The Role of E-learning for Faculty Development in China

• Authors: Bihong Li , Pamela L. Eddy

Abstracts

EN

While discussion on faculty development in China has been increasing in recent years, our understanding of the strategy for the development remains limited. This study with a survey aimed to examine whether e-learning could meet faculty members’ expectations for their professional development. Our findings suggest that e-learning is identified as a preferred means of opening new opportunities to meet the needs of faculty in China where faculty development still remains traditional training and it has bright prospects. The result also highlights individual perspectives as a critical factor shaping e-learning behavior, and provides implications for the policy of faculty development.

Keywords

EN

e-learning; faculty development; individual perspective; China

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 35
• Pages: 88-100

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Bihong Li

• Hunan University

author

Pamela L. Eddy

• The College of William and Mary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.14.35.1.07

Biblioteka Nauki

2028748