Determining the attitudes, barriers, and perceptions of faculty and administrators to distance education at a community college in Jamaica [PowerPoint presentation]

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Verona
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-24T20:56:05Z
dc.date.available2013-06-24T20:56:05Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-24
dc.descriptionPaper presented at the Biennial Conference of The University of the West Indies Schools of Education, 23-25 April, 2013, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study sought to determine the perceptions, attitudes, and barriers of faculty and administrators to the implementation of distance education at a community college in Jamaica, and to generate the information that would inform strategies to remove barriers in order to facilitate future adoption and implementation of online teaching and learning. A survey was administered to faculty and administrators at the college to determine perceptions, attitudes, and barriers that would verify whether the college could adopt and implement a distance education programme. The factors were examined and reported from the standpoint of two categories: full-time and part-time faculty and administrators. The participants included the principal, vice principals, heads of departments, laboratory technicians, and library, registry, and office staff and faculty. Results of the data analysis showed that (a) faculty and administrators showed a positive attitude to the adoption and implementation of distance education; (b) the younger the faculty and administrator the more technological skill he/she possesses and uses; (c) the younger the faculty and administrator the greater the chance for the adoption and implementation of distance education at the college; (d) faculty and administrators possess two types of technological skills: manipulative or hands-on and electronic presentation skills; (e) there are five significant factors that facilitate distance education; and (f) eight barriers that would affect the adoption and implementation of distance education at the collegeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/15717
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDistance educationen_US
dc.subjectAcademic teaching personnelen_US
dc.subjectEducational administratorsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectAdministrator attitudesen_US
dc.subjectTeacher attitudesen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionsen_US
dc.subjectCommunity collegesen_US
dc.subjectConference papersen_US
dc.subjectJamaicaen_US
dc.titleDetermining the attitudes, barriers, and perceptions of faculty and administrators to distance education at a community college in Jamaica [PowerPoint presentation]en_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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