chester University, devoted to professional development at the university to educate, enable, and empower faculty to use...

Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Professional Development, eLearning, Students