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tc12 1/15/2010 15:06:06

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

//Nikolaos Linardopoulos, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, nl33@drexel.edu//
 * Online Education and Faculty Compensation**

This session will explore the challenges associated with establishing faculty compensation rates for developing and teaching online courses. Faculty compensation policies for online course development from selected higher education institution in the US will be compared, and based on those results, the session will discuss possible recommendations regarding faculty compensation policies in online education. A number of faculty members in several institutions in the US have indicated that it takes much more time to develop an online compared to a face-to-face course. While a few studies have attempted to address workload issues associated with online course development and teaching, the current research literature does not directly address the issue of faculty compensation for online coursework, a crucial topic in the field of online education.

All Audiences faculty role in online education