The Challenges to Distance Education in an Academic Social Science Discipline: The Case of Political Science

Creator

Steffen Schmidt
Mack C. Shelley
Monty Van Wart
Jane Clayton
Erin Schreck

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

June 2000

Abstract

This article reports the results from a national survey directed to the department chairs of political science to assess the current and future state of distance learning in that discipline. The insights of this research are relevant to all social science fields and offer important insights to other academic disciplines as well. Key findings of the study include the low utilization of distance learning courses, a low degree of importance currently attributed to distance learning and modest expectations of future growth, ambivalent acceptance of a future role for distance learning, the common use of Internet-related technologies, low levels of faculty knowledge and interest about distance learning, limited institutional support, and serious doubts about the appropriateness and quality of instruction at a distance. ...

Keywords

Web-based instruction, Political science--Study and teaching

Extent

23

Volume

8

Issue

27

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00171

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Schmidt, Steffen; Shelley, Mack C.; Van Wart, Monty; Clayton, Jane; and Schreck, Erin, "The Challenges to Distance Education in an Academic Social Science Discipline: The Case of Political Science" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 50.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/50