Question # 2- Why would an online teacher want to be fired?
- Lack of proper training.
- Poor compensation
- Long work hours.
- Lack of full time positions.
- Large grading load.
- Lack of personal interactions with students.
- Skewed expectations from students, who come into an online course assuming that it will be easy.
- Lack of contracts to ensure employment.
- An inability to sense “the mood of the room”, disallows teachers to react to students needs instantly.
- In online learning it is typically more difficult to differentiate for all students. An inability to cope with high technological demands.
- General difficulty communicating with students.
- Teachers are commonly asked to teach subjects that are outside of their area of expertise.
Sources Used
John Adist
http://www.facultyfocus.com/seminars/the-top-10-faculty-challenges-for-teaching-online/ http://etcjournal.com/2013/01/26/failed-expectations-the-problem-of-p-12-online-programs/ http://etcjournal.com/2010/07/23/5103/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/opinion/the-trouble-with-online-education.html http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/pushing-through-the-perils-of-teaching-online/42104
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