THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MONA ALENEZI
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

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 PURPOSE OF STUDY AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS

THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY IS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT (OPD) OFFERED BY NATIONAL CENTER FOR E-LEARNING AND DISTANCE
TEACHING FOR FACULTY MEMBERS TO TEACH ONLINE IN SAUDI ARABIA.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
RQ_1: TO WHAT EXTENT DO (AGE, GENDER) ARE RELATED TO FACULTY OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE OPD?
RQ_2: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LENGTH OF OPD AND FACULTY' PERCEIVED ABILITY TO TEACH
ONLINE?

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 WEB LINK TO SURVEY

HTTPS://GOO.GL/8TXO5W

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 PRIMARY VARIABLES: ALIGNMENT TO SURVEY ITEMS

Primary variables Associated survey items

Age Single item: Please specify your age range?

Gender Single item: What is your gender? (2 options: female, male)

Overall quality of the OPD Single item: How you describe the overall quality of the OPD?

Effectiveness of each OPD component in item Likert scale: 5 items (see subsequent slide)
preparing you to teach online.

Single item: Thinking of the last OPD you have attended, For
The length of OPD how many days did this OPD last? (ordinal options)

Faculty' perceived ability to teach online. Item Likert scale: 6 items (see subsequent slide) 4
EFFECTIVENESS OF OPD COMPONENTS.
(5 ITEMS)

Item responses coded

5 = Extremely effective
to 1= Not effective

Composite score
computed as the sum of
the item scores

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FACULTY' PERCEIVED ABILITY TO TEACH ONLINE
(6 ITEMS)

Item responses coded

1 = Not knowledgeable at all,
to 5 = Extremely
knowledgeable

Composite score computed as

the sum of the item scores

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 AUXILIARY VARIABLES: ALIGNMENT TO SURVEY ITEMS
Auxiliary variables Associated survey items

Teach or have taught online course Single item: Do you teach or have taught online course?( Yes/no)

Number or online courses Single item: How many online courses do you teach or have taught?

highest degree Single item: What is the highest degree you have completed?
(Multiple options)

Major Single item: What is your major? (Multiple options)

Experience teaching Single item: How many years of work experience do you have in teaching?
(ordinal options).

Most effective components of OPD Single item: What do you think are the most three effective components of the
OPD
(Open-response item)
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Sample page illustrating survey layout

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 SAMPLE

FACULTY MEMBERS

CONVENIENCE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE WAS USED

STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED IN ETR_540 CLASS.
N = 25 RESPONDED.

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 Demographic characteristics of the sample

Years of work experience Gender Distribution

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 Demographic characteristics of the sample

Age Distribution Major

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COMPOSITE SCORE FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF OPD
COMPONENT
COMPOSITE SCORE FOR THE SCALE (FACULTY' PERCEIVED
ABILITY TO TEACH ONLINE).

Total_Score_Faculty_perceived_Ability
 RELIABILITY INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF OPD
COMPONENT
Cronbachs alpha becomes lower if any
Reliability of scores is Moderate item is removed from the scale; thus all
(below.70 criterion) five items are good items!
RELIABILITY INFORMATION FOR THE SCALE (FACULTY' PERCEIVED
ABILITY TO TEACH ONLINE?
Cronbachs alpha becomes lower if any
item is removed from the scale; thus all
Reliability of scores is good five items are good items!
(above .70 criterion)
 ANALYSIS PLAN

1. TO WHAT EXTENT DO (AGE, GENDER) ARE RELATED TO FACULTY OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE OPD?
MULTIPLE REGRESSION, TO DETERMINE IF THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES (AGE & GENDER) ARE RELATED TO
FACULTY OVERALL EVALUATION OF THE OPD.

2. IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LENGTH OF OPD AND FACULTY' PERCEIVED ABILITY TO TEACH
ONLINE?
LOGISTIC REGRESSION REGRESSION, TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LENGTH OF
OPD AND FACULTY SELF-REPORTED LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE OPD

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